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
- Biomolecules: Production of Bio-based molecules and engineering tool - contact: Nele Ameloot - website
- ChemTech: Chemistry & Water Technologies - Valentina Goftman - website
- CleanChem: Cleantech for sustainable chemical production - contact: Bart Hommez - website
- Composites: Innovative technology platform for composites - contact: Ilse Christiaens - website
- DuraBUILDmaterials: Innovative technologies for durable building materials and structures - contact: Stijn Matthys - website
- EnerGhentIC: Energy Research & Innovation Community - contact: Judith Ooms - website
- Machineries & Factories: Machine & factory design and optimization; industry 4.0 - contact: Jeroen De Maeyer - website
- Metals: Metals research platform, from nano to mega, from material to application - contact: Karen Hemelsoet - website
- TEX IS MORE: Textile innovations for protection, comfort and care - contact: Jozefien Geltmeyer - website
Health Tech & Pharma
- ACT-T: Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering - contact: Tim Desmet - website
- Biomarked: Pre-clinical biomarker -omics platforms and BioIT, diagnostics, RNA abled therapies - contact: Daisy Flamez - website
- ChemTech Life Sciences: Chemistry Technologies for the life sciences - contact: An Van den Bulcke - website
- DISCOVERE: Drug discovery, drug delivery and drug manufacturing - contact: Dominic De Groote - website
- HyCT: Hybrid CT image building technologies for material and life sciences applications - contact: Ewout Vansteenkiste - website
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MEDTEG: Medical Device Technologies - contact: David Aubert - website
- Victoris: Technological optimization, research and innovation in sport - contact: Kristof De Mey - website
Electronics, Photonics & Digital
- e-Poly: Center for advanced, polymer based microsystems and applications - contact: Frederik Leys - website
- INDATA: Internet & Data Lab - contact: Filip Louagie - website
- i-Know: Intelligent information management - contact: Ljiljana Platisa - website
- nb-photonics: Photonics, components, systems, applications - contact: Eva Ryckeboer - website
Agro, Vet & Food
- BLUe Gent: Innovations in aquaculture and blue life sciences - contact: Margriet Drouillon - website
- CropFit: Biostimulants and Biocontrol for plants - contact: Maaike Perneel - website
- End-of-Waste: Creating value out of organic waste and residues - contact: Nathan De Geyter - website
- Food2Know: Feed, Food & Health - website
- PROVAXS : Innovation in animal health - contact: Sven Arnouts - website
Social Sciences & Humanities
- i4S: Smart Solutions for Secure Societies - contact: Arne Dormaels - website
- Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Faculties - contact Zoë Imhof