Catalogue of Climate Scientific Experts

Welcome to the beta version of our Catalogue of Climate Scientific Experts! This catalogue centralises information on climate-related scientific experts working in universities, federal scientific institutes, and regional research centres of Belgium. It currently features 443 well-established scientific experts who are actively engaged in climate research.

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Carole M. Billiet

Law Faculty, UHasselt, Baeyens & Billiet Law

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate policy and law

(Just) transition

Keywords:

Climate change litigation | Biodiversity & climate change | Human rights & climate change | Innovation in governance | Environmental permitting & climate change

Jerome Bindelle

ULiège

Research theme(s):

Land and Water

Expertise:

Agriculture and food

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Keywords:

Agroecology | Grasslands | Nutrition | Farming Systems | Food Systems

Christine Bingen

BIRA-IASB

Research theme(s):

Physical

Expertise:

Past and future climate

Keywords:

Stratosphere | Aerosols | Remote Sensing | Climate Records | Aerosol Characterisation

Brent Bleys

UGhent

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Pro-Environmental Behavior | Post-Growth | Beyond Gdp | Well-Being | Ecological Economics

Maarten Blommaert

KULeuven, EnergyVille

Research theme(s):

Technology, Land and Water

Expertise:

Industry

Urban planning

Infrastructure

Keywords:

District Heating And Cooling | Heat Exchanger Design | Design Optimization | Decarbonization Of Heat Supplies | Thermal Network Planning

Julien Blondeau

VUB

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Industry

Keywords:

Heat And Power | Thermal Power Plants | Biomass | Hydrogen | District Heating Networks

Pascal Boeckx

UGhent

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Agriculture and food

Climate trends and extremes

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Keywords:

Eddy Covariance Flux Tower | Central Africa | Stable Isotopes | Tropical Forest | Agriculture

Wout Boerjan

UGhent, VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology; Bioenergy and Bioaromatics Group

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Technology

Expertise:

Agriculture and food

Renewable energy

Keywords:

Genetic Engineering | Gene Editing | Lignin Biosynthesis | Tree Biotechnology | Wood

David Bol

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Physical, Technology

Expertise:

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Industry

Past and future climate

Keywords:

Information And Communication Technologies | Electronics | Environmental Sustainability

Dominik Bongartz

KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Industry

Carbon removal / capture / storage (CDR, CCS)

Keywords:

Power-To-X | Chemical Energy Storage | Hydrogen | Carbon Capture & Utilization | Process Systems Engineering

Dries Bonte

UGhent

Research theme(s):

Land and Water

Expertise:

Nature-based climate solutions

Sea-level rise and marine ecosystems

Keywords:

Dunes | Nature Based Solutions | Ecology | Biodiversity | Coastal Protection

Alberto Borges

ULiège

Research theme(s):

Physical

Expertise:

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Keywords:

Rivers | Lakes | Co2 | Ch4 | N2o

Charles-Hubert Born

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Society, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate policy and law

Nature-based climate solutions

Urban planning

Keywords:

biodiversity | law | policy | sustainability | climate

Kobe Boussauw

VUB

Research theme(s):

Society, Technology

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Mobility and transport

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Transport Planning | Urban Planning

Ulrike Braeckman

UGhent, Institute of Natural Sciences

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Water management

Keywords:

Marine Sediments | Carbon Cycling | Carbon Sequestration | Benthos

Luc Brendonck

KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Land and Water

Expertise:

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Water management

Keywords:

Aquatic Ecology | Biodiversity Conservation | Sustainable Development | Ecosystem Services

Laurent Bricteux

UMons, UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Mobility and transport

Keywords:

Jente Broeckx

VITO

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Society

Expertise:

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Disaster risk management

Urban planning

Education, communication and art

Keywords:

Climate Adaptation | Geospatial Mapping And Monitoring | Citizen Science | Heat Stress | Geohazards

Nicolas Bruffaerts

Sciensano

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Society

Expertise:

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Health and wellbeing

Keywords:

Bioaerosol | Pollen | Fungal spore | Environmental Monitoring | Allergy

Kenneth Bruninx

TU Delft, KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Technology, Society

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Climate economics and finance

Infrastructure

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Energy Markets & Finance | Emission Trading Systems (Eu Ets) | Energy Systems | Renewable Energy | Regulation

Stephan Bruns

UHasselt, INCHER Kassel and METRICS Stanford

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Keywords:

Meta-Analysis | Meta-Research | P-Hacking | Publication Bias | Evidence-Based Policymaking

Jan Brusselaers

VU Amsterdam, UAntwerp

Research theme(s):

Technology, Society

Expertise:

Waste and circular economy

Disaster risk management

Renewable energy

Climate economics and finance

Keywords:

Climate Mitigation | Circular Economy | Macro-Economics | Sustainability Transitions | Policy Analysis

Hans Bruyninckx

UAntwerp, International Resource Panel

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Systemic Sustainability Transitions | European Climate Policy | Science Policy Interface | Resource Efficiency

Steven Caluwaerts

UGhent, RMI

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Nature-based climate solutions

Past and future climate

Urban planning

Keywords:

Urban Climate | Meteorological Observations In Cities | Regional Climate Modelling | High-Resolution Weather Modelling | Heatwaves

Frank Canters

VUB, KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Society

Expertise:

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

Health and wellbeing

Nature-based climate solutions

Keywords:

Urban Remote Sensing | Urban Green | Nature Based Solutions | Ecosystem Services | Urban Form

Estelle Cantillon

ULB

Research theme(s):

Society, Technology

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Renewable energy

Climate policy and law

Industry

Keywords:

Policy Design / Mix | Energy And Electricity Market Design | Firm-Level Mitigation Pathways

Marco Caracciolo

UGhent

Research theme(s):

Society, Physical

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Past and future climate

Education, communication and art

Keywords:

Narrative | Storytelling | Contemporary Literature | Complexity | Climate Uncertainty

Danny Cassimon

UAntwerp

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Keywords:

Debt-For-Climate Swaps | (Sovereign) Debt-Climate Linkages

Andrea Catellani

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Education, communication and art

Keywords:

Environmental Communication | Discourse Analysis | Semiotics | Digital Discourse And Image

Veroline Cauberghe

Ghent university

Research theme(s):

Society, Land and Water

Expertise:

Education, communication and art

Sea-level rise and marine ecosystems

Behaviour and consumption

Water management

Keywords:

Communication messages | Framing Theory | Cognitive biases | Behavioral change | Openess to change

Johan Ceusters

KULeuven, UHasselt

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Technology

Expertise:

Agriculture and food

Waste and circular economy

Keywords:

Plant Photosynthesis | Abiotic Stress | Plant Carbon And Starch Metabolism | Drought Stress

Simon Chabrillat

BIRA-IASB

Research theme(s):

Physical

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Past and future climate

Keywords:

Stratosphere | Chemistry | Modelling

Philippe Claeys

VUB

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Sea-level rise and marine ecosystems

Past and future climate

Water management

Keywords:

Paleoclimates-Paleoenvironments | Stable Isotopes | Geochemistry | Mass Extinctions | Global Changes

Cathy Clerbaux

ULB

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Agriculture and food

Climate trends and extremes

Nature-based climate solutions

Keywords:

Atmosphere | Climate | Satellite | Pollution | Infrared

Nicolas Clerbaux

RMI

Research theme(s):

Physical

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Past and future climate

Keywords:

Climate Data Records | Essential Climate Variables | Earth Radiation Budget | Surface Heat Fluxes And Evapotranspiration | Earth Observation