Law and Development search menu search content Workshop for Early Career Researchers: “From Researcher to Author: Converting Your Thesis into Publications” Workshop: Converting your thesis into publications Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) Workshop for Early Career Researchers: “Fro…

Master of Epidemiology Epidemiology From theory to practice with a solid methodologic foundation Epidemiology From theory to practice with a solid methodologic foundation How fast is the coronavirus spreading, and how can we slow it down? What makes people sick? Certain genes? Certain behaviour? Env…

Iris Cornet hoofddocent From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical building blo…

A-PECS search menu search content Electrochemistry ELECTROCHEMISTRY is situated in between the field of electricity and chemistry investigating the reactions occurring at the interface of the electrode (with and without adsorbed particles) and the solution (Pletcher et al. 2001). These reactions inv…

Robin Cauwenbergh predoc researcher FWO Research Robin Cauwenbergh Research team Organic synthesis (ORSY) Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for the Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkynes and Alkenes Using CO2 as the Carbon Source 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Utilization of carbon-rich fossil fuels and c…

Christine Vantomme predoc researcher FWO Research Christine Vantomme Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Plasma-photocatalytic CO2 conversion with earth-abundant plasmonic catalysts. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) combine…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Zena Ndiaye 2024 - present Topological Modeling of Building Adaptability: constructing a multilayered spatial understanding of building flexibility based on converted buildings Promotor: Mario Rinke In the building industry, the common practice of demoli…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Drug screening Researchers of the Medical Biochemistry group develop purification methods for the enzymes they study, from natural sources as well as recombinant organisms. They develop assays that can be used to assess activity in complex biological s…

Anouk Peymen predoc researcher FWO Research Anouk Peymen Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Meeting the challenges of DPYD genotyping through a methodology involving strand displacement, hybridization chain reaction and photoelectrochemical detection. 01/11/2…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, whic…

Olaf Timmermans unpaid guest prof. Research Olaf Timmermans Research team Centre for Research and Innovation in Care (CRIC) Expertise a. Healthy region (HERE) i. Objective and Keywords In the Special Interest Group (SIG), professionals from the government, the public and private sectors are connecte…

Iris Cornet associate professor From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical buil…

A-PECS search menu search content Foton As a society, we currently face two major challenges: securing our future energy supply by transferring from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources and reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2. Only in this way can we achieve the objectives of the Pari…

Rani Vertongen doctoral scholarship holder Research Rani Vertongen Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Model-based reactor design improvement in a gliding arc plasmatron for CO2 conversion with and without catalyst. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Ab…

Integrated Sustainable Chemistry - InSusChem search menu search content The Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology - DuEL A-PECS - Antwerp engineering, photoelectrochemistry and sensing The core focus in sustainable air purification lies in (plasmonic) photocatalysis and plasma catalysis. Our …

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Degradation of cadmium yellow Cadmium yellow (CdS) is a modern pigment that was intensively used by Ensor, Van Gogh and their progressive contemporaries (Monet, Seurat, Picasso, etc.) because of its bright yellow colour. In…

Michiel Van Tendeloo senior researcher Research Michiel Van Tendeloo Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise Climate change forces humanity to rethink the way we utilise resources and deal with waste streams. To avoid (further) transgression of the Earth’s natural bou…

Steven Van Passel full research professor - vice-rector Vice-rector Steven Van Passel Valorisation and development A process for more significant social and economic impact The University of Antwerp is an international university that aims to benefit the development, dissemination and use of scienti…

Hanne Lamberts-Van Assche senior researcher Research Hanne Lamberts-Van Assche Research team Engineering Management Expertise Hanne Lamberts-Van Assche is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, at the Environmental Economics research group at the Faculty of Business & Economics. Dur…

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content News 10 million euros for innovative research into gold nanoscrews European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant to physicist Sara Bals Publication date 12 November 2024 Brailsports bouwt AI-platform voor geoptimalise…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content News and events In the media October 2024: An article appeared in "C2W - Mens en molecule" ("Hot plasma is a more efficient NH3 cracker") about electrification of chemical processes. August 2024: An artic…

Shoubhik Das assistant professor Research Shoubhik Das Research team Organic synthesis (ORSY) Expertise My current research is based on the development of homogeneous and heterogeneous metal-free photocatalysts for the utilization of small molecules such as O2, CO2 molecules and to valorize biomass …

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Is leven op de rode planeet binnenkort mogelijk? Persbericht Research group Plasmant finds the way of producing oxygen, fuel and the basis of fertilizer on Mars. A team of chemists discovered that Marsatm…

Integrated Sustainable Chemistry - InSusChem search menu search content InSusChem news Project FOTON As a society, we currently face two major challenges: securing our future energy supply by transferring from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources and reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas CO…

Jef Van Loon emeritus occasional assignment Research Jef Van Loon Research team Anthroponymy of the Historical Low Countries (till 1225). 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011 Abstract The project's primary goal is an Anthroponymic Dictionary of the (historical) Low Countries and adjacent areas, complementing Gys…