Luc Van 't dack expert Publicaties Luc Van 't dack Annales of the 17th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass (Antwerp, Belgium, 2006) Bron Brussels, University Press Antwerp, 2009,704 p. Auteur(s) Koen Janssens, P. Degryse, P. Cosyns, Joost Caen, Luc Van 't dack Citatiel…

Sara Geenen professor Outreach Sara Geenen Article Inside Climate News Quoted in article "Chinese Miners Accused of Gold Pillage, Environmental Destruction in DRC" Seminar on Minerais de guerre, minerais de paix : quelles perspectives à l’Est de la RDC ? Egmont Institute and GLAC-IOB UAntwerp hos…

Hendrik Deelstra emeritus occasional assignment Research Hendrik Deelstra Research team 01/05/2002 - 30/04/2004 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: De Bruyne Tess Promoter: Deelstra Hendrik Fellow: Bosscher Douwina Research team(s) Project type(s) Research Project Speciation of arseno-sugars in edible …

Negar Sharifimoghaddammood doctoral scholarship holder Research Negar Sharifimoghaddammood Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) When minerals turn bad: deciphering the role of calciprotein particles in cardiovascular ageing and disease. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract As the world's aged pop…

Cedric Goossens doctoral scholarship holder Research Cedric Goossens Research team Geobiology Marine carbon dioxide drawdown via enhanced carbonate dissolution in coastal sediments. 01/11/2024 - 14/09/2026 Abstract Ocean alkalinization is a climate stabilization technique that increases the buffer c…

Benjamin Van Heurck doctoral scholarship holder Research Benjamin Van Heurck Research team Geobiology The impact of macrofauna and microbiota on silicate weathering in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Enhanced silicate weathering (ESW) is an approach that targets for the deliberat…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

Gunter Flipkens senior researcher Research Gunter Flipkens Research team Geobiology Expertise Limiting global warming will require not only reducing emissions but also actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. My research focuses on mineral-based ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), a car…

Vijay Krishnan Kolinjivadi unpaid staff Research Vijay Krishnan Kolinjivadi Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My main interests lie in the social and political factors influencing the design and implementation of sustainable development initiatives. In particular, I …

Geobiology search menu search content Research team expertise Boschker Eric I study electron conduction in cable bacteria. Technique Raman, Cryo-EM, ToF-SIMS Users Researchers Keywords Microbiology, Bacteria, Sediments Flipkens Gunter Limiting global warming will require not only reducing emissions …

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher Research Sebastiaan van de Velde Research team Geobiology Expertise Focussing on the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, iron and sulfur, I study the past and present ocean, using a research approach that combines field work and laboratory incubations with nume…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? A European funded research consortium investigates whether a low-energy solution for carbon capture can be designed using an ooze of rocks, fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Can we us…

Geobiology search menu search content Coastal Ocean Alkalinization Coastal Carbon brings together all coastal ocean alkalinization projects within the Geobiology research group at the University of Antwerp. We study the natural processes that control ocean alkalinity and explore how these processes …

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content European project on climate change Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? University of Antwerp coordinates European project on climate change A newly funded European research consortium investigates whether a low-energy…

Luc Van 't dack expert Publications Luc Van 't dack Annales of the 17th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass (Antwerp, Belgium, 2006) Source Brussels, University Press Antwerp, 2009,704 p. Author(s) Koen Janssens, P. Degryse, P. Cosyns, Joost Caen, Luc Van 't dack Citat…

Geobiology search menu search content Research The research group GEOBIOLOGY performs fundamental and applied research at the intersection between Geology and Biology. Our prime objective is to generate profound insights about the interactions between the biosphere on the one hand, and the geosphere…

Laura Steinwidder predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Steinwidder Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Enhanced weathering of steel slags: Soil organic carbon dynamics and storage. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract An active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere will be necessary…

Filip Meysman research professor Research Filip Meysman Research team Geobiology Expertise Marine microbiology and biogeochemistry. Oceanography. Climate change and global change. Citizen science. Long-distance electron transport in coastal lagoon environments in the Mediterranean. 15/07/2025 - 14/0…

Nina Hermans professor Research Nina Hermans Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise *ANALYSIS OF BIOMARKERS OF IN VIVO OXIDATIVE - ANTIOXIDANT STATUS (matrix: plasma, urine, cells, tissue samples; much expertise with studies in an…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Artisanal mining and industrial mining in Eastern DR Congo Impact on livelihoods and violence Nik Stoop and Marijke Verpoorten study the mining sector in Eastern DR Congo, with a special focus on interactions between artisanal and industrial…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 25 April 2023 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CEST) Drowning out local voices? Participation in past and present battery-mineral supply chain regulation initiatives in DRC Sarah Katz-Lavigne, Hadassah Arian, and Sara Geenen Recent years have seen the e…

Geobiology search menu search content Simulating natural environments Bioturbators mix sediment in the mesocosm setup. Closed incubations to determine the carbonate system. Merging lab and nature Current knowledge on how mineral dissolution or precipitation can increase ocean alkalinity is largely b…

Driving change search menu search content Presentations Wrap up events, University of Antwerp & Université de Lubumbashi 2025 On 24 June 2025 we presented the Driving Change findings and output during a wrap-up event at IOB in Antwerp: Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collab…

Geobiology search menu search content Modelling ocean alkanization Models are crucial for integrating field and experimental observations, simulating alkalinity release rates over long time scales, and assessing the regional and global ocean alkalinization potential. Coastal Carbon uses modeling for…

Bossissi Nkuba assistant professor - senior researcher Research Bossissi Nkuba Research team Development processes, actors and policies Uneven, unsafe and insufficient water access: resource governance in a mineral rush (WATERRUSH). 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2033 Abstract The global energy transition requi…