Projects
Concerto for solids and biocatalysts - Cascade biocatalysis and heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals production (ConSolid) KU Leuven
Scientific project objectives: 1. To design new solid catalysts for aliphatic amine racemization, and use them for dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of racemic aliphatic amines to enantiopure amides, preferably in a flow chemistry setting; Progress in comparison with state-of-the-art: there are so far no such racemisation catalysts known, resulting in a lack of methods for synthesis of enantiopure amides from racemic aliphatic amines via DKR. ...
Targeting enzymes on the splice variants level, a novel approach to boost repair in multiple sclerosis Hasselt University
Local electron spectroscopy at interfaces of low-dimensional and heterogeneous solids KU Leuven
Dreaming al-Andalus: nineteenth-century representations of Spain’s Jewish and Muslim past Ghent University
Spain's multicultural history following the Arab invasions has left a lasting legacy on its culture. This project seeks to examine how writers in the nineteenth century turned to the past during moments of political and social transition.
Spectroscopic examination of rare earth ions in solids with a large band gap with the aid of magnetic resonance, optical techniques and Density Functional Theory Ghent University
In this project the structural and optical properties of fluoride crystals and wide band gap semiconductors, doped with paramagnetic rare earth ions, investigated.
Seahorse-inspired swiss army knife: versatile robot manipulators that also solve evolutionary problems Ghent University
In this project we study the evolutionary adaptive nature of the seahorse tail by means of a robotic manipulator design process. The project relies on the co-learned embodiment and control by means of differentiable programming, starting from the morphology of a seahorse. By developing a parameterised, biomechanical model, this will lead to a versatile robotic manipulator that gives us a platform to test hypotheses on adaptive evolution in ...