Team SoFer

Professors

Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan De NeveProf. dr. ir. Stefaan De Neve

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.019

+32 (0) 9 264 60 61

stefaan.deneve@ugent.be

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Prof. dr. ir. Steven SleutelProf. dr. ir. Steven Sleutel

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.016

+ 32 (0) 9 264 60 55

steven.sleutel@ugent.be

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Research and teaching assistant

MSc. Nick Krekelbergh

MSc. Nick Krekelbergh

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.028

+32 (0)9 264 60 52

nick.krekelbergh@ugent.be

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MSc. Junwei Hu

dr. Junwei Hu

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

+32 (0)9 264 60 66

junwei.hu@ugent.be

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MSc. Anne-Catherine Groven

MSc. Anne-Catherine Groven

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

AnneCatherine.Groven@ugent.be

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Doctoral researchers


MSc. Gertrude Scynthya Nirukshan

MSc. Gertrude Scynthya Nirukshan

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

gertrudescynthya.nirukshan@ugent.be

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MSc. Tamir Enkh-Amgalan

MSc. Tamir Enkh-Amgalan

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

tamir.enkhamgalan@ugent.be

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MSc. Patria Novita KusumawardaniMSc. Patria Novita Kusumawardani

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

patrianovita.kusumawardani@ugent.be

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MSc. Yin Liu

MSc. Yin Liu

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

Yin.Liu@ugent.be

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ir. Els Heyrman

ir. Els Heyrman 

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

els.heyrman@ugent.be

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ir. Marie Tuerlinckx.jpgir. Marie Tuerlinckx 

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

marie.tuerlinckx@ugent.be

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ir. Robin Beckx

ir. Robin Beckx

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

+32 (0)9 264 60 66

robin.beckx@ugent.be

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ir. Rens AccouMSc. Rens Accou

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

+32 (0)9 264 60 66

rens.accou@ugent.be

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    MSc. Lucia Borras Gonzalez

    MSc. Lucia Borras Gonzalez

    Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

    +32 (0)9 264 60 66

    lucia.borras@ugent.be

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    ir. Justine Luca

    ir. Justine Luca

    Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

    justine.luca@ugent.be

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    MSc. Tesfahun Belay Mihrete

    MSc. Tesfahun Belay Mihrete

    Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

    TesfahunBelay.Mihrete@ugent.be

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    MSc. Maarten Garmyn

    MSc. Maarten Garmyn

    Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

    maarten.garmyn@ugent.be

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      Administrative and technical staff

      TinaTina Coddens

      Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

      +32 (0)9 264 60 64

      tina.coddens@ugent.be

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      MathieuMathieu Schatteman 

      Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

      +32 (0) 9 264 60 64

      mathieu.schatteman@ugent.be

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      SophieSophie Schepens

      Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

      +32 (0) 9 264 60 64

      sophie.schepens@ugent.be

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      Former researchers

      MSc. Kanagaratnam Jegajeevagan
      ir. Laura Agneessens
      dr. Masuda Akter
      ir. Lisa Mabilde
      dr. ir. Stany Vandermoere
      MSc. Okky Amalia
      dr. Hui Xu
      ir. Jeroen De Waele
      MSc. Hector Hernandez Arbolaez
      dr. Orly Mendoza
      dr. Ummehani Hassi
      MSc. Pezhman Salehi Hosseini

      dr. ir. Peter Maenhout 
      dr. ir. Arne Verstraeten
      dr. Jones Yengwe
      ir. Sofie Pierreux 
      dr. Mesfin Tsegaye
      dr. ir. Heleen Deroo
      dr. Haichao Li 
      MSc. Zenia Gonzalez Giro
      MSc. Oka Ardiana Banaty
      dr. Zerihun Getachew Gebrehana
      dr. ir. Astrid Françoys

      Master thesis students 

      2023-2024

      Carmen de León (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change):
      Assessing microplastics degradation in soil

      Angelica Ramirez Moguel (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change):
      Soil phosphorus (P) mining in agriculture – Impacts on P availability, crop yields
      and soil organic carbon stocks after 10 years of experimentation

      Malaika Andrade (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change):
      Influence of Fungivorous Nematodes on Nitrous Oxide Emissions in soils

      Noa del Carme (Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Systems):
      Converting a conventional tea farm to organic production in Thyolo highlands, Malawi

      Jieqing Zhang (Master in Sustainable Land Management):
      Is there a dose effect on the efficiency of added organic matter (OM) conversion into stable soil OM? 

      2022-2023

      Lies Vanthournout (Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural sciences): 
      Identifying and analyzing microplastics in non-suspected soils

      Xu Zhang (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change):  
      Effect of soil organic matter quality on the soil moisture – heterotrophic respiration relationship

      Diana Paola Trujillo Amaya (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): 
      The Distribution of Pristine and Aged Microplastics in Soil Aggregate Fractions

      2021-2022

      Veva Speeckaert (Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology): 
      Are soil microplastics leaching and threatening our groundwater?

      Arne Verschueren (Bioscience Engineering: Land, water and climate): 
      How do multi-trophic interactions between microbivorous and herbivorous micro-
      and mesofauna impact nutrient cycling and plant growth?

      Maitreya Maitreya (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): 
      Extent of (micro)plastics pollution in non-suspected soils

      Meng Kong (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): 
      Contribution of soil microfauna to N2O emissions from soil

      Tefera Dadi (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): 
      Is groundwater depth a significant determinant of organic matter degradation in arable land during periods of drought?