Researcher
Leen Van Campenhout
- Disciplines:Biomaterials engineering, Biological system engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Other (bio)medical engineering, Environmental engineering and biotechnology, Industrial biotechnology, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering, Other chemical sciences, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Nutrition and dietetics, Agricultural animal production, Food sciences and (bio)technology
Affiliations
- Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Bioengineering Technology, Geel Campus (Technology cluster)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2019 - Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M²S) (Department)
Member
From1 Sep 2009 → 30 Sep 2013
Projects
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- Valorization of residual substrate from the rearing of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in plant cultivation: microbiological and chemical quality and impact on plant growthFrom12 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Unraveling the gut virome in black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) and its interaction with the microbial gut communityFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- VaLoReSectFrom1 Sep 2021 → 31 Aug 2023Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
- Strengthening KU Leuven Campus Geel as Centre of Excellence for industrial insect researchFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Optimization of the microbiological and nutritional quality of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) towards further valorization opportunitiesFrom26 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sabbatical Leen Van Campenhout: Consolidating a relatively new research line and going digital in my educationFrom1 Sep 2020 → 31 Aug 2021Funding: BOF - mobility
- Microbiological safety throughout the production chain of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)From9 Apr 2020 → 9 Apr 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- SUStainable INsect CHAINFrom1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and wellbeing
- Exploring the interactions between polyvinyl chloride (micro)plastics and black soldier fly larvae: a biological and a chemical approachFrom4 Jul 2019 → 5 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Exploration and exploitation of the gut microbiota of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)From15 May 2019 → 3 Jul 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Stability assessment and laboratory scale fermentation of pastes produced on a pilot scale from mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)(2018)
Authors: Jeroen De Smet, Jana Scholliers, Mik Van Der Borght, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 113 - 121 - Effect of fermentation system on the physicochemical and microbial community dynamics during enset (Ensete ventricosum) fermentation(2018)
Authors: Addisu Fekadu Andeta, Dries Vandeweyer, Christel Verreth, Sam Crauwels, Bart Lievens, Karen Vancampenhout, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 842 - 853 - Microbiological quality of raw edible insects and impact of processing and preservation(2018)
Authors: Dries Vandeweyer, Leen Van Campenhout, Bart Lievens
- Assessing the Microbiota of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) Reared on Organic Waste Streams on Four Different Locations at Laboratory and Large Scale(2018)
Authors: Enya Wynants, Sam Crauwels, Christel Verreth, Jeroen De Smet, Bart Lievens, Johan Claes, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 913 - 930 - Marination and fermentation of yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor)(2018)
Authors: An Borremans, Sam Crauwels, Bart Lievens, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 47 - 52 - Microbial characterisation of the edible grasshopper Ruspolia differens in raw condition after wild-harvesting in Uganda(2018)
Authors: Geoffrey Ssepuuya, Enya Wynants, Christel Verreth, Sam Crauwels, Bart Lievens, Johan Claes, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 106 - 117 - Fermentation of enset (Ensete ventricosum) in the Gamo highlands of Ethiopia: Physicochemical and microbial community dynamics(2018)
Authors: Addisu Fekadu Andeta, Dries Vandeweyer, Sam Crauwels, Bart Lievens, Johan Ceusters, Karen Vancampenhout, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 342 - 350 - Suitability of microwave drying for mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) as alternative to freeze drying: impact on nutritional quality and colour(2018)
Authors: Sanne Lenaerts, Mik Van Der Borght, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 129 - 136 - Microbial Dynamics during Industrial Rearing, Processing, and Storage of Tropical House Crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) for Human Consumption(2018)
Authors: Dries Vandeweyer, Enya Wynants, Sam Crauwels, Christel Verreth, Johan Claes, Bart Lievens, Leen Van Campenhout
- Microbial dynamics during production of lesser mealworms (Alphitobius diaperinus) for human consumption at industrial scale(2018)
Authors: Enya Wynants, Sam Crauwels, Christel Verreth, Bart Lievens, Johan Claes, Leen Van Campenhout
Pages: 181 - 191
Patents
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