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Ludovica Marinelli is a PostDoctoral researcher at CMET, in the team of Prof. Tom Van de Wiele. She is also part of the international associated lab “Host Microbes Interactions in the Human Gut” (HOMIGUT https://homigut.uca.fr/), recently created between CMET and University Clermont Auvergne (France). Within HOMIGUT, she is co-leading the research axis “Small intestine microbiome in…

Fabian is a postdoctoral researcher at the Microbial Community Engineering (MiCE) group of CMET. He has a keen interest in host-microbe interactions and loves to develop microbe-based applications that benefit human health. Fabian worked on numerous research projects, focussed on various aspects of human-related microbiology. Amongst others, he studied the effect of NSAIDs on the gut…

Antonielle completed her PhD in 2018 at the University of Brasília, Brazil, with a research secondment at NMBU, Norway, where she described the enzymatic mechanisms underlying biomass degradation by Aspergillus tamarii. Since then, she has worked in Brazil, Belgium, and Spain on various projects involving fungal enzymes, microbiology, and protein biochemistry, with a focus on…

Myrsini is a postdoctoral researcher at CMET. She obtained a Diploma and a Master’s in Chemical Engineering in Greece, as well as a PhD in Bioscience Engineering at CMET, in 2022. Her expertise lies in the intersection of applied microbiology and chemical engineering, targeting the creation of more sustainable alternatives in the food and chemical…

Fascinated by the interactions between different microbes. Most microbial life on the planet lives in biofilms or aggregations and I am trying to understand better how and when microbes find it advantageous to stay together in a biofilm or leave it to find other and better places to live. More specifically, I want to figure…

I graduated as Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering, Cell and Gene Biotechnology, at Ghent University and started my PhD as IWT-fellow at CMET in 2014. My research focused on the colon bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila, its behavior in the complex microbial ecosystem of the colon and the role of mucins to influence A. muciniphila behavior. After my PhD research I worked on…

Patricia is a Postdoctoral Researcher at CMET. She holds a degree in Biotechnology Engineering, a Master’s in Biochemistry, and a PhD in Natural Sciences and Engineering (2023), all obtained in Mexico. Her research focuses on microbial biotechnology for environmental applications, with key emphasis on resource recovery from anaerobic streams, carbon capture, and the upgrading and…

Antonin Prévoteau was born in a rural area of the North-East of France. His first interests were horticulture and oenology, showing early motivation for applied chemistry and biology. However, it was in Grenoble, France, while obtaining a degree in Materials Science Engineering, that the revelation appeared: he realized that his future professional life would be…

Engaged in the exploration of textile microbiomes. My current focus revolves around understanding their intricate dynamics in the development of permastink, the (unpleasant) smell that won’t wash out of textile products. In a past life, during my doctoral research, I studied the individualising drivers of gut microbial properties in the in vitro gut simulator called the SHIME.…

Quinten Mariën is a bioprocess engineer and Postdoctoral researcher. He is fascinated by the potential of microbial technology in resource recovery and valorization from liquid and gaseous waste streams through fermentative processes. He holds a PhD in Bioscience engineering from Ghent University in which he focused on the characterization of novel CO2 fixating bacteria and on…