Projects
The interaction between climate and the African great lakes: A study with a regional climate model. KU Leuven
In this PhD project, use will be made of the regional climate model CCLM, in which only very recently, the freshwater lake parameterisation scheme FLake has been implemented. The research will be build around three main axes: (i) improvement of the treatment of turbulent exchanges and lake dynamics in FLake, (ii) climate simulations –and evaluation– for Central and Eastern Africa using CCLM driven by Global Climate Model (GCM) output, and ...
Community dynamics of water fleas in East African mountain lakes: integration of (paleo)limnology and (paleo)genetics Ghent University
Cladocera play key roles in aquatic food webs. Understanding the mechanisms that govern
their distribution is therefore invaluable to understand aquatic ecosystem functioning. This is particularly true for the unique tropical cold-water ecosystems on Africa’s highest mountains, which are isolated and show high sensitivity to global change. We will investigate processes shaping the communities and (genetic) diversity of Cladocera in lakes ...
Metallogenesis of the Cu-Co deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, information from REE patterns and the Lu-Hf isotopic system. KU Leuven
This PhD thesis is centered on the Central African Copperbelt, a Neoproterozoic stratiform Cu-Co ore province, and consists of three main parts. The first part focuses on the geotectonic evolution of the basement units in the vicinity of the Katanga basin that hosts the ore deposits. The second part uses rare earth element patterns in gangue carbonates associated with the ores as proxies for hydrothermal mineralization-related processes. The ...
Modified 7-deazapurine nucleoside analogues for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: towards a strong proof-of-concept. University of Antwerp
Modified 7-deazapurine nucleoside analogues for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: towards a strong proof-of-concept. Ghent University
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease transmitted by
tsetse flies with a relatively benign haemolymphatic followed by a lethal encephalitic stage.
Treatment is increasingly compromised by emergence of drug resistance in addition to the known
toxicity of current drugs. In response to this medical need, our previous hit-finding campaign
identified nucleoside ...
Characterization of the cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to the development inflammation-driven immunopathologies in African Trypanosome infection. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Therefore, the objectives of this proposal fit completely with ...
“Righting” the Black Atlantic: Expatriate African American Writing for an Age of Involuntary Displacement KU Leuven
Starting from the observation that the critical vocabulary for transnational mobility is not adapted to the current unprecedented numbers of involuntarily displaced persons worldwide, this project aims to develop a novel account of the relation between mobility, literature, and human rights. More specifically, it updates the generative notion of the "Black Atlantic" by foregrounding the understudied role of juridical realities and imaginaries ...
Recent trends in the relations between the European Union and the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states: a legal analysis Ghent University
The growing resistance of other countries regarding the existing legal relationship between the EU and the ACP and the need to adjust the relations to recent developments raise several research questions. First, the WTO-compatibility of the new agreements (EPAs) and the integration in the multilateral trading system. Second, the flanking development policy. To conclude, a thorough examination regarding the respect of human rights, democracy ...