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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

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

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14 Departments

Agricultural Economy
Plant Production
Crop Protection
Forest and Water

Management

Agricultural Engineering
Biochemical and Microbial

Technology

Food Technology and

Nutrition

Applied Analytical and

Physical Chemistry

Applied Ecology and

Environmental Biology

Applied Mathematics,

Biometrics and Process Control

Organic Chemistry
Soil Management and

Soil Care

Animal Production
Molecular Biotechnology

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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

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Staff

Prof. Erik Meers

Visiting professor

Prof. Filip M. G. Tack (Head of department)
Prof. Gijs Du Laing

Tenured Academic Staff 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

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Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry

Trace elements heavy metals Chemical analysis Biogeochemistry Environmental Technology Aquatic chemistry Speciation

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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

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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

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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

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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, ...

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Study programmes at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

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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