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 450 well-established scientific experts who are actively engaged in climate research.
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Dirk Verschuren

UGhent

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

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

Keywords:

Paleoclimate | Climate-Ecosystem Interaction

Gert Verstraeten

KU Leuven

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Physical

Expertise:

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

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Nature-based climate solutions

Past and future climate

Keywords:

Soil erosion, sediment transport and flooding | Peatlands and carbon | Land cover reconstructions | Landscape transformations | Holocene

Reinhilde Veugelers

KULeuven, Bruegel

Research theme(s):

Society, Physical

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Climate trends and extremes

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Green industrial policy | Green innovation policy | Clean tech | Green deal

Sara Vicca

UAntwerp

Research theme(s):

Land and Water

Expertise:

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

Nature-based climate solutions

Keywords:

Terrestrial Carbon Cycling | Biogeochemistry | Nature-Based Co2 Removal | Ecosystem-Climate Interactions

Pascale Vielle

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Fundamental Social Rights | Gender And Law | Social Security | Eu Social Law And Policies | International Social Law

Yury Villagran Zaccardi

VITO

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Waste and circular economy

Carbon removal / capture / storage (CDR, CCS)

Keywords:

Concrete | Low Carbon Cement | Recycled Aggregate | Concrete Durability

Caroline Vincke

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Physical

Expertise:

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

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Keywords:

Forest Ecology | Eco-Hydrology | Wood Anatomy | Functionnal Traits | Dendrochronology

Pieter Vingerhoets

VITO

Research theme(s):

Technology, Physical

Expertise:

Industry

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Infrastructure

Keywords:

Modelling | Policy | Investment

Sareh Vosooghi

KU Leuven

Research theme(s):

Society, Technology

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Renewable energy

Climate policy and law

Carbon removal / capture / storage (CDR, CCS)

Keywords:

Environmental and Resource Economics | International Environmental Agreements | Climate Coalition Formation | Uncertainty and Information Economics in Climate Economics | Integrated Assessment Models

Liesbet Vranken

KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Society

Expertise:

Agriculture and food

Disaster risk management

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

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Sustainable Food Consumption | Food Waste Reduction And Valorisation Of Side Streams | Adoption Of Measures To Reduce Vulnerabilities And Risks Associated With Climate-Induced Natural Hazards | Adoption Of Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Patterns | Assessment And Valuation Of Ecosystem Services For Decision Making

Grégoire Wallenborn

ULB

Research theme(s):

Society, Technology

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Renewable energy

Behaviour and consumption

Infrastructure

Keywords:

Energy Demand | Social Practices | Systemic Analysis | Socio-Ecosystems | Sts (Science-Technology-Society)

Romain Weikmans

ULB

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate economics and finance

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Global Climate Governance | Foreign Climate Policy | International Climate Finance

Kris Welkenhuysen

RBINS

Research theme(s):

Technology, Physical

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Carbon removal / capture / storage (CDR, CCS)

Keywords:

Geo-Energy | Techno-Economics | Co2 Capture, Transport And Storage | Carbon-Lean Subsurface Solutions | Cenozoic Stratigraphy

Gwen Willeghems

VITO, EnergyVille

Research theme(s):

Technology, Land and Water

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Agriculture and food

Keywords:

Electricity Markets | Conceptual Design

Patrick Willems

KU Leuven

Research theme(s):

Land and Water

Expertise:

Water management

Nature-based climate solutions

Keywords:

Floods | Droughts | Hydrological extremes | Statistical downscaling | Climate adaptation

Grégoire Winckelmans

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Renewable energy

Mobility and transport

Keywords:

Fluid Mechanics and aerodynamics | simulation of turbulence and vortical flows | simulation of wind turbines in the ABL using LES | aeroelasticity and FSI simulation of wind turbines | wakes of turbines, aircraft, rotorcraft

Hendrik Wouters

VITO

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

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

Past and future climate

Urban planning

Keywords:

Climate change extremes | Heat stress | Land–climate interactions | Seasonal forecasts | Urban climate

Coraline Wyard

ISSeP

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Past and future climate

Urban planning

Climate trends and extremes

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

Keywords:

Urban climate | Risk assessment | Climate vulnerability | Resilient cities | Climate monitoring and modelling

Qiuzhen Yin

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Physical, Land and Water

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Nature-based climate solutions

Keywords:

Quaternary-Holocene Climate Changes | Paleoclimate Modelling | Monsoon | Loess

Vincent Yzerbyt

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Health and wellbeing

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Social Identity | Norms | Attitudes | Discrimination | Methods And Statistics

Harry Zekollari

VUB, ETH Zürich

Research theme(s):

Land and Water, Physical

Expertise:

Sea-level rise and marine ecosystems

Past and future climate

Water management

Keywords:

Glacier | Modelling | Sea-level rise | Water Resources | Meteorites

Caroline Zickgraf

ULiège

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

(Just) transition

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Migration | Sustainability | Immobility | Loss and Damage | Cities

Pierre de Buyl

RMI

Research theme(s):

Physical

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Keywords:

Remote Sensing | Satellite | Earth Radiation Budget | Top of Atmosphere Fluxes | Scientific Computing

Marie-Sophie de Clippele

UCL Saint-Louis Bxl

Research theme(s):

Society

Expertise:

Climate policy and law

Keywords:

Heritage | Commons | Natural Resources | Participative Governance | Cultural Heritage

Bas de Geus

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Technology, Society

Expertise:

Infrastructure

Health and wellbeing

Mobility and transport

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Active Mobility | Cycling | Walking | Physical Activity

Edwin van Hassel

UAntwerp

Research theme(s):

Technology, Physical

Expertise:

Mobility and transport

Greenhouse gases and carbon cycle

Keywords:

Maritime Transport | Inland Navigation | Transport Modeling | Maritime Technology/Innovation Evaluation

Nicole van Lipzig

KULeuven

Research theme(s):

Physical, Technology

Expertise:

Climate trends and extremes

Renewable energy

Keywords:

Wind Energy | Climate Extremes | Urban Climate | Climate of Africa | Land-Atmosphere Interaction

Geoffrey van Moeseke

UCLouvain

Research theme(s):

Technology, Society

Expertise:

Infrastructure

Behaviour and consumption

Keywords:

Energy Performance Of Buildings | Building Physics | Thermal Comfort | Indoor Climate Control Technologies

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

UCLouvain, ULiège

Research theme(s):

Physical, Society

Expertise:

Past and future climate

Education, communication and art

Climate trends and extremes

(Just) transition

Keywords:

Modelling | Climate change | Education | Sustainable development goals | Just transition

Sebastiaan van de Velde

UAntwerp, RBINS

Research theme(s):

Technology

Expertise:

Carbon removal / capture / storage (CDR, CCS)

Keywords:

Marine Chemistry | Chemical Oceanography | Seafloor

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