Projects
set-up of a lab-scale biological wastewater treatment unit and respirometer University of Antwerp
COMPASS: Computer Aided Respiratory Therapy based on Audio and Spirometry Signals KU Leuven
AquaPro: Integrated control to produce high-quality microbial protein on food & beverage effluents used as sustainable aquafeed ingredients. University of Antwerp
MICRO-TOX: Unravelling the in vitro toxic effects of the mycotoxin beauvericin, bacterial toxin cereulide and cyanobacterial microcystins, and their interactions with co-exposed microplastics Ghent University
Over the lifetime, humans are exposed to an infinite number of toxic chemical contaminants present in the foods and environment. In the past, researchers were focusing on single or a group of similar toxins in order to understand their harm on the body. However, this does not reflect the toxic effects of the real co-exposure to several food and environmental contaminants on the body. Currently, the effects of exposure to a complex mixture of ...
Degradation of persistent organic pollutants in wastewater by periodate-based advanced oxidation processes KU Leuven
Water pollution is currently an important environmental issue. The increasing demand for sustainable wastewater treatment methods, especially for the removal of recalcitrant pollutants, has prompted the development of various advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in recent years. Among them, periodate (IO4-)-based AOPs have emerged as a promising approach for the treatment of wastewater by generating various types of strong oxidative radicals ...
Development of a novel diagnotic assay for the biochemical diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders in vital tissue KU Leuven
Primary mitochondrial disorders are characterized by aberrancies in normal mitochondrial functioning due to mutations in either nuclear or mitochondrial DNA-encoded genes. The estimated prevalence is at least 1 in 5.000 births, suggesting that there are at least 1.200 individuals in Flanders with an inherited mitochondrial disorder. However, less than 250 patients in Flanders have a diagnosis. We follow approximately 100 patients with a ...
Treatment of activated sludge to improve the biological wastewater treatment process Ultrasound versus plasma treatments KU Leuven
Worldwide an increasing amount of wastewater in generated due to an increasing population and continuous industrial growth. Biological wastewater treatment is by far the most used technique to treat these large wastewater quantities. Before discharge into the environment, the wastewater is treated by activated sludge. Due to the large microbial diversity of the activated sludge, various substrates can be treated. The increasing wastewater ...
A circular economy platform for treatment of wastewater by blue green microalgae Ghent University
Water pollutions and increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are two critical environmental issues causing significant harmful effects on the environment and human health. Biological wastewater treatment using microalgae has been intensively studied in recent years. However, its implementation has been hindered due to challenges associated with the high costs of harvesting and drying steps. Therefore we aimed to design an integrated platform ...