Team SoFer

Professors

Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan De NeveProf. dr. ir. Stefaan De Neve

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.019

+32 (0) 9 264 60 61

stefaan.deneve@ugent.be

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Prof. dr. ir. Steven SleutelProf. dr. ir. Steven Sleutel

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.016

+ 32 (0) 9 264 60 55

steven.sleutel@ugent.be

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Research and teaching assistant

MSc. Nick Krekelbergh

MSc. Nick Krekelbergh

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.028

+32 (0)9 264 60 52

nick.krekelbergh@ugent.be

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MSc. Junwei Hu

dr. Junwei Hu

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

+32 (0)9 264 60 66

junwei.hu@ugent.be

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Doctoral researchers


MSc. Pezhman Salehi Hosseini

MSc. Pezhman Salehi Hosseini

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

pezhman.salehihosseini@ugent.be

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MSc. Tamir Enkh-Amgalan

MSc. Tamir Enkh-Amgalan

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

tamir.enkhamgalan@ugent.be

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MSc. Gertrude Scynthya Nirukshan

MSc. Gertrude Scynthya Nirukshan

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

gertrudescynthya.nirukshan@ugent.be

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ir. Astrid Francoys

ir. Astrid Françoys 

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

astrid.francoys@ugent.be

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Patria Novita KusumawardaniMSc. Patria Novita Kusumawardani

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.023

patrianovita.kusumawardani@ugent.be

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MSc. Yin Liu

MSc. Yin Liu

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

Yin.Liu@ugent.be

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MSc. Hayyu MahabbahMSc. Hayyu Mahabbah

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

hayyu.mahabbah@ugent.be

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Els Heyrman

ir. Els Heyrman 

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.018

+32 (0)9 264 60 57

els.heyrman@ugent.be

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Administrative and technical staff

TinaTina Coddens

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

+32 (0)9 264 60 64

tina.coddens@ugent.be

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MathieuMathieu Schatteman 

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

+32 (0) 9 264 60 64

mathieu.schatteman@ugent.be

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SophieSophie Schepens

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

+32 (0) 9 264 60 64

sophie.schepens@ugent.be

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Former researchers

MSc. Kanagaratnam Jegajeevagan

dr. ir. Peter Maenhout 

ir. Laura Agneessens

dr. ir. Arne Verstraeten

dr. Masuda Akter

dr. Jones Yengwe

ir. Lisa Mabilde

ir. Sofie Pierreux 

dr. ir. Stany Vandermoere

dr. Mesfin Tsegaye 

MSc. Okky Amalia

dr. ir. Heleen Deroo

dr. Hui Xu 

dr. Haichao Li 

ir. Jeroen De Waele

MSc. Zenia Gonzalez Giro

MSc. Hector Hernandez Arbolaez

MSc. Oka Ardiana Banaty

dr. Orly Mendoza

dr. Zerihun Getachew Gebrehana

dr. Ummehani Hassi

Master thesis students 

2023-2024

Carmen de León (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Assessing microplastics degradation in soil

Angelica Ramirez Moguel (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Soil phosphorus (P) mining in agriculture – Impacts on P availability, crop yields and soil organic carbon stocks after 10 years of experimentation

Malaika Andrade (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Influence of Fungivorous Nematodes on Nitrous Oxide Emissions in soils

Noa del Carme (Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Systems): Converting a conventional tea farm to organic production in Thyolo highlands, Malawi

Jieqing Zhang (Master in Sustainable Land Management): Is there a dose effect on the efficiency of added organic matter (OM) conversion into stable soil OM? 

2022-2023

Lies Vanthournout (Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural sciences): Identifying and analyzing microplastics in non-suspected soils

Xu Zhang (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change):  Effect of soil organic matter quality on the soil moisture – heterotrophic respiration relationship

Diana Paola Trujillo Amaya (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): The Distribution of Pristine and Aged Microplastics in Soil Aggregate Fractions

2021-2022

Veva Speeckaert (Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology): Are soil microplastics leaching and threatening our groundwater?

Arne Verschueren (Bioscience Engineering: Land, water and climate): How do multi-trophic interactions between microbivorous and herbivorous micro- and mesofauna impact nutrient cycling and plant growth?

Maitreya Maitreya (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Extent of (micro)plastics pollution in non-suspected soils

Meng Kong (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Contribution of soil microfauna to N2O emissions from soil

Tefera Dadi (International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change): Is groundwater depth a significant determinant of organic matter degradation in arable land during periods of drought?