Pegie Cool full professor Education Pegie Cool 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Complex Chemistry Complex Chemistry Course code: 1001WETCOC Bachelor of Chemistry Materials science Materials science Course code: 1300WETMAT Bachelor of Chemistry Advanced Inorganic Materials Advanced Inorganic M…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Meat and cheese subsitutes Plant-based meat and cheese substitutes may contain more harmful substances than their animal counterparts Alicia Macan Schönleben (UAntwerp) researched ultra-processed plant foods A new generation of plant-based foods offer…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Day of Science Photo Contest award received by Hanne Diels Published on 09/12/2024 On 24 November 2024, Hanne Diels received the Day of Science photo contest award as part of the Day of Science (Dag van de Wetenschap) event held in the Zoo of Antwerp. This marked…

Filip Lemière associate professor Education Filip Lemière 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Biomolecules Biomolecules Course code: 1001WETBML Bachelor of Biology Organic chemistry Organic chemistry Course code: 1001WETOCH Bachelor of Biology Instrumental methods practical Instrumental method…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Wastewater-based epidemiology An innovative way of estimating the use of drugs and other substances The analysis of sewage for human excretion products of illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other health parameters is an alternative methodology of obta…

Koen Desmet Education Koen Desmet 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Crisis and emergency management Crisis and emergency management Course code: 2250FSWNCR Master of Safety Sciences Master Thesis Master Thesis Course code: 2900FSWMAP Master of Safety Sciences Incident assessment and repression…

Tim Willems spec. staff member - expert Publications Tim Willems A UPLC ‐ MS / MS method for quantification of metabolites in the ethylene biosynthesis pathway and its biological validation in Arabidopsis Source New phytologist - ISSN 0028-646X-243:3 (2024) p. 1262-1275 Author(s) Da Cao, Thomas De…

Vera Meynen professor Education Vera Meynen 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Durability, Safety and Environment Durability, Safety and Environment Course code: 1001WETDVM Bachelor of Chemistry Bridging Programme Safety Sciences - 60 ECTS-credits Bridging Programme on Environmental Science Pre…

Robin Lasters unpaid staff Publications Robin Lasters Bioaccumulation and toxicity of perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) and perfluorobutane sulfonamide (FBSA) in **Eisenia fetida** and **Eisenia andrei** Source Ecotoxicology and environmental safety - ISSN 0147-6513-302 (2025) p. 1-10 Author(s) Thimo…

Thimo Groffen postdoc researcher FWO Publications Thimo Groffen Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in the Scheldt Estuary : insights from target, suspect and non-target screening of water, sediment and bivalves Source Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-388 (2026) p. 1-12 Author(s…

Luc Nagels emeritus occasional assignment Research Luc Nagels Research team Expertise Sensor development for the determination of organic ionic substances. Development of technology within the "label free detection systems" technology platform for the fast and accurate detection of small molecules 0…

Francesca Cappelli senior researcher Publications Francesca Cappelli Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in the Scheldt Estuary : insights from target, suspect and non-target screening of water, sediment and bivalves Source Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-388 (2026) p. 1-12 Aut…

Christine Fertig unpaid staff Research Christine Fertig Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise In my PhD I have developed a research focus on the history of family, households, social networks, and social inequality in rural society. Over the last few years, I have also developed this rese…

Thimo Groffen postdoc researcher FWO Research Thimo Groffen Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Expertise I am an environmental scientist with background in biology and environmental toxicology. My research interests focus on biomonitoring of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) in te…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Publications Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in the Scheldt Estuary : insights from target, suspect and non-target screening of water, sediment and bivalves Source Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-388 (2026) p. 1-12 Author(s) Musa Bonso, …

Cara Byns senior researcher Publications Cara Byns Active biomonitoring of PFAS in Asian Clams : associations with oxidative stress, respiration and condition index Source Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-385 (2025) p. 1-11 Author(s) Cara Byns, Kana Newell, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Gerrit Beemste…

Sevgi Oden spec. staff member - expert Publications Sevgi Oden Growth hormones in broad bean (Vicia faba L.) and radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus L.) are associated with accumulated concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances Source Toxics - ISSN 2305-6304-11:11 (2023) p. 1-16 Author(s) …

Lieven Bervoets full professor Publications Lieven Bervoets Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in the Scheldt Estuary : insights from target, suspect and non-target screening of water, sediment and bivalves Source Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-388 (2026) p. 1-12 Author(s) Mu…

UAntwerp Climate Team search menu search content Thesis Dedicate your thesis to research on sustainability Linking Your Thesis to the Climate Action Plan The University of Antwerp’s Climate Team welcomes both supervisors and motivated students from all disciplines to connect their thesis research …

Postgraduate of Advisor on Hazardous Goods Study programme Study programme 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2025-2026 Postgraduate of advisor on hazardous goods Module 1 Chemical, explosive and radioactive agents Course code: 9012WETAGS Semester: 2E SEM Contact h…

Allen Jun Anies unpaid staff Research Allen Jun Anies Research team Ecosphere Development of active-passive sampling (APS) strategies for dynamic speciation analysis and ecotoxicity evaluation of psychoactive substances and their metabolites in wastewater. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Wastewater…

Greta Schoeters emeritus occasional assignment Publications Greta Schoeters Sociodemographic determinants and temporal variability of blood lead levels (2003-2019) in a pooled analysis of nine studies in four European countries Source Scientific reports - ISSN 2045-2322-15:1 (2025) p. 1-13 Author(s)…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Ellen Jorssen Bovine Gamete and Embryo Research Models: Development of Alternative in vitro Screening Assays for Toxicity Testing Ellen Jorssen, MSc, PhD Download thesis (pdf, 24 MB) Abstract Since the onset of the industrial revo…

Dries Coertjens researcher Publications Dries Coertjens Jongerenstudie HBM - omgeving 3M : resultatenrapport Source Brussel, Departement Omgeving, Vlaams Planbureau voor Omgeving, 2023,219 p. Author(s) Ilse Loots, Dries Coertjens, Ann Colles, Veerle Verheyen, Sylvie Remy, Bianca Cox, Gudrun Koppen, …

Lieven Bervoets full professor Research Lieven Bervoets Research team Ecosphere Expertise For more than 30 years, I have mainly been carrying out field ecotoxicological research on the bioavailability and effects of micropollutants on both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. We mainly look at the eff…