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Researcher
Ruben Smets
- Disciplines:Industrial biotechnology
Affiliations
- Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 31 Jul 2020 - Bioengineering Technology, Geel Campus (Technology cluster)
Member
From10 Jul 2017 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 3 of 3
- CHITINERY – Towards a novel sustainable chitin refinery process for insect and other arthropodal biomassFrom1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Reinventing the biorefinery of black soldier fly larvae as sustainable feedstock for industryFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- On the Compositional Analysis and Biorefinery of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) – Resolving Uncertainties & Towards More Sustainable ProcessingFrom8 Sep 2017 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates, BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 13
- Depolymerisation-hydrogenation of condensed tannins as a strategy for generating flavan-3-ol monomers(2023)
Authors: Thijs Vangeel, Ruben Smets, Mik Van Der Borght, Bert Sels
- Optimizing the rheological and textural properties of chapatti enriched with house crickets (Acheta domesticus) flour using hydrocolloids by an I-optimal design(2022)
Authors: Habiba KHATUN, Siebe Lievens, Ruben Smets, Mik Van Der Borght, Johan Claes
- On the nitrogen content and a robust nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght
Pages: 6365 - 6377 - On the Compositional Analysis and Biorefinery of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) – Resolving Uncertainties & Towards More Sustainable Processing(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght, Ilse Van de Voorde
- Enhancing the specificity of chitin determinations through glucosamine analysis via ultra-performance LC-MS(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Mik Van Der Borght
- Characterization of freeze dried, oven dried and blanched house crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis) by means of their physicochemical properties and volatile compounds(2021)
Authors: Habiba KHATUN, Johan Claes, Ruben Smets, Ann De Winne, Mik Van Der Borght
- Optimisation of the lipid extraction of fresh black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) with 2-methyltetrahydrofuran by response surface methodology(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Peter Goos, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght
- Sequential Extraction and Characterisation of Lipids, Proteins, and Chitin from Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae, Prepupae, and Pupae(2020)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Ilse Van de Voorde, Guido Aerts, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght
- Fermentation Versus Meat Preservatives to Extend the Shelf Life of Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Paste for Feed and Food Applications(2020)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Leen Van Campenhout
- Effect of heat processing on the nutrient composition, colour, and volatile odour compounds of the long-horned grasshopper Ruspolia differens serville(2020)
Authors: Ann De Winne, Ruben Smets, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght