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Universiteit Gent Faculteit Bioingenieurswetenschappen Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering ▬▬▬ Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry

14 Departments ● Agricultural Economy ● Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry ● Plant Production ● Applied Ecology and ● Crop Protection Environmental Biology ● Forest and Water ● Applied Mathematics, Management Biometrics and Process ● Agricultural Engineering Control ● Organic Chemistry ● Biochemical and Microbial Technology ● Soil Management and ● Food Technology and Soil Care Nutrition ● Animal Production ● Molecular Biotechnology

Department Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry ● Three laboratories – Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry ● Prof. Filip M.G. Tack ● Prof. Gijs Du Laing ● Prof. Erik Meers – Applied Biophysical Chemistry ● Prof. Pascal Boeckx – Particle and Interface technology ● Prof. Paul Van Der Meeren ● Prof. Arne Verliefde

Staff Tenured Academic Staff Prof. Filip M. G. Tack (Head of department) Prof. Gijs Du Laing Visiting professor Prof. Erik Meers Assisting academic staff and scientific staff Celine Vaneeckhoute Stijn van Slycken Frederik Van Koetsem Pradeep Alava Rama Lavu Srikant Technical and administrative staff Ria Van Hulle Ann Mils Martin Meirlaen Joachim Neri Katty Sabo

Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry Biogeochemistry Aquatic chemistry Trace elements Chemical analysis heavy metals Speciation Environmental Technology

Research ● Soil remediation: phytoremediation ● Plant based water treatment – Heavy metals in treatment reed beds – Treatment of stormwater ● Heavy metals in inundation areas ● Heavy metals in dredged sediment derived soils and ecosystem effects

Research ● Biogeochemistry – Physicochemical fate of metallic nanoparticles released into surface waters – Changes of trace element speciation in the human gastrointestinal tract – Increasing the uptake of bioactive selenium forms in food crops (biofortification) – Plant parameters affecting U uptake by and U distribution in plants

Research ● Environmental technology – Phytoremediation/phytomanagement of metal contaminated soils – Treatment of thin fraction of liquid manure using constructed wetlands – C2C management of nutrients and water in manure – Use of metallic nanoparticles as catalysers in water and soil remediation (nanotechnology) – Treatment alternatives for mercurial sludge

Equipment ● Spectroscopy – ICP-OES – ICP-MS coupled to HPLC – Hg analyser ● Elemental analysis – CN-analyzer – DOC and TOC analyzer ● Ion chromatography ● Spectrophotometers, automated titration, Kjeldahl, ...

Study programmes at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Master of Science programmes • Ghent University : ◦ Bioscience Engineering (5 masters, in Dutch) ◦ Aquaculture ◦ Environmental Sanitation ◦ Nutrition and Rural Development • Flemish Universities : ◦ Food Technology (KULeuven) ◦ Physical Land Resources (VUB, Brussels) ◦ Technology for Integrated Water Management (UA, Antwerp) • Erasmus Mundus Programmes : ◦ Rural Development ◦ Environmental Technology and Engineering

MASTERS OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING 2 years of study / Dutch 1. Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology 2. Food Science and Nutrition 3. Agricultural Sciences 4. Soil and Water Management 5. Forest and Nature Management 6. Cell and Gene Biotechnology 7. Environmental Technology Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Environmental Sanitation • Prevention, remediation and management of environmental pollution • Focus on developing countries • 2 year master ‣ Environmental analysis ‣ Environmental Ecology ‣ Biosolids and solid waste ‣ Air pollution ‣ Water pollution ‣ Soil remediation ‣ Environmental impact assessment Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Physical Land Resources • Management of soil and natural resources • Together with VUB (Brussels) • 2 year master ‣ Soil physics, soil chemistry ‣ Mineralogy ‣ Land information systems ‣ Soil prospection and classification ‣ Soil fertility ‣ Soil degradation Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Technology for Integrated Water Management • Together with UA (Antwerpen) • 1 year master ‣ Water treatment technologies ‣ Sludge and sediment treatment ‣ Ecological engineering ‣ Sustainable use of water ‣ River morphology and hydrodynamics ‣ Water and Shipping Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Environmental Technology and Engineering • 2 year Erasmus Mundus master ‣ Environmental sciences ‣ Ecological engineering ‣ Wastewater treatment ‣ Atmosphere protection technologies ‣ Waste management and treatment ‣ Clean technology ‣ Microbial reuse technology Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering