Professors
Research topics
- Fate of heavy metals in sediments, wetlands and intertidal river banks
- Removal of trace elements from wastewater and groundwater
- Metal binding properties of natural organic matter in natural waters
- Treatment alternatives for mercurial sludge
- Application of municipal waste composts in agriculture
- Controls of Fe and Mn oxides in metal retention in soils
- The use of bio-energy crops for phytoremediation of metal enriched agricultural soils
- Use of metal immobilizing soil amendments in a risk-based management of metal contaminated soils: risk assessment
- Nutrient recovery from manure and biomethanisation digestates
- Recycling/recovery of technology-critical elements from waste and wastewater
- Testing and development of (micronutrient-enriched) soil fertilizers, feed and food supplements
Research projects
- AgroCycle: EU policy-forming protocol for the recycling and valorisation of agri-food waste
- ALG-AD: Combining algal and AD technology
- BIOREFINE: Recycling inorganic chemicals from agro-and bio-industrial waste streams
- COMBINE: Converting Organic Matters from European urban and natural areas into storable bio-Energy
- De Blauwe Keten: Creation of a new biobased sector for a blue colorant produced by the microalga Spirulina
- DIGESMART: DIGEState from MAnure Recycling Technologies
- GRASSIFICATION: Using roadside grass clippings as a renewable resource in a circular economy
- New-C-Land: Added value of cross-border valorisation of marginal land in support of a bio-based economy
- NutriCycle MIP: Green fertilizers produced from animal manure and digestate
- Pilots4U: Network of bioeconomy open access pilot and multipurpose demo facilities
- Phos4You: Development of P-recycling technologies
- Pocket Power: Expansion of pocket digestion in Flanders
- ReciDigest: Implementation of digestate treatment and recirculation
- Systemic: Recover and recycle valuable mineral components from organic waste streams
Scientific Networks