Ine Hoeben predoc researcher FWO Research Ine Hoeben Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) Evolution of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium: exploring horizontal gene transfer and its usage for ancestral reconstruction. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) pla…

Jennifer Casolo senior onderzoeker Onderzoek Jennifer Casolo Onderzoeksgroep Ontwikkeling: processen, actoren en beleid Expertise Als menselijke (en meer dan menselijke) geograaf van opleiding zet ik mij in voor de onafscheidelijkheid van onderzoek en praktijk. Voor mij betekent dat wandelen met, le…

Jennifer Casolo senior researcher Research Jennifer Casolo Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise A human (and more-than-human) geographer by training, I am committed to the inseparability of research and practice. For me that means walking with, learning from, creating w…

Els De Keyzer senior researcher Research Els De Keyzer Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data and RAD sequencing data. I have experience in population genomics analysis and metabarcoding studies. T…

Fergus Simpson unpaid staff Research Fergus Simpson Research team Development processes, actors and policies Unpacking the multiple-levels of an 'extractive imperative': evidence from the DRC's Okapi Faunal Reserve. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract This project offers a novel perspective on the 'ext…

Law and Development search menu search content Mediating land rights The frustrating bottom-up account of the ongoing experience of nine communities in DRC Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights In November 2018, leaders from nine communities fr…

Sandra Nauwelaerts unpaid staff Research Sandra Nauwelaerts Research team Functional Morphology Comparative functional and ecological morphology of the perissodactyl limb: insights into the adaptive evolution of the Equidae. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract This project will investigate the evolutio…

Julia Camacho Garcia unpaid staff Research Julia Camacho Garcia Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Understanding the role of old genomic variation in rapid adaptation. 01/04/2019 - 31/03/2023 Abstract The 100s of closely related but ecologically diverse species of Lake Malawi cichlid f…

Curro Campuzano Jiménez predoc researcher FWO Research Curro Campuzano Jiménez Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Computationally efficient model-based inference of speciation 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The astonishing biodiversity we observe today is the result of speciation. …

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 28 November 2023 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CET) Guardians of the forest? A study of how indigenous Batwa people relate to their ancestral lands after returning to Kahuzi-Biega National Park Fergus O'Leary Simpson The paper on which this presentat…

Arts & Media Archaeology search menu search content Singing the Silences 18 November 2024 - Hoda Siahtiri Sign up Location: S.S209 ARIA attic, Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, 2000 Antwerp Time: 15h-17h, unless communicated otherwise Target audience: junior academic and artistic researchers Preparatory read…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research projects Hannes Svardal The molecular and phenotypic basis of rapid adaptation to heavy fishing Besides their role as a model system in speciation research, Lake Malawi cichlids are food for millions of people, and subject to a recent and strong i…

University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) search menu search content Intra- & interuniversity solidarity for justice Tuesday 19 December, from 18.30 to 20.30 at Stadscampus (R.002) Rodestraat 14 Antwerpen Pictures of the event Danya Nadar - moderator Miriyam Aouragh - invited speaker …

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research Hannes Svardal Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data. I have been working on a variety of organisms including plants, monkeys and fishes. We al…

Valentina Burskaia unpaid staff Research Valentina Burskaia Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise Stunning beauty of living creatures raises an inevitable question: how is it made? According to the second law of thermodynamics, in a closed system entropy always increases irrever…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Enhancing knowledge & policy action for DRC's biocultural diversity conservation Research summary Strained tensions with local and Indigenous communities impede many conservation projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Histor…

Centre for Urban History search menu search content Margot Luyckfasseel A BAG OF CHIPS – AND WHAT IT TELLS ABOUT GHANA’S PAN-AFRICAN HISTORY Centre for Urban History member Margot Luyckfasseel is currently in Accra for a 4-month research fellowship at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content Overview past GLAC seminars 8 May 2024: Embodied (after-)lives of rebellion: a case-study on ex-combatants in Burundi by Eliane Giezendanner 23 April 2024: Legacies of violence, status changes, and perceived education quality in Burundian schoo…

Sandra Van Puyvelde associate professor - guest professor Research Sandra Van Puyvelde Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) Expertise Prof. Sandra Van Puyvelde joined the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology at UA as an Assistant Professor in 2019. She received her MSc and PhD degree…

Stijn Wittouck postdoc researcher FWO Research Stijn Wittouck Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise My area of expertise is computational microbiology, more specifically the analysis of genome, amplicon and metagenome sequencing data of bacteria with the…

Peter Aerts emeritus with assignment Research Peter Aerts Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Kinesiological analyses. Belgian Alliance for Biomechanics. 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 Abstract The Belgian Alliance for Biomechanics (BAB) originates from the fundamental belief that the science of …

Jamie Maclaren postdoc researcher FWO Research Jamie Maclaren Research team Functional Morphology Illustrated atlas of the tapir: a state-of-the-art comparative dissection, quantifying the functional morphology in an enigmatic ungulate. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract Illustrated anatomy texts are …

Anthony Herrel unpaid staff Research Anthony Herrel Research team Functional Morphology Analysis of shape-function relations in complex muscular-sceletal systems using computer modeling and measurement of mechanical stress and strain distributions. 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2012 Abstract Darwin's finches (…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Computationally efficient model-based inference of speciation 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The astonishing biodiversity we observe today is the result of speciation. Reproduc…

Gert Van Hecken associate professor Research Gert Van Hecken Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research focuses on the politics of knowledge in conservation and development, on critiques of neoliberal natures and ‘green economy’ proposals, as well as on altern…