Projects
Francqui Chair to Professor dr. David Pauls of the Massachusetts General Hospital: " From prenatal risk factors to complex behavioral outcomes " Hasselt University
Nitrogen fertilization in ornamental plant production based on in-season demands through proximal sensing and soil modelling KU Leuven
The ornamental plant production sector produces high quality products, but faces challenges in times of increasing environmental constraints.
Growth patterns and nitrogen uptake dynamics of five ornamental crops were determined during three growing seasons (2016-2018). This resulted in nitrogen uptake quantities sufficient for optimum plant quality.
Open field production of herbaceous and woody ornamentals is characterized by a ...
Multiple mineralization and fluid phases in the Central African Copperbelt: implications for the age dating and the ore-forming processes KU Leuven
New bridges between dynamics and coarse geometry KU Leuven
The project is concerned with novel interactions between dynamical systems and coarse geometry, with a particular focus on entropy, dimension, and spectral gaps.
Dynamical systems study evolution of processes. Depending on a researcher’s interest, one can study topological, ergodic, or measurable dynamics. A classical invariant of a topological dynamical system is its entropy, which measures the amount of chaos in the system’s ...
Profiling and prevention of knee joint pathomechanics to reduce risk of developing post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. KU Leuven
Innovative disease and pest control in outdoor ornamentals Ornamental plant research
This project was initiated in response to a request of several growers of outdoor ornamental plants, to grow high quality plants in an alternative way, with a reduced amount of chemical plant protection products. Because most growers of outdoor ornamentals still rely on preventative fungicide applications for disease control and chemical pest treatments based on damage symptoms, alternatives are needed. This project will focus on developing ...
Development of novel fast screening methods to predict cadmium concentrations in cacao beans KU Leuven
The cacao from South-America contains high concentrations of cadmium (Cd) that originates from the high natural Cd background concentration in soils of that region. The 2019 regulations by the European Union have set a stringent limit for Cd in chocolate. Nearly half of the South-American production exceeds this limit. Farmers are currently faced with lower prices for their products. The low quality of the local laboratories also brings a ...
VAN WIERINGEN-H2020-MSCA-ITN-COMM4CHILD KU Leuven
Improving integration of audio-visual speech cues in children with hearing impairment.
Development of novel in vitro and in vivo models to investigate the infertility problems of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome KU Leuven
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects a women’s hormone levels as such that women with PCOS produce higher-than-normal amounts of male hormones. This hormone imbalance will have consequences on the pregnancy rate of PCOS patients. In this PhD program, we aim to establish novel in vitro and in vivo models to investigate the molecular signalling pathway in patients diagnosed for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Next, ...