Projects
Translocation of black carbon from the mother to the fetus. Development of a new internal label-free biomarker of black carbon exposures and its link with the early life origin of health and disease concept. KU Leuven
Current ambient outdoor air pollution concentrations are responsible for 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide. The combustion-related particulate matter (PM) air pollution, indicated as black carbon (BC), increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but also chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer. Two hypotheses are used to explain these findings both from experimental as well as epidemiological studies. First, particles produce ...
The biological carbon pump and role of diazotrophs in open ocean carbon export Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Translocation of black carbon from the mother to the fetus. Development of a new internal label-free biomarker of black carbon exposures and its link with the early life origin of health and disease concept. Hasselt University
An assessment of the relation between carbon storage and biodiversity in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (DR Congo): the potential for biodiversity conservation in carbon conservation programs. University of Antwerp
Sustainable polymer reaction engineering for carbon circularity (SPRE4CC) Ghent University
The long-term objectives for the project “Sustainable polymer reaction engineering for carbon circularity (SPRE4CC)” are (i) to substitute conventional (vinyl) polymers at industrial scale and (ii) to make the final polymer properties even superior to those of conventional (vinyl) polymers. This is done by focusing on three promising classes of sustainable monomers from the chemistry field (butyrolactones, modified esters/acrylics ...