Projects
Eggs, Bubbles, and Wormholes in semi-classical quantum gravity KU Leuven
Current observations suggest that our universe is asymptoting towards a de Sitter space with a small amount of vacuum energy. From a quantum field theory perspective, this smallness presents a perplexing puzzle –the cosmological constant problem– and it is the hope that a theory of quantum gravity, such as string theory, provides an opportunity to address it. However, the status of our universe in string theory is not yet clear and it appears ...
ADMIRE: Association, causality and biomarker Discovery in translational MIcrobiome REsearch. Hasselt University
Development of processes and techniques for the microfabrication of painless vaccine injection patches KU Leuven
The doctoral research will focus on the fabrication of microfluidic devices to enable painless intradermal injection of vaccines. In particular, innovative microfabrication approaches will be developed for replicating microfluidic patches with control over the surface properties (i.e. wettability) and unprecedented micro-features, such as high aspect ratio, out-of-plane hollow microneedles arrays made of biocompatible materials. Two specific ...
Microstructure-sensitive multiaxial modelling of fatigue damage initiation and evolution KU Leuven
Neuromorphic magnonics in two-dimensional magnetic materials. University of Antwerp
Tuning graphene into a spin active material: Exploiting its size-specific interaction with metal clusters KU Leuven
The success of semiconductor industry relies on the continuous improvement of the performances of integrated circuits (IC). So far, this has been achieved by reducing the size of the basic building block of these circuits, the metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). The downscaling of MOSFET’s has been realized by introducing new materials, like high-k dielectric/metal gate stacks and high-mobility semiconductors (Ge, ...