Prof. dr. Jaco VANGRONSVELD
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Prof. dr. Jaco VANGRONSVELD
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Prof. dr. Jaco VANGRONSVELD
Research
Discipline codes: Plant ecology (01061006), Plant cell and molecular biology (01061004), Plant biochemistry (01061003), Microbiomes (01060803), Atmospheric sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified (01070299), Carbon sequestration science (01070401), Land capability and soil degradation (01070402), Soil biology (01070403), Soil sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified (01070499)
Supervised PhDs
Bacteria promoting plant growth under drought stress
Iva Cholakova for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
A genetic approach to identify molecular mechanisms determining root growth responses in Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to metals
Stefanie De Smet for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus and metabolic and microbial defence systems in metallicolous and nonmetallicolous ecotypes of Dianthus carthusianorum L. exposed to lead, cadmium and excess zinc.
Izabela Borkowska for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
The influence of plant microbiome on host microbiome, immune cell balance and disease
Aleksandra Dyczko for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) using bacterial consortia: Generating consortia, gaining insights into the mechanisms they use to degrade the PHC and testing different application methods in order to increase the applicability of bioremediation in PHC contaminated soils
Simon Vandersanden for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Seed endophytes of Noccaea caerulescens: community structure, culturable isolates and their use as seed treatment option in different crop species
Tori Anne Langill for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
Diversity and plant growth promoting traits of the seed microbial endophytes of holoparasitic Orobanichaceae from extreme environments.
Kristine Petrosyan for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Application of Lemna minor in site remediation strategies
Isabelle Van Dyck for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Exoelectrogens for microbial electrochemical technologies: temperature dependence, energy harvesting, and remediation
Thessa Van Limbergen for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Cucurbits and their secondary metabolites as stimulators of biological remediation of soil contaminated with phenoxy acid herbicides
Elzbieta Mierzejewska for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
The internal and external microbiome and early life exposure to ambient air pollution. Is there a potential link with cardiovascular development in early life?
Katrien Witters for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Cadmium-induced root and leaf responses in Arabidopsis thaliana: the reciprocal effect of a disrupted ethylene pathway and diminished glutathione synthesis
Jana Deckers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Effects of urbanization and air pollution on Platanus x hispanica bacterial communities and cultivation of strains with potential applications in phytoremediation
Jordan Espenshade for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
The effect of ambient air pollution on bacterial and fungal communities in the phylloplane of Hedera helix and their implications in degradation of airborne pollutants
Vincent Stevens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Phytostabilization of trace element polluted soils using native aromatic plant species suitable for phytomanagement.
Anabel Saran for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Electrical wires in nature: A study of the conductive structure and intrinsic electrical properties of cable bacteria
Robin Bonné for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2020
Supervised as Copromotor
Integrating conventional and molecular approaches for the exploration of microbial communities inhabiting petroleum hydrocarbon-polluted environments in function of improving the efficiency and reliability of phytoremediation.
Valeria Imperato for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2020
Supervised as Promotor
Effect of Salix atrocinerea root-associated bacteria on the phytoremediation of arsenic-polluted soils
Alejandro Navazas Alvarez for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1 and glutathione: Key regulators of cadmium-induced stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Sophie Hendrix for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
The maize microbiome warns for unintended effects of nanosilver application in agriculture.
Wouter Sillen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Two tools, one t(h)ale : Exploring excess Cu and Cd-induced responses in Arabidopsis thaliana using two different genetic resources, natural accessions and mutant lines.
Rafaela Amaral dos Reis for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
Studying the cell wall of Medicago sativa stems in response to long-term cadmium exposure
Annelie Gutsch for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2018
Supervised as Copromotor
Glyphosate Rhizoremediation Strategies for Soils Under Intensive Agricultural Use
Francisco Massot for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2018
Supervised as Promotor
Exploring microbial communities on a chlorendic acid polluted site and their potential use in bio- and phytoremediation.
Inge Jambon for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
A methodological framework for the valuation of biodiversity, based on the ecological function of species in the ecosystem.
Silvie Daniels for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2017
Supervised as Copromotor
Diversity of ligninolytic enzymes and their genes of Cuban strains of Ganoderma genus. Application for biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds.
Giselle Torres Farradá for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Effects of lignin modification and Cd exposure on growth and development and the endophytic bacterial communities of Arabidopsis thaliana
Marijke Gielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Physiological responses of sunflower Clearfield hybrids to the herbicide imazamox
Dobrinka Balabanova-Ivanovska for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor
The role of endophytes and copper nanoparticles in the success or failure of DDE phytoremediation using Cucurbita pepo
Nele Eevers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor
MicroRNAs with macro-effects: their role in copper and cadmium-induced responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Heidi Gielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Copromotor
Interactions between helophytes and endophytic bacteria: their synergistic effects in bioremediation of contaminants
Evdokia Syranidou for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor
Impact of the chloroacetamide herbicide metazachlor on the non-target crop, winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.): short-term physiological state in relation with long-term yield and quality
Hanne Vercampt for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Copromotor
Basis for remediation of sites contaminated with potentially toxic elements in Zimapan, Hidalgo., Mexico: an interdisciplinary approach
Ariadna Sanchez Lopez for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Seed endophytes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Agrostis capillaris: community composition and importance for plant growth
Sascha Truyens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Metal-phytoextraction: potential of high biomass energy crops and improving efficiency using short rotation coppice (SRC) of willow
Jolien Janssen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Metal tolerant bacteria with plant growth promoting traits isolated from mining areas
Wesley de Melo Rangel for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Bacterial inoculation of Helianthus tuberosus for improving phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils.
Blanca Montalban Ginés for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Modified lignin biosynthesis in field-grown Populus tremula x alba: host-genotype effects on the plant-associated bacterial microbiome
Bram Beckers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Population-based registries to assess environmental health risks and to evaluate public health measures
Bianca Cox for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2015
Supervised as Copromotor
Discrimination of shifts in bulk soil and rhizosphere bacterial communities of Acer pseudoplatanus in response to trinitrotoluene (TNT)-contamination and identification of TNT-denitrating bacteria: implications for rhizoremediation
Sofie Thijs for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Cadmium-induced effects on the ethylene pathway and the link with oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kerim Schellingen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Copromotor
Glutathione as key regulator of early responses to cadmium stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Marijke Jozefczak for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
Exploring the functional role of the plant mitochondrial alternative oxidase during sublethal cadmium exposure in Arabidopsis thaliana
Els Keunen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
The potential role of plant-associated bacteria to improve the efficiency of phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils using rapeseed
Sarah Croes for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
Oxidative signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana plants: The role of ascorbate and ascorbate peroxidases during cadmium or copper toxicity
An Bielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
The role of plant-associated bacteria in the remediation of soils and groundwater contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons
Panagiotis Gkorezis for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
Heredity of zinc tolerance in Suillus luteus and impact of metal pollution on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
Michiel Op de Beeck for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
Production of biochar from olive mill waste and remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil
Amine Hmid for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
From dosimetry to damage: Unravelling the biological effects of environmental radioactivity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Geert Biermans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Copromotor
Uranium-induced oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: influence of pH on uranium toxicity
Eline Saenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Copromotor
Projects
96 research projects have been found
Evaluation of processes involved in cadmium phytoextraction from an Oxisol by Panicum maximum after supply of selenium (Research)
01/07/2025 - 30/09/2025
Unravelling how selenium can contribute to increase the efficiency of cadmium phytoextraction by Brachiaria decumbens: from soil to plant. (Research)
01/07/2025 - 30/09/2025
AnaEE-Flanders: Integrated infrastructure for experimental ecosystem research: 2021-2024 (Research)
01/02/2021 - 31/01/2025
ADMIRE: Association, causality and biomarker Discovery in translational MIcrobiome REsearch. (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Potential of PGP seed endophytes for improvement of plant development and their effect on mitigation of metal stress in agricultural crops (Medicago sativa). (Research)
01/06/2024 - 31/08/2024
Remediation of PFAS contaminated soil by a novel combined approach: phytoremediation with hemp followed by biodegradation through Solid State Fermentation of contaminated hemp residues by white rot fungi. (Research)
01/04/2023 - 31/08/2024
Potential of Plant Endophytes and Minerals for the Yield And quality of spinach in a changing climate (Research)
01/10/2019 - 31/03/2024
IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2019-2023 (Research)
01/07/2019 - 31/12/2023
Structural funding institutions: structural funding for the operation of the Institute CMK (Research)
01/10/2012 - 31/12/2023
Microbes for sustainable intensification of agriculture - Industrial hemp (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Microbes for sustainable intensification of agriculture - Industrial hemp (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023
The effects of herbicides and plant biostimulants on sunflower (Helianthus annuus) – role of the plant microbiome (Research)
01/06/2023 - 31/08/2023
Biofortified and climate-resilient food and fodder production on marginal soils (Research)
01/04/2020 - 31/03/2023
Functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus and metabolic and microbial defence systems in metallicolous and nonmetallicolous ecotypes of Dianthus carthusianorum L. exposed to lead, cadmium and excess zinc (Research)
01/01/2019 - 31/03/2023
Bacterial endophytes of orobanchaceae and characteristics of the isolated strains. (Research)
01/07/2021 - 31/12/2022
Biochar's Added value in Sustainable land use with Targeted Applications in processes, growing media & (future proof) openfield cultivation (Research)
01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022
Structural funding institutions: project funding CMK for fundamental research (Research)
01/10/2012 - 31/12/2022
Use of plant and epiphytic bacteria to map and reduce the levels of urban air pollution (Research)
01/09/2022 - 30/11/2022
From root to leaf and back again: cadmium-induced interdependence of root and leaf responses related to glutathione and ethylene (Research)
01/10/2019 - 31/12/2021
EcoCities: Green roofs and walls as a source for ecosystem services in future cities (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Seed bank potential and germination of pioneer species on coal mine spoil heap ecosystems (Research)
01/01/2021 - 15/12/2021
Microbes for sustainable intensification of agriculture - Industrial hemp (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Improvement of ambient air quality by exploiting plant–microbe partnerships to detoxify fossil fuel-related volatile organic compounds (Research)
01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021
Phytostabilization of mine soils using native aromatic plant species suitable for promoting regional micro-economies. (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/03/2021
AnaEE-Flanders: Integrated infrastructure for experimental ecosystem research (Research)
01/02/2019 - 31/01/2021
Feasibility study phytoremediation chromium pollution on the banks of the Grote Calie: LIFE NARMENA (Research)
01/03/2020 - 30/09/2020
Characterisation of Trifolium repens seed microbiome from zinc and lead polluted mine waste heaps of different age (Research)
01/07/2019 - 31/08/2020
Unravelling the root microbiome of Deschampsia antarctica: a rational approach for phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in Antarctica (Research)
15/04/2020 - 14/05/2020
Urban ecosystem services: while plants do their job, do policies do theirs? (Research)
01/10/2016 - 13/01/2020
Project Collaboration Agreement between Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (NIBIO) and Universiteit Hasselt (UH) for the Biofresh project : Bioeconomic production of fresh greenhouse vegetables in Norway. (Research)
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019
Plant-microbe associations to reduce particulate matter concentration and toxicity in urban areas: a multidisciplinary approach (Research)
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019
From root to leaf and back again: cadmium-induced interdependence of root and leaf responses related to glutathione and ethylene (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2019
Improvement of ambient air quality by exploiting plant-microbe partnerships to detoxify fossil fuel-related volatile organic compounds (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2019
Phenol oxidases and peroxidases in the enzyme pools of the heathland soils and effects of the climate change on the activities of these soil enzymes (Research)
01/04/2018 - 31/05/2019
Intensify production, Transform biomass to Energy and Novel goods and protect Soils in Europe (Research)
01/04/2016 - 31/03/2019
Bacterial communities in the rhizospheres of Brachiaria decumbens, Panicum maximum and Noccaea caerulescens and their implication for cadmium phytoextraction from an Oxisol. (Research)
01/11/2018 - 31/01/2019
AnaEE: Infrastructure for Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (Research)
01/01/2017 - 31/12/2018
The Phyllomicrobiomed of Hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus L.) and its potential role in detoxification of air contaminants (Research)
01/05/2016 - 31/12/2018
Public contract: Good practices for phytoremediation - Case studies and guidelines (Research)
17/10/2016 - 30/06/2018
Regulation of acute responses in cadmium-exposed Arabidopsis thaliana plants. From signal transduction to acclimation (Research)
01/10/2015 - 31/05/2018
Characterization of fungal diversity associated with citrus crops in Cuba and development of accurate molecular diagnostic assays for Phyllosticta citricarpa. (Research)
15/02/2018 - 14/05/2018
Het plant-geassocieerde microbioom en zijn rol in het verbeteren van de droogte-tolerantie van planten (Research)
01/03/2016 - 28/02/2018
Glyphosate Rhizoremediation Strategies for Soils Under Intensive Agricultural Use (Research)
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017
Agreement between LSM and UHasselt concerning the 'Ecotrons' project. (Research)
01/01/2013 - 31/12/2017
Microorganisms associated to Salix atrocinerea and responses to heavy metal stress: potential application to improve the phytoremediation of contaminated soils (Research)
01/01/2015 - 31/12/2017
Basis for remediation of sites contaminated with potentially toxic elements in Zimapan (Hidalgo, Mexico): an interdisciplinary approach (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
The cell wall and the apoplast as a primary defence strategy in plants exposed to cadmium (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Identifying molecular mechanisms of plant root architectural responses to excess metals, in support of plant growth improvement for safe biomass production or phytoremediation strategies. (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Characterisation of rhizospheric and endophytic microbial communities of the Zn-hyperaccumulator Cardaminopsis halleri, the excluder C. arenosa, and the legume species Trifolium repens from old zinc and lead waste heaps in Poland (Research)
17/09/2017 - 18/11/2017
Above- and below-ground microbiome of Brickelia veronicifolia: importance for improving phytoremediation of metal polluted sites (Research)
01/08/2017 - 30/09/2017
Plant-microbe synergy: an innovative, sustainable tool to improve air quality (Research)
01/10/2016 - 30/09/2017
Unraveling unknown environmental impacts of a new booming industry: nano-silver's effects on plants and their associated microbial plant growth promoting community (Research)
01/10/2015 - 30/09/2017
Identification of aromatic compound degrading and plant-growth promoting strains in our UHasselt bacteria collection (Research)
01/07/2017 - 31/07/2017
Diversity of ligninolytic enzymes and their genes of Cuban strains of Ganoderma genus. Application for biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds. (Research)
01/05/2014 - 31/12/2016
The role of endophytes and carbon nanoparticles in the success or failure of DDE phytoremediation using Cucurbita pepo (Research)
01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
Characterization of growth, bacterial population and cadmiumresponsen of ccr mutant Arabidopsis thaliana and the potential of endophytes to increase the biomass and phytoremediation-efficiency (Research)
01/01/2012 - 14/04/2016
Biodegradation of organic contaminants by endophytic bacteria in halophytes (Research)
01/05/2014 - 31/12/2015
Deficiency and toxicity of micronutrients (copper and zinc): the reducing potential as a driving force in plant responses (Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea) (Research)
01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015
Bacterial populations associated with Populus tremula x alba wildtype and 2 lines modified for a lower lignin production: genotypic and phenotypic characterization and their potential to improve biomass production. (Research)
01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015
Unraveling unknown environmental impacts of a new booming industry: nano-silver's effects on plants and their associated microbial plant growth promoting community (Research)
01/10/2013 - 30/09/2015
Endophyte-enhanced plant growth and phytoremediation: stability of the inoculated strain as the crucial step towards in situ application. (Research)
01/10/2011 - 30/09/2015
Seed endophytes: needless or indispensable during plant development? (Research)
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2015
Role of plant associated bacteria in improving biomass production and metal accumulation of short rotation coppice as part of sustainable land use and phytoremediation of contaminated soils. (Research)
01/01/2011 - 15/04/2015
Metal-induced oxidative stress in plants: from signal transduction to crop productivity and quality (Research)
01/07/2012 - 31/12/2014
Cadmium-induced responses in Arabidopsis thaliana: oxidative stress related to the effects at the mitochondrial level (Research)
01/10/2009 - 30/09/2014
FWO aspirant project: Genetically engineered endophytes and their potential to enhance phytoremediation of toxic explosives-contaminated sites (Research)
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2014
The potential role of willow-associated bacteria in the phytoextraction of metal contaminated soil. (Research)
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2014
BOF PhD: Genetically engineered endophytes and their potential to improve phytoremediation of toxic explosives- contaminated sites (Research)
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2014
Vascular function and air pollution: from epigenetics to gene-expression (Research)
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013
Physiological characterization of tolerance of sunflower Clearfield hybrids to herbicide imazamox (Research)
01/08/2012 - 31/05/2013
The interaction between plant-associated bacteria and poplar under cadmium stress: effects of inoculation with PGPB (plant growth promoting bacteria) on the proteoomlevel and biomass production as a function of fytoextraction. (Research)
01/01/2009 - 31/12/2012
Seed endophytes: needless or indispensable during plant development? (Research)
01/10/2009 - 30/09/2011
Plant- and bacteria stimulated remediation of contaminated soils and (ground)water (Research)
01/09/2010 - 31/08/2011
BOF 2011: Short stay: Proteomics of Cd-exposed Arabidopsis thalianan (Research)
01/01/2011 - 31/03/2011
Education
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