Professors

Research and teaching assistant

Doctoral researchers

MSc. Patria Novita Kusumawardani

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

• patrianovita.kusumawardani@ugent.be

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MSc. Yin Liu

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

Yin.Liu@ugent.be

Administrative and technical staff

Former researchers

MSc. Kanagaratnam Jegajeevagan

dr. ir. Peter Maenhout 

ir. Laura Agneessens

dr. ir. Arne Verstraeten

dr. Masuda Akter

dr. Jones Yengwe

ir. Lisa Mabilde

ir. Sofie Pierreux 

dr. ir. Stany Vandermoere

dr. Mesfin Tsegaye 

MSc. Okky Amalia

dr. ir. Heleen Deroo

dr. Hui Xu 

dr. Haichao Li 

ir. Jeroen De Waele

MSc. Hector Hernandez Arbolaez

Master thesis students 

2022-2023

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

2021-2022

Veva Speeckaert (Bioscience Engineering: Land, water and climate): Are soil microplastics leaching and threatening our groundwater?

Arne Verschueren (Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology): 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?

2020-2021

Ugochukwu Victor Ezeakunne (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change) 

Bukunmi Ojedokun (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change)

Jolien Vandenberghe (Bioscience Engineering: Agronomy)

Arthur Adriaensen (Bioscience Engineering: Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology)