Projects
Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Microbial Risk Assessment and infectious disease modeling. Hasselt University
Quantitative extrapolation in ecotoxicology (QTOX). University of Antwerp
Quantitative extrapolation in ecotoxicology Ghent University
The assumption that adverse effects of chemicals can be meaningfully extrapolated from laboratory test conditions (in-vitro and in-vivo) to the ecosystem level is inherently embedded in the development of European policies concerned with safe use of chemicals (REACh), The Green Deal and its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-free Environment, and protection of ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services, e.g.Water ...
Environmental (and human health) risk approach as an integrated framework to study the occurrence and effects of microplastics in the marine environment - Ecologiclas aspect of microplastics Ghent University
GHentToxLab - UGent has proven and internationally recognized expertise in the field of microplastic detection and monitoring and in the evaluation of the uptake and (adverse) effects of these particles in biota. It also has long-standing and extensive research and regulatory expertise/experience in the area of environmental risk assessment of chemicals and other contaminants. The publication record of GhentToxLab is available on ...
Assessment of atmospheric environmental risks related to artworks in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage complex of Alhambra (Granada, Spain) with the emphasis on the analysis of a unique collection of authentic pigment samples. University of Antwerp
Landslide susceptibility, mobilization rates and link with sediment yield at regional to global scale KU Leuven
Landslides are a key process in landscape evolution, a considerable sediment generator and a major geohazard affecting livelihoods and causing fatalities in many areas around the world. This study aims to quantify the landslide susceptibility (LSS) and mobilization rate (LMR [m³/km²/y]) and to investigate the link between landsliding and sediment yield (SY), from regional to global scale. More specifically we focus ...
Real options for real urban projects. University of Antwerp
Academic language proficiency as a predictor of academic achievement. A validity argument of a low-stakes post-entry academic reading and vocabulary screening test for first-year university students. KU Leuven
The transition from secondary to tertiary education is often conceived as difficult, into a new culture with specific rules, conventions and language use (van Kalsbeek & Kuiken, 2014; Wingate, 2015). In Flanders, where, except for Medicine and Dentistry, there are no entry requirements or selection mechanisms, the follow-up of incoming students is important. Success rates of first-year students are low, at the KU Leuven in 2019-2020 for ...
Skin interaction of the cyclic depsipeptide mycotoxins Ghent University
This research project quantitatively characterises the interaction of cyclic depsipeptides (CDP) with human skin using ex-vivo in-vitro FDC experiments. This knwoledge is required for the global mycotoxin risk assessment due to skin-contact of contaminated cosmeceuticals, food, feed, indoor surfaces and airborne particles, but also for the development of topically applied new CDP-drugs, treating dermatological or systemic diseases after ...