IOF Business Development Centers
The Business Development Centers at Ghent University group complementary research departments by application area or domain of expertise. Together they constitute the Industrial Liaison Network.
Engineering, Energy & Materials
- ChemTech - Bart Hommez
Chemistry & Water Technologies - CleanChem - Stijn Dekeukeleire
Cleantech for sustainable chemical production - Composites - Ilse Christiaens
Innovative technology platform for composites - DuraBUILDmaterials - Stijn Matthys
Innovative technologies for durable building materials and structures - EnerGhentIC - Judith Ooms
Energy Research & Innovation Community - Machineries & Factories - Jeroen De Maeyer
Machine & factory design and optimization; industry 4.0 - Metals - Kristof De Wispelaere
Metals research platform, from nano to mega, from material to application
Health Tech & Pharma
- Biomarked - Daisy Flamez
Pre-clinical biomarker -omics platforms and BioIT, diagnostics, RNA abled therapies - ChemTech Life sciences - An Van den Bulcke
Chemistry Technologies for the life sciences - HyCT - Ewout Vansteenkiste
Hybrid CT image building technologies for material and life sciences applications -
MEDTEG - David Aubert
Medical Device Technologies - Protein Technologies - Koen Tyberghein
Proteomics & biopharmaceutical protein production and delivery technologies - UGent DISCOVERE - Dominic De Groote
Drug discovery, drug delivery and drug manufacturing - Victoris - Kristof De Mey
Technological optimization, research and innovation in sport
Electronics, Photonics & Digital
- e-Poly - Frederik Leys
Center for advanced, polymer based microsystems and applications - INDATA (IDLab) - Filip Louagie & Wouter Haerick
Internet & Data Lab
- i-Know - Ljiljana Platisa
Intelligent information management - nb-photonics - Eva Ryckeboer
Photonics, components, systems, applications
Agro, Vet & Food
- Aquaculture Ghent University - Margriet Drouillon
Innovations for a sustainable aquaculture production - CropFit - Maaike Perneel
Biostimulants and Biocontrol for plants - End-of-Waste - Kamila Mascart
Creating value out of organic waste and residues - Food2Know - Benedikt Sas
Feed, Food & Health - PROVAXS - Sven Arnouts
Innovation in animal health