Staff

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Professors

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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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Postdocs

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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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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

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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

Ph.D. students and scientific staff

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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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Research topic: TiO2 recovery from plastics

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17

 

 

 

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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

 

Marvin Kusenberg

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also involved at LCT

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

Tel: +32 (0) 331 58 26

 

 

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Research topic: Modeling Material Flows through Plastic Recycling Chain

Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97

 

 

 

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also involved at LCT

Research topic: Circularity indicators for products and materials

Tel: +32 (0) 92 64 58 24

 

  

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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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Brecht Tomme

also involved at CTSE (MaTCh)

Research topic: Recycling of acrylic textiles (REACT)

Tel: +32 (0)493 53 07 19

 

 

Michiel Van MelkebekemichielLCPE

Research topic: Pre-treatment of plastic waste towards chemical recycling

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

 

 

 

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Research topic: Circular Plastics, WEEE

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 36

 

 

 

 

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Research topic: Design of downstream processes for the isolation of precious chemicals from plastic waste pyrolysis oil

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

 

 

Administrative & Technical Staff

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Lies Harinck

also involved at VEG-i-TEC

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

 

 

 

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Pieter Knockaert

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

 

 

 

 

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Scientific support for industry projects

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

 

 

   

 

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Isabel Laperre

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17