Projects

VASCO (Funded by NWO-ORC)
Timeline: 2026-2031
Objective: Assess the valorization potential within the food system of 3 waste streams from plant production systems
Role: Scientific Contributor
Personnel: Anniek Kortleve (Postdoc)

REAP2SOW (Funded by NWO-ORC)
Timeline: 2025-2031
Objective: Assess the role of novel and forgotten plant protein crops in enabling the protein transition in the Netherlands
Role: Work Package Lead
Personnel:
Anniek Kortleve (Postdoc)
Arthur Schorlemmer (PhD)

RAINS (Funded by Horizon Europe)
Timeline: 2023-2027
Objective: Develop practical solutions for climate and human pressures affecting mediterranean agriculture
Role: Scientific contributor
Personnel:
Nicolas Navarre (Postdoc)
Arthur Ronner (PhD)

DiversEAFy (Funded by Horizon Europe)
Timeline: 2026-2030
Objective: Improve the resilience of Direct Reduced Iron/Hot Briquetted Iron and scrap Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking by feedstock upgrades and valorization of resulting slags as clinker and cement replacements
Role: Task Lead
Personnel: TBD

NO-REGRETS (Funded by NWO-ORC)
Timeline: 2023-2027
Objective: Delivering science-based knowledge to enable a sustainable transition to renewable offshore energy
Role: Task Lead
Personnel: TBD

Rawclic (Funded by Horizon Europe)
Timeline: 2025-2029
Objective: Delivering critical insights into the future demand, supply, and environmental impacts of the EU twin transition
Role: Scientific contributor
Personnel: Harmjan de Vries (PhD)

CE-RISE (Funded by Horizon Europe)
Timeline: 2022-2026
Objective: Advance the circular economy in electronics through the development of digital product passports and circularity criteria
Role: Work Package Lead
Personnel:
Berend Mintjes (PhD)
Gaël Crué (research assistant)
Sónia Cunha (Postdoc, now Assistant Professor)
Stefano Merciai (Researcher)

FutuRaM (Funded by Horizon Europe)
Timeline: 2021-2026
Objective: Deliver a comprehensive assessment of critical raw materials embedded in 6 major EU waste streams
Role: Work Package Lead
Personnel:
Harmjan de Vries (PhD)
Sowmya Marriyapillai Ravisandiran (PhD)
Catrin Böcher (PhD)
Aymara Wagner (PhD)
Juan Munizaga Plaza (Postdoc)
Sónia Cunha (Postdoc, now Assistant Professor)

Transitions toward a sustainable food system (Funded by NWO-NWA)
Timeline: 2021-2025
Objective: Assess the drivers and barriers for a sustainable food transition in the Netherlands
Role: Work Package Lead
Personnel:
Nicolas Navarre (Postdoc)
Jinhui Zhou (Postdoc)

Getting the data Right (Funded by the KR foundation)
Timeline: 2022-2025
Objective: Develop a consumption-based climate footprint calculator for Denmark
Role: Task Lead
Personnel:
Anniek Kortleve (PhD)

PANORAMA (Funded by EIT-Raw Materials)
Timeline: 2019-2020
Objective: Build a comprehensive supply -chain database for the EU economy
Role: Project Lead
Personnel:
Levon Amatuni (PhD)
Tales Yamamoto (PhD)

ORAMA (Funded by Horizon 2020)
Timeline: 2017-2019
Objective: Address challenges to raw material data collection, accessibility, and harmonisation in the EU
Role: Scientific Contributor

Coastal Hypoxia (Funded by Horizon 2020)
Timeline: 2015-2017
Objective: Quantify nutrient loading to global coastal systems and their effects on global coastal hypoxia
Role: Project Lead