IOF Business Development Centers
The Business Development Centers at Ghent University group complementary research departments by application area or domain of expertise.
Together with the eight IOF platforms, they constitute the Industrial Liaison Network.
Engineering, Energy & Materials
- Biomolecules: Production of Bio-based molecules and engineering tool.
Nele Ameloot - ChemTech: Chemistry & Water Technologies.
Valentina Goftman - CleanChem: Cleantech for sustainable chemical production.
Bart Hommez - Composites: Innovative technology platform for composites.
Ilse Christiaens - DuraBUILDmaterials: Innovative technologies for durable building materials and structures.
Stijn Matthys - EnerGhentIC: Energy Research & Innovation Community.
Michel De Paepe - Machineries & Factories: Machine & factory design and optimization; industry 4.0.
Jeroen De Maeyer - Metals: Metals research platform, from nano to mega, from material to application.
Karen Hemelsoet - TEX IS MORE: Textile innovations for protection, comfort and care.
Jozefien Geltmeyer
Health Tech & Pharma
- ACT-T: Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering.
Tim Desmet - Biomarked: Pre-clinical biomarker -omics platforms and BioIT, diagnostics, RNA abled therapies.
Daisy Flamez - ChemTech Life Sciences: Chemistry Technologies for the life sciences.
An Van den Bulcke - DISCOVERE: Drug discovery, drug delivery and drug manufacturing. Serge Van Calenberg
- HyCT: Hybrid CT image building technologies for material and life sciences applications.
Ewout Vansteenkiste - MEDTEG: Medical Device Technologies.
Gilles Brackman - Victoris: Technological optimization, research and innovation in sport. Kristof De Mey
Electronics, Photonics & Digital
- e-Poly: Center for advanced, polymer based microsystems and applications.
Frederik Leys - INDATA: Internet & Data Lab.
Filip Louagie & Wim De Wispelaere - i-Know: Intelligent information management.
Ljiljana Platisa - nb-photonics: Photonics, components, systems, applications.
Eva Ryckeboer
Agro, Vet & Food
- BLUEGent: Innovations in aquaculture and blue life sciences.
Margriet Drouillon - CropFit: Biostimulants and Biocontrol for plants.
Maaike Perneel - End-of-Waste: Creating value out of organic waste and residues.
Nathan De Geyter - Food2Know: Feed, Food & Health.
Andreas Renz - PROVAXS: Innovation in animal health.
Sven Arnouts
Social Sciences & Humanities
- i4S: Smart Solutions for Secure Societies. Arne Dormaels
- SHAPE: Social sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and Economy.
Zoë Imhof