Staff
Professors

prof. dr. ir. Steven De Meester
Research areas: Sustainable design of (bio)chemical process chains
Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 36
Postdocs

dr. Sergei Gusev
also involved at LIWET
Research areas: Process control and advanced sensing technologies
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

dr. Dave Manhaeghe
Research areas: Efficient media management for (chemical) washing of plastics
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93
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
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

Joël Hogie
also involved at LIWET
Senior lecturer for process engineering
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93
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

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 24 12 17

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

Tobias De Somer
Research topic: Development and optimization of reactors (and processes) for washing of plastics
Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17

Ruben Denolf
Research topic: Optimization of polymer recycling through dissolution and reprecipitation
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 94

Rita Kol
Research topic: Cleaning of plastic waste by solvent-based technologies
Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97
Marvin Kusenberg

also involved at LCT
Research topic: Thermochemical recycling of mixed plastic waste (MATTER)
Tel: +32 (0) 331 58 26
Irdanto Saputra Lase

Research topic: Modeling Material Flows through Plastic Recycling Chain
Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97
Sepehr Madanikashani

also involved at LCT
Research topic: Circularity indicators for products and materials
Tel: +32 (0) 92 64 58 24
Thien Nguyen

Tel: +32 (0) 93 31 03 97

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

Brecht Tomme
also involved at CTSE (MaTCh)
Research topic: Recycling of acrylic textiles (REACT)
Tel: +32 (0)493 53 07 19
Michiel Van Melkebeke

Research topic: Pre-treatment of plastic waste towards chemical recycling
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93

Gianni Vyncke

Research topic: Circular Plastics, WEEE
Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 36

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 94
Administrative & Technical Staff
Lies Harinck
also involved at VEG-i-TEC
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93
Pieter Knockaert
Tel: +32 (0) 56 32 21 93
Tine Van Laere

Scientific support for industry projects
Isabel Laperre
Tel: +32 (0) 56 24 12 17