Staff

Professors

prof. dr. ir. Steven De Meester

Research areas: Sustainable design of (bio)chemical process chains

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 36

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dr. Sergei Gusev

also involved at LIWET

Research areas: Process control and advanced sensing technologies

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

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dr. Dave Manhaeghe

Research areas: Efficient media management for (chemical) washing of plastics

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

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dr. Pieter Nachtergaele

also involved at STEN

Research areas: Renewable resources in the chemical industry and sustainable packaging and end-of-life treatment of plastic packaging

Tel: +32 (0)9 264 59 18

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dr. Sibel Ügdüler

Research topic: Pre-treatment of plastic waste

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

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Assistants

Martijn Roosen

Research topic: Optimization of chemical pre-treatment steps of plastic waste towards closed-loop recycling

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

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Joël Hogie

also involved at LIWET

Senior lecturer for process engineering

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

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Ph.D. students and scientific staff

Srija Balachandran

Research topic: Development and optimisation of downstream processes for carboxylic acids

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17

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Emelin Yhoany Luna Barrios

Research topic: Development of processes for chemical recycling of PET and PC

Tel: +34 61 77 77 37 5

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Elisabetta Carrieri

Research topic: TiO₂ recovery from plastics

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17

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Benson Dulo

also involved at Moi University

Research topic: Natural dyes from nut waste

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93 or +254 (0) 78 65 05 159

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Tobias De Somer

Research topic: Development and optimization of reactors (and processes) for washing of plastics

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17

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Ruben Denolf

Research topic: Optimization of polymer recycling through dissolution and reprecipitation

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

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Rita Kol

Research topic: Cleaning of plastic waste by solvent-based technologies

Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97

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Marvin Kusenberg

also involved at LCT

Research topic: Thermochemical recycling of mixed plastic waste (MATTER)

Tel: +32 (0) 331 58 26

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Irdanto Saputra Lase

Research topic: Modeling Material Flows through Plastic Recycling Chain

Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97

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Sepehr Madanikashani

also involved at LCT

Research topic: Circularity indicators for products and materials

Tel: +32 (0) 92 64 58 24

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Thien Nguyen

Research topic: Purification of pyrolysis oil from plastic waste

Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97

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Martin Skelton

also involved at STEN

Research topic: Waste plastic treatment methods including chemical recycling, looking at resource and exergy efficiencies, implications for the possibility of circular process chains, and selection criteria for optimal treatment of various waste streams

Tel: +32 (0) 92 64 99 27

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