Staff

dr. Dave Manhaeghe

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

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

dr. Sibel Ügdüler

Research topic: Pre-treatment of plastic waste

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

dr. Martijn Roosen

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Assistants

Joël Hogie

also involved at LIWET

Senior lecturer for process engineering

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Ph.D. students

Srija Balachandran

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Emelin Yhoany Luna Barrios

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

Tel: +34 61 77 77 37 5

Elisabetta Carrieri

Research topic: TiO₂ recovery from plastics

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Tobias De Somer

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Ruben Denolf

Research topic: Optimization of polymer recycling through dissolution and reprecipitation

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Shreyash Gujar

Research topic: Solvent assisted recycling of Polymers

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Rita Kol

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Michiel Van Melkebeke

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Thien Nguyen

Research topic: Purification of pyrolysis oil from plastic waste

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Alexandra Schmuck

Research Topic: Analysis of quantity and quality of available feedstock for chemical recycling of plastic waste

Tel: +32 (0) 456 65 14 49

E-mail

Amin Tehrani

Research topic: Downstream Processing of Depolymerization Products for Oxygenated Polymers

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Brecht Tomme

also involved at CTSE (MaTCh)

Research topic: Recycling of acrylic textiles (REACT)Tel:

Tel: +32 (0)493 53 07 19

Daniël Withoeck

also involved at LCT

Research topic: Modelling the Chemical Recycling process of Mixed Plastic Waste: from sorting to cracking

Tel: +32 9 331 17 56

E-mail

Waheed Zeb

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

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 95

Scientific staff

Noa collier

Research topic: Improving washing process of plastic waste within mechanical recycling, coupled with optimization of the water management in plastic recycling plants.

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Jordy Doolaege

Research topic: modelling of polymer dissolution and diffusion phenomena in mechanical recycling

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Tine Van Laere

Scientific support for industry projects

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Administrative & technical Staff

Elina Selmurzaeva

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Jung Suk Coene

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Lies Harinck

also involved at LIWET

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Pieter Knockaert

also involved at LIWET

Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Isabel Laperre

Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17