Structural Chemistry search menu search content Chalcogen - Nitrogen - Structural Chemistry Group Structure and Bonding in Chalcogen-Nitrogen Compounds The discovery of the metallic properties of (SN) polymer in 1973 and the observation that it becomes a superconductor at low temperatures, two years…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Nitrogen fixation New plasma approach can make chemistry greener UAntwerp researchers develop new method to achieve very sustainable nitrogen fixation UAntwerp chemists have built a new plasma reactor bas…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Nitrogen Pollution and Hay Fever research on the Lancet Planetary Health Cover Published on 23/04/2025 We are proud to share that a recent study by Prof. Dr. Tobias Ceulemans and colleagues from KU Leuven has been published in The Lancet Planetary Health—and fe…

Annemie Bogaerts gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Annemie Bogaerts RePlaChem : a dimensionality reduction library for plasma chemical mechanisms Bron Computer physics communications - ISSN 0010-4655-325 (2026) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Z. Nikolaou, Eduardo Morais, Stijn Van Rompaey, C. Anastassiou, Annemie Bog…

Yury Gorbanev senior projectmanager Publicaties Yury Gorbanev Perspectives in plasma-based nitrogen fixaton for fertilizer applications Bron Plasma-Assisted Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Process Industries / Hessel, Volker [edit.]; et al. [edit.]-p. 423-449 Auteur(s) Yury Gorbanev, Annemie Bogae…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Biogeochemical cycles Ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycling, modelling, laboratory experiments Plants are the engine pumping carbon into and water out of ecosystems. At ecosystem scale, photosynthesis is mainly climate-controlled. The biomass producti…

Tobias Ceulemans tenure track docent Publicaties Tobias Ceulemans The impact of ecosystem nitrogen enrichment on pollen allergy : a cross-sectional paired comparison study Bron Lancet Planetary Health - ISSN 2542-5196-9:4 (2025) p. e294-e303 Auteur(s) Robin Daelemans, Paulien Verscheure, Thomas Romb…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Plants shift to the west Nitrogen pollution relates to unexpected westward shift in European forest plants New research reveals nitrogen pollution, and to a lesser extent climate change, unexpectedly as the key driver behind surprising westward shifts…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Gas Chromatography FID & NPD The Toxicological Centre uses two gas chromatographic systems coupled to “classical” detectors for specific purposes. Headspace – Gas Chromatography – Flame Ionization This system is dedicated to the analysis of eth…

Sean Kelly unpaid staff Research Sean Kelly Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Plasma efficient nitrogen fixation (Penfix). 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021 Abstract Industrial scale nitrogen fixation (NF) via the Haber-Bosch process dominates artifi…

Jolien De Paepe onbezoldigd medewerker Over Jolien De Paepe Jolien De Paepe Contact Campus Groenenborger Toon e-mailadres Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL Long-duration human spaceflight comes with grand engineering challenges. Cabin pressure is predominantly dictated by the amount of inert…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Plasma-based sustainable chemistry CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals and renewable fuels is one of the great challenges of the 21stcentury, as it might contribute to a solution for the problem of …

Margaux Boeraeve unpaid guest prof. Research Margaux Boeraeve Research team Ecosphere The consequences of nitrogen-induced shifts in fungal and bacterial communities for carbon cycling in temperate forests. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Forests constitute a large and persistent carbon stock, whic…

Wilma Van Boxem dossierbeheerder - praktijkassistent Publicaties Wilma Van Boxem Influence of cell type and culture medium on determining cancer selectivity of cold atmospheric plasma treatment Bron Cancers - ISSN 2072-6694-11:9 (2019) p. Auteur(s) Eline Biscop, Abraham Lin, Wilma Van Boxem, Jinthe …

Kevin Van Sundert onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Kevin Van Sundert Plant functional traits affect biomass responses to global change : a meta-analysis Bron The journal of ecology - ISSN 0022-0477-113:8 (2025) p. 2046-2065 Auteur(s) Mingyan Hu, Han Y.H. Chen, Scott X. Chang, Sebastian Leuzinger, …

Marijn Juliaan Timmer onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Marijn Juliaan Timmer The membrane-aerated biofilm reactor as resource-efficient solution for water reuse in decentralized treatment schemes on Earth and in space Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscienc…

Jolien De Paepe onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Jolien De Paepe Combined membrane aeration and filtration for energy- and space-efficient COD removal in water reuse Bron Water Research X - ISSN 2589-9147-27 (2025) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Marijn Juliaan Timmer, Maria Inês Vaz, Jolien De Paepe, Iris De …

Structural Chemistry search menu search content Crystal Engineering - Structural Chemistry Group Crystal Engineering and the Supramolecular Structures of Distyrylbenzene Derivatives The single-crystal X-ray diffraction facility of the Structural Chemistry Group consists of a Bruker-Nonius MACH3 diff…

Pepijn Heirman senior researcher Research Pepijn Heirman Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Nitrogen fixation through plasma-liquid interaction: Computational and experimental studies. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract The NH3 produced in the…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content N2 fixation and NH3 cracking Plasma technology for the electrification of chemical reactions. A. Bogaerts Nature Chem. Eng. 2, 336-340 (2025) and supplementary information Plasma-assisted NH3 cracking in …

Tobias Ceulemans tenure track asst. professor Research Tobias Ceulemans Research team Ecosphere Expertise The main focus of my research expertise is the conservation and restoration of threatened populations. My work focuses mostly on plants, but also insects and funghi. In order to maintain a good …

Kaja Czub doctoral scholarship holder Research Kaja Czub Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Enhanced basalt weathering with Bacillus subtilis in a controlled bioreactor to produce a climate- and nitrogen-friendly fertilizer. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2028 Abstract Agriculture and s…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Biobased Cleantech and Environmental Analysis Research (BioCLEAR) BioCLEAR Welcome to BioCLEAR, where we combine scientific rigor with innovative technology to offer tailored, sustainable biotechnological solutions that meet to…

Ivan Tsonev postdoc researcher FWO Research Ivan Tsonev Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Hybrid DC-pulsed plasma reactor for efficient nitrogen fixation: enabling vibrational-translational non-equilibrium. 01/10/2025 - 30/09/2028 Abstract …

Marc Spiller guest professor Research Marc Spiller Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise New technologies cannot function in isolation. Any innovation must be viewed in its context, that is in the system in which it eventually will have to function. It is only when te…