Projects
Valorization of airborne ammonia emissions of livestock farming by plasma-enabled conversion to ammonium nitrate fertilizer. University of Antwerp
Holistic performance assessment of demand controlled ventilation concerning VOCs in the indoor environment. Ghent University
The indoor air we breathe in on a daily basis contains more than just the oxygen we need, the air is polluted by people and their activities, furniture and building materials. One group of pollutants are the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and are mainly emitted by building materials. When the exposure to VOCs gets too high, there are significant health risks (cancer, non-hereditary asthma,…). Nowadays, buildings are fitted with a ...
Travel Grant Bram Janssen to stay at Harvard University, Boston. Hasselt University
Unraveling the role of neutrophils in pollutant-aggravated asthma Ghent University
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and variable airflow obstruction. Asthma affects around 300 million individuals worldwide and has a significant economic burden of estimated 72 billion euro each year. The development of asthma is determined by both genetic and environmental factors. Exposure to air pollution has been associated with the onset of asthma symptoms and severity of ...
Thermochemical processing of complex multi-phase and non-recyclable waste streams KU Leuven
By EU waste policy, an irreversible treatment of non-recyclable waste through thermal processing (i.e., incineration or gasification) is mandatory to keep intended cycles of materials in the Circular Economy clean and safe. This way, the energetic content of the waste can be largely recovered in the form of electricity, steam/heat, energy carriers (syngas) and/or valuable organic compounds, whilst toxic organic compounds are destroyed. It ...
Exposure to surrounding green space during early life and the development of the respiratory and immune systems up to early adulthood. A prospective epidemiological study. University of Antwerp
Urbanization and mental diseases in Flanders KU Leuven
Urbanization causes more air pollution, less green space and higher temperatures during heat waves. These urbanization factors have been linked to more and more serious cardiovascular en respiratory diseases. However, regarding the association of this urbanisation with common mental disorders (depression, anxiety problems…) knowledge is limited up to date. What we do know is that mental disorders are common in Flanders, have a high impact on ...
Urban ecosystem services: while plants do their job, do policies do theirs? Hasselt University
Mitochondrial DNA content in cardiovascular ageing and disease: a population study. KU Leuven
A major burden of modern society is the progressive increase in age-associated diseases such as heart failure (HF). The genetic and environmental drivers of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction progression remain to be elucidated. LV dysfunction is associated with changes in cardiac energy metabolism. Mitochondria play a central role in a variety of cardiac cell functions. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content correlates with the size and number ...