Projects
Solving missing heritability in inherited retinal diseases using integrated omics and gene editing in human cellular and animal models Ghent University
Erfelijke retinale ziekte (IRD) is een belangrijke oorzaak van vroeg optredende blindheid die 350.000 mensen in Europa treft. Er is aanzienlijke vooruitgang geboekt in de genomische onderbouwing van IRD, die heeft geleid tot nieuwe therapieën die de kliniek binnenkomen. Ondanks deze vooruitgang zijn er belangrijke hiaten in de kennis die een moleculaire diagnose in meer dan de helft van de gevallen belemmeren. Wij en anderen hebben een ...
Van der Waals unipolar barrier photodetectors for mid-infrared integrated photonics Ghent University
Photonic integrated circuits could offer compact and cost-effective solutions for applications of mid-infrared light such as biomedical sensing. However, photodetectors are a long-standing bottleneck of integrated photonics in this spectral range, mainly constrained by a high dark current and defects induced by lattice mismatch between different materials during growth. This project tackles this challenge by proposing unipolar barrier ...
Redesiging democracy: How deliberative minipublics are (and can be) succesfully integrated in representative democratic systems. Hasselt University
Model-based optimization of the operational conditions for mitigation of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from an aerobic granular sludge reactor performing integrated nitrogen and phosphorus removal. University of Antwerp
VacxSYS: An integrated systems thinking approach to enhance vaccination strategies Hasselt University
VacxSYS: An integrated systems thinking approach to enhance vaccination strategies KU Leuven
For many human infectious diseases, especially those caused by pathogens for which no effective treatment exists, the development, production, supply and optimal allocation of effective vaccines is of paramount importance. However, achieving an effective balance between supply and demand in vaccine supply chains is challenging. Optimal decision-making in vaccine supply chains is highly complex due to the many uncertainties involved, the ...
Enabling flexible application integrated photovoltaics via thin film technology Subtitle: Industrially viable development of high performing flexible CIS photovoltaics Hasselt University
Integrated Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics platform for modelling marine renewable energy technologies and moored floating structures validated using experimental modelling Ghent University
Moored floating structures have wide applications in coastal and offshore engineering, such as floating offshore wind turbines and Wave Energy Converters (WECs) from the field of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE). Mooring systems, and in the case of WECs, a controlled power take-off (PTO) represent a considerable part of the total cost of these technologies and influence their dynamics. Hence it is crucial to accurately and cost-efficiently model ...