Picture credit: Yannick Agnan
The expertise of the team is dedicated to:
- Operating and maintaining specialized analytical instruments that are made available to the scientific community, for high quality and validated results;
- Performing physico-chemical analyses: the platform performs a series of routine analyses but can also develop customized analytical solutions or assist applicants in the development of new analytical protocols, from experimental design to scientific interpretation;
- Training users to the appropriate use of specific equipment and critical assessment of the analytical results.
Expertises on specific matrices and methods are also provided by the research groups involved in the platform
| Research group | Academic expert | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering & Biorefining |
Pr Patrick Gerin Pr Benoît Stenuit |
Characterization of lignocellulosic biomass, plant extracts, food- feed- and bio-wastes, fermentation matrices, polluted soil, sediment and water, and similar materials |
| Soil Science and Environment Geochemistry |
Pr Yannick Agnan Pr Pierre Delmelle Pr Sophie Opfergelt |
Characterization of rock, soil, vegetation, water and sediment for their chemical composition (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, major and trace elements), soil physico-chemical analysis, and mineralogy |
| Forest Sciences |
Pr Quentin Ponette Pr Caroline Vincke |
Mineral analyses of soil, water and plant samples (including woody components), in line with research topics related to the biogeochemistry of forest ecosystems |
| Plant Physiology |
Pr André Lejeune Pr Stanley Lutts Pr Muriel Quinet |
Plant development and plant response to abiotic constraints including mineral toxicities, involvement of mineral elements and plant metabolites in plant response to stress |
| Physical Geography |
Pr Kristof Van Oost Pr Veerle Vanacker Pr Bas Van Wesemael |
Quantification of organic C and total N content in soils and SOM fractions, preparation of soil and rock samples for cosmogenic radionuclide analysis (CRN) |