Projects
Mesoporous silicas and zeolites as heterogeneous catalyst for micro-and millireactor technology Ghent University
In this project, heterogeneously catalyzed continuous flow processes for Diels-Alder reactions will be studied. The use in industry of Diels-Alder reactions is being limited due to safety concerns regarding upscaling. In the beginning, a generic reaction will be optimized. Next, various industrial relevant Diels-Alder reactions will be studied. Zeolites and functionalized mesoporous silica will be evaluated as solid acid catalysts.
Development of second generation vancomycin-based antibiotics. KU Leuven
In the last few decades, the tremendous increase in resistance against antibiotics has become a main threat to public health. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most infamous among all resistant pathogens and vancomycin – a glycopeptide – became the drug of choice (“drug of last resort”) for treating most MRSA infections. However, due to its frequent use, bacteria such as VRSA and VRE have become resistant to it. ...
CO2 conversion to renewable chemical power by synergy between plasma and photocatalysts (SynCO2Chem). University of Antwerp
SEAKING: Towards discovery and exploitation of novel marine-based bio-actives. KU Leuven
This project supported submission of a H2020 project 'SEAKING' in the Blue Growth BG-03-2014 call. Outcome: not financed.
Marine biodiversity is far from being fully explored. The potential of the marine environment as a source of novel drugs holds great potential due to the specific physical and chemical conditions of the marine ecosystems. Through close cooperation between 6 SMEs, 5 academic partners and 5 research institutes, the ...
Resource efficiency improvements in hospitals. KU Leuven
This PhD project focuses on service environments that are characterised by far more variability that the typical production environment. More specifically, the thesis discusses staffing in emergency departments, both from a practical and a theoretical point of view, and capacity planning (bed management) in a hematology department.
The methodologies that are used are simulation, queue theory, Markov processes, and data mining.