Projects
CHASE: Unraveling fine dust chemistry in Queen Maud Land: from atmosphere to snow area Ghent University
Catalysis for sustainable organic chemistry (CASCH). University of Antwerp
ZAP office in homogeneous catalysis and organometallic chemistry Ghent University
ZAP office in homogeneous catalysis and organometallic chemistry (Steven Nolan)
Exploitation of TAD-based chemistry for renewable polymers Ghent University
An efficient, newly developed chemical reaction based on triazolinediones will be studied in detail for the production and/or functionalization of renewable polymers from plant oils, terpenes en terpenoids via chemical pathways that are robust, non-toxic, atom-efficient and orthogonal.
Rethinking Roman Nutrition. Assessing the nutritional biochemistry and stable isotope chemistry of archaeobotanical cereals and pulses from Roman Egypt. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Recyclable Metal-free Photocatalysts for Synthetic Chemistry based on Covalent Organic Frameworks Ghent University
The discovery of smart and highly efficient catalysts for solar energy conversion and green fuel production is a global scientific challenge due to increasing energy demand and related environmental consequences. Synthetic photocatalysis is highly promising, but employs to date expensive and/or toxic metals, such as Pt, Au, Ru, Cd, Ag, and Ir. This hampers the development of large-scale and introduces environmental issues. The aim of this ...
Francqui Research Professor "Catalysis for sustainable organic chemistry (CASCH)". University of Antwerp
Chemistry improvement thanks to Separation by membrane processes KU Leuven
Two of the major hurdles for the chemical industry transition toward the “chemical factory of the future” are the ability to design (i) efficient and selective catalytic transformations of renewables and (ii) eco-efficient separation processes to retrieve and purify the product(s) and catalyst(s). Future generations of researchers (academic &industry) will need to be trained and equipped with these expertise that constitute the main goal ...
AI powereD characterization and modelling for GREEn STeel technology Ghent University
The fourth industrial revolution and market demands for advanced steels are driving the research towards transformation of the manufacturing processes and to ever-more sustainable steel compositions. The conventional ‘trial and error’ approach traditionally used to develop metallurgical processes still prevails in the industrial steel plants. However, it is a time-consuming, labour-intensive process entailing high material waste and ...