Post on 20-Sep-2020
Universiteit GentFaculteit
Bioingenieurswetenschappen
Ghent UniversityFaculty of Bioscience Engineering
▬▬▬
Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry
14 Departments
● Agricultural Economy
● Plant Production
● Crop Protection
● Forest and Water Management
● Agricultural Engineering
● Biochemical and Microbial Technology
● Food Technology and Nutrition
● Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry
● Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology
● Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control
● Organic Chemistry
● Soil Management and Soil Care
● Animal Production
● Molecular Biotechnology
Department Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry● Three laboratories
– Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry● Prof. Filip M.G. Tack● Prof. Gijs Du Laing● Prof. Erik Meers
– Applied Biophysical Chemistry● Prof. Pascal Boeckx
– Particle and Interface technology● Prof. Paul Van Der Meeren● Prof. Arne Verliefde
Staff
Prof. Erik Meers
Visiting professor
Prof. Filip M. G. Tack (Head of department)Prof. Gijs Du Laing
Tenured Academic Staff
Assisting academic staff and scientific staff
Celine VaneeckhouteStijn van Slycken Frederik Van KoetsemPradeep Alava Rama Lavu Srikant
Technical and administrative staff
Ria Van Hulle Ann MilsMartin Meirlaen Joachim NeriKatty Sabo
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry
Trace elementsheavy metals
Chemical analysis
Biogeochemistry
Environmental Technology
Aquatic chemistry
Speciation
Research
● Soil remediation: phytoremediation
● Plant based water treatment
– Heavy metals in treatment reed beds
– Treatment of stormwater● Heavy metals in inundation areas
● Heavy metals in dredged sediment derived soils and ecosystem effects
Research
● Biogeochemistry
– Physicochemical fate of metallic nanoparticles released into surface waters
– Changes of trace element speciation in the human gastrointestinal tract
– Increasing the uptake of bioactive selenium forms in food crops (biofortification)
– Plant parameters affecting U uptake by and U distribution in plants
Research
● Environmental technology
– Phytoremediation/phytomanagement of metal contaminated soils
– Treatment of thin fraction of liquid manure using constructed wetlands
– C2C management of nutrients and water in manure
– Use of metallic nanoparticles as catalysers in water and soil remediation (nanotechnology)
– Treatment alternatives for mercurial sludge
Equipment
● Spectroscopy
– ICP-OES
– ICP-MS coupled to HPLC
– Hg analyser● Elemental analysis
– CN-analyzer
– DOC and TOC analyzer● Ion chromatography
● Spectrophotometers, automated titration, Kjeldahl, ...
Study programmes at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
• Ghent University:◦ Bioscience Engineering (5 masters, in Dutch)
◦ Aquaculture
◦ Environmental Sanitation
◦ Nutrition and Rural Development
• Flemish Universities:◦ Food Technology (KULeuven)
◦ Physical Land Resources (VUB, Brussels)
◦ Technology for Integrated Water Management (UA, Antwerp)
• Erasmus Mundus Programmes:◦ Rural Development
◦ Environmental Technology and Engineering
Master of Science programmes
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
MASTERS OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING
4. Soil and Water Management
1. Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology
5. Forest and Nature Management
6. Cell and Gene Biotechnology
2 years of study / Dutch
2. Food Science and Nutrition
7. Environmental Technology
3. Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Environmental Sanitation• Prevention, remediation and management of
environmental pollution
• Focus on developing countries
• 2 year master‣Environmental analysis
‣Environmental Ecology
‣Biosolids and solid waste
‣Air pollution
‣Water pollution
‣Soil remediation
‣Environmental impact assessment
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Physical Land Resources• Management of soil and natural resources
• Together with VUB (Brussels)
• 2 year master‣Soil physics, soil chemistry
‣Mineralogy
‣Land information systems
‣Soil prospection and classification
‣Soil fertility
‣Soil degradation
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Technology for Integrated Water Management
• Together with UA (Antwerpen)
• 1 year master‣Water treatment technologies
‣Sludge and sediment treatment
‣Ecological engineering
‣Sustainable use of water
‣River morphology and hydrodynamics
‣Water and Shipping
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Environmental Technology and Engineering
• 2 year Erasmus Mundus master‣Environmental sciences
‣Ecological engineering
‣Wastewater treatment
‣Atmosphere protection technologies
‣Waste management and treatment
‣Clean technology
‣Microbial reuse technology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering