Researcher
Kristof Demeestere
- Keywords:emerging organic micropollutants, (Ultra-)trace analysis of organic compounds in ecosystems, advanced oxidation processes for environmental technology
- Disciplines:Environmental engineering design, Resources engineering, Environmental technologies, Environmental chemistry, (Waste)water treatment processes, Air pollution and control, Analytical separation and detection techniques
Affiliations
- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 31 Dec 2017
Infrastructure
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- Centri - GC x GC - Exploris 240 Orbitrap HRMS (Consortium coordinator)
Projects
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- Integrated versatile platform for sample preparation, 2D gas chromatographic separation and Orbitrap mass spectrometric identification and quantification of (semi-)volatile organic compounds in environmental, food and biological samplesFrom1 May 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Microbial management of unwanted odor compounds in drinking water.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Benchtop ultra-high performance liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometer for ultra-sensitive analysis of small organic molecules.From1 Dec 2020 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- BIOSTABLE: safe drinking water now and in the futureFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- Water quality characterization and biosorption for point-of-use drinking water treatment in Athi River Basin, KenyaFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: VLIR-UOS South Initiatives
- Bioavailability models for innovative ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals (ECOPHARMA)From1 Oct 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Unravelling Particle Chemistry from atmosphere to surface snow in Dronning Maud LandFrom1 Apr 2018 → 15 Apr 2022Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- MoxiScrubFrom19 Dec 2017 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- BELISSIMA- Phase AFrom1 Nov 2016 → 31 Jan 2018Funding: ESA incl. Intelsat
- New strategies for monitoring and risk analysis of hazardous chemicals in the marine environment 'Passive Samplers'From15 Dec 2014 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
Publications
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- Degradation of gaseous hydrocarbons in aerated stirred bioreactors inoculated with Rhodococcus erythropolis : effect of the carbon source and SIFT-MS method development(2025)
Authors: Paula Lamprea Pineda, Kristof Demeestere, Allan Augusto Alvarado Alvarado, Frank Devlieghere, Nico Boon, Herman Van Langenhove, Christophe Walgraeve
Pages: 268 - 281 - Four years of active sampling and measurement of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica(2024)
Authors: Preben Van Overmeiren, Kristof Demeestere, Patrick De Wispelaere, Stefania Gili, Alexander Mangold, Karen De Causmaecker, Nadine Mattielli, Andy Delcloo, Herman Van Langenhove, Christophe Walgraeve
Pages: 1577 - 1588 - Effect of oxygen vacancy modification of ZnO on photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange : a kinetic study(2024)
Authors: Alireza Ranjbari, Ju Ho Kim, Jihee Yu, Jiyun Kim, Mireu Park, Nayoung Kim, Kristof Demeestere, Philippe Heynderickx
- Effect of surfactant addition on the biofiltration of siloxane-contaminated gas streams(2024)
Authors: José Joaquin Gonzaléz Cortés, Paula Lamprea Pineda, Martin Ramirez, Herman Van Langenhove, Kristof Demeestere, Christophe Walgraeve
- Occurrence and environmental risks of contaminants of emerging concern across the River Athi Basin, Kenya, in dry and wet seasons(2024)
Authors: Faith Chebii, Kenneth Koreje, Maurice Okoth, Samuel Lutta, Philip Sewe Masime, Kristof Demeestere
- Absorption of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in renewable vegetable oils and esterified fatty acids : determination of gas-liquid partitioning coefficients as a function of temperature(2024)
Authors: Paula Lamprea Pineda, Joren Bruneel, Kristof Demeestere, Lisa Deraedt, Tex Goetschalckx, Herman Van Langenhove, Christophe Walgraeve
- Tubular and bio-based carbons as binder-free gas diffusion electrodes for heterogeneous electro-Fenton to remove micropollutants(2024)
Authors: Mojtaba Mohseni, Fabio Voit, Yanlin Xie, Kristof Demeestere, Gijs Du Laing, Sueleyman Yuece, Robert Keller, Matthias Wessling
- Degradation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water by use of a nonthermal plasma-ozonation cascade reactor : role of different processes and reactive species(2024)
Authors: Changtao Chen, Chuanlong Ma, Xuetong Yang, Mikhail Gromov, Ye Tian, Kristof Demeestere, Anton Nikiforov, Stijn Van Hulle
- Addition of (bio)surfactants in the biofiltration of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in air(2024)
Authors: Paula Lamprea Pineda, Kristof Demeestere, José Joaquin Gonzaléz Cortés, Nico Boon, Frank Devlieghere, Herman Van Langenhove, Christophe Walgraeve
- Fingerprinting methods for origin and variety assessment of rice : development, validation and data fusion experiments(2023)
Authors: Jet Van De Steene, Joeri Ruyssinck, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Pierna, Lore Vandermeersch, An Maes, Herman Van Langenhove, Christophe Walgraeve, Kristof Demeestere, Bruno De Meulenaer, Liesbeth Jacxsens, et al.