Researcher
Erik Meers
- Disciplines:Environmental management, Recycling, Sustainable agriculture, General chemical and biochemical engineering not elsewhere classified, Biocatalysis, Agrochemistry and fertilisers, Chemical process design
Affiliations
- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Agricultural economics (Department)
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From1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2016 - Research Department (Administrative office)
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From1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2016 - Department of Applied analytical and physical chemistry (Department)
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From1 Oct 2000 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 10 of 54
- ReJuiceFrom8 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- AdviSor neTwork foR OptimAl ferTilisers UseFrom1 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- Using upstream anaerobic digestion process-control to achieve minimal content of undesired trace elements - FERTICYCLEFrom23 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Valorising of waste streams to recover nutrients from grass and seaweed biorefineriesFrom14 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Enabling underused bio-waste feedstocks into safe and effective market-ready soil improvers.From1 Jun 2023 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- Cofunding core facility - INSTALABFrom1 May 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- Accelerating algae product developments in Baltic and North SeaFrom1 Apr 2023 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- REcycling of NUtrients to close the fertiliser CYCLEFrom24 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- Coagulation-Flocculation as a sustainable harvesting process for microalgae grown in wastewaterFrom1 Mar 2023 → 30 Jun 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- ITN-INFIITYFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
Publications
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- The potential to produce safe textiles in a phytoattenuation strategy : the fate of Cd and Pb during industrial treatments on contaminated hemp fibers(2023)
Authors: Béatrice De Vos, Marcella Fernandes De Souza, Sofie Vermeire, Pieter Vermeir, Evi Michels, Alexandra De Raeve, Erik Meers
- Ammonia stripping and scrubbing followed by nitrification and denitrification saves costs for manure treatment based on a calibrated model approach(2023)
Authors: Ruben Vingerhoets, Claudio Brienza, Ivona Sigurnjak, Jeroen Buysse, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Marc Spiller, Erik Meers
- Vitamin B12 bioaccumulation in Chlorella vulgaris grown on food waste-derived anaerobic digestate(2023)
Authors: Konstantinos P. Papadopoulos, Marcella Fernandes De Souza, Lorraine Archer, Ana Camila Zenteno Illanes, Ellen L. Harrison, Fiona Taylor, Matthew P. Davey, Daniela Ahuatzin Gallardo, Allan J. Komakech, Shahla Radmehr, et al.
- Constructed wetlands and duckweed ponds as a treatment step in liquid manure handling : a life cycle assessment(2023)
Authors: Miriam Beyers, Rahul Ravi, Reindert Devlamynck, Erik Meers, Lars Stoumann Jensen, Sander Bruun
- In the quest for sustainable management of liquid fraction of manure : insights from a life cycle assessment(2023)
Authors: Rahul Ravi, Miriam Beyers, Ruben Vingerhoets, Claudio Brienza, Hongzhen Luo, Sander Bruun, Erik Meers
Pages: 251 - 263 - Ammonia water as a biobased fertiliser : evaluating agronomic and environmental performance for Lactuca sativa compared to synthetic fertilisers(2023)
Authors: Vaibhav Shrivastava, Ivona Sigurnjak, Nimisha Edayilam, Erik Meers
- Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in a phytoattenuation strategy : remediation potential of a Cd, Pb and Zn contaminated soil and valorization potential of the fibers for textile production(2022)
Authors: Béatrice De Vos, Marcella Fernandes De Souza, Evi Michels, Erik Meers
- Benefits of biobased fertilizers as substitutes for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers : field assessment combining minirhizotron and UAV-based spectrum sensing technologies(2022)
Authors: Hongzhen Luo, Kevin Dewitte, Sofie Landschoot, Ivona Sigurnjak, Ana Robles Aguilar, Evi Michels, Stefaan De Neve, Geert Haesaert, Erik Meers
- Laboratory and field assessment on the nitrogen value of manure-derived biobased fertilizers(2022)
Authors: Hongzhen Luo, Ivona Sigurnjak, Ana Robles Aguilar, Evi Michels, Stefaan De Neve, Erik Meers
Number of pages: 1 - Replacing mineral fertilisers for bio-based fertilisers in potato growing on sandy soil : a case study(2022)
Authors: Chantal M. J. Hendriks, Vaibhav Shrivastava, Ivona Sigurnjak, Jan Peter Lesschen, Erik Meers, Rembert van Noort, Zhongchen Yang, Rene P. J. J. Rietra