Ivo Vankelecom studied Bioscience Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, where he graduated in 1990. In 1994, he obtained his PhD in Applied Biological Sciences from the Department of Interphase Chemistry on "Inorganic Porous Fillers in Organic Polymer Membranes". He subsequently worked at KU Leuven as postdoc on membrane catalysis. During this period, he spent 6 months at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beersheva, Israel) in 1999 and at Imperial College (London, England) in 2001. Since 2002, he is professor at KU Leuven where he teaches courses on Membrane Technology, Adsorption, Bio-engineering in Perspective, Environmental Impact Analysis and Chromatography.

Bart van Duffel obtained his PhD under supervision of Prof. Robert Schoonheydt in 2001 on 'Composite Ultrathin Films' with a focus on optical applications. He gained R&D and general management experience in the domains of surface treatment and printing of materials. As innovation manager, Bart's mission is to create value for companies and society based on the KU Leuven knowledge and innovations in the field of thin films, surfaces and membrane technology.

Laurens completed his Master in chemistry in 2015. He obtained a PhD in organic chemistry under supervision of professor Wim De Borggraeve on “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Bis-Urea Low Molecular Weight Gelators in 2019. In 2020, Laurens worked for a short time as ad interim education coordinator for the department of chemistry. Laurens joined the KU Leuven Membrane technology Group in 2021 as Expert Membrane Technology.              

Ayesha received her master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Pakistan (2017). She worked as research associate in the same institute until she joined the KU Leuven Membrane Technology Group in 2018. She is working on fabrication and application of patterned membranes for water treatment.

Angela obtained her master's degree in Bioscience Engineering (major Catalytic technology) at the University of Leuven in 2019. She then started her PhD in the Membrane Technology Group on a new synthesis method via spray-coating for Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for liquid separation. ​

Zahra obtained her master's degree in physical chemistry from Kharazmi University (Tehran) in Iran, in 2017. She has worked on nanoporous materials in Isfahan University of Technology, and her master thesis was about solvatochromic parameters. In 2021, she started her PhD research in the Membrane Technology Group, developing SRNF-membranes for polymer recycling.

Xiaoyan Xu obtained a master's degree at the department of Chemistry (Environmental Engineering) from Capital Normal University (China) in 2018. In 2019, she joined the Membrane Technology Group to pursue a PhD. Her research focuses on the development of MOF-filled polymeric membranes for gas separation.

Chiari obtained her master's degree in Bioscience Engineering (major environmental technology) at KU Leuven in 2021. After a master's thesis on dense ion exchange membranes for redox flow batteries, she joined the Membane Technology Group in october 2021 in pursuit of a PhD. Her PhD focuses on the development of thin film composite membranes for redox flow batteries.

Eline de Metz

Mathieu Jaumin

Anna Binnemans

Lore Gouwy

Simon Creemers

Robbe Vaes

Joren Vankelecom

Véronique Floré

Annelies takes care of all orders, mails, contracts, administration, catering, events, etc. for the Membrane Technology Group and the 4 other cMACS research teams.

Daan obtained a bachelor's degree in Chemistry at Thomas More University College of Applied Sciences in 2018.  In November 2018, he joined the Membrane Technology Group as lab technician.

Werner services the Membrane Technology Group as a technician. He co-designs and assembles new lab equipment and keeps all equipment up and running.