Center for Green Chemistry & Environmental Biotechnology

CHANGCHUN, China – February 11, 2026 – A significant new chapter in international scientific collaboration was officially launched today as the Ghent University Global Campus (GUGC) Research Center (RC3) kicked off a major joint project with Jilin University (JLU). This initiative, funded as a national-level China-Belgium collaboration, aims to tackle one of the most pressing environmental health challenges of our time: the removal of hazardous contaminants from hospital wastewate...

[Songdo, 26 January 2026] - RC3 (Research Center 3) hosted an international online research collaboration meeting today, bringing together researchers from the National University of Uzbekistan and Ghent University Global Campus (South Korea). The event focused on advancing joint research in photocatalysis, hydrogen production, energy applications, and environmental remediation, highlighting mechanistic studies, kinetic modeling, and sustainable treatment technologies. Key Discussion Themes ...

GUGC Professor Serge Zhuiykov has visited the Institute of Process Technology (IPT) and Institute of Physics and Chemistry (IPC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) in Beijing during June 2025 as a CAS Distinguished Scientist. Prof. Zhuiykov, as an international expert in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor nanoscience and nanostructures with more than 30 years of international experience, has presented a seminar on “2D Semiconductor Heterointerfaces: State-of-the-art and Approaches&...

[Songdo, 2025 Apr-Dec] — Prof. Jihae Park secured the “Marine Smart Farm Camp” project from the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education. Through this program, students explore Korea’s tidal flats, blue carbon’s role in climate response, and the blue economy, with engaging theory and hands-on learning such as light properties and photosynthesis. The camp runs until December 2025.

[Songdo, 19 August 2025] — On August 19, GUGC hosted a workshop on securing marine algal biomass and its bioapplications. Experts discussed carbon-neutral strategies, bioactive compounds from brown algae and diatoms, and biomedical applications. Highlights included Prof. Sungchil Yang (CityU HK) on Dieckorin’s neurotherapeutic potential and Prof. Keun-A Chang (Gachon Univ.) on Alzheimer’s treatment. The event fostered collaboration opportunities with Prof. Jihae Park’s...

[Songdo, 22 August 2025] — On August 22, 2025, Prof. Jihae Park (Environmental Technology, GUGC) secured a major grant from KEIT (Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology) for the project “Sustainable Fiber Platform from Seaweed Resources.” This achievement builds on the Joint Research Center for Seaweed-Based Biofibers, inaugurated with Fashion Group Hyungji in June, which committed 1 billion KRW to the initiative.

[Jeju, July 25-27, 2025] The group of IRTP students, guided by Muhammad Kashif, presented their results at the 8th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE 2025). The poster was presented by Kim Taerin, and she won the best poster prize.

[May 27-28, Shandong, China] On May 27, RC3 Faculty members Prof. Di Wu, Prof. Heyderickx and Prof. Jihae Park visited Shan Dong University Weihai (SDUW) for the inauguration of the International Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Science. This collaboration will focus on joint research for blue and green development, specifically targeting water security, energy transition, and ocean farming. The following day, RC3 team engaged in specialised cooperation exchange meetings with the Col...

[Nagaoka, 03-06 July 2025] — Di Wu’s group joined the 5th Advanced Eco-Environmental Technology (AEET) seminar, Young Water Professionals (YWP) Symposium, and Water Environment Technology (WET) conference 2025, organized by NUT, Japan YWP, and WET in Nagaoka, Japan, from 03-06 July. The team includes Dr. Tayyebeh, Dr. Viet (Postdocs), Mr. Zargham, Mr. Yasmani (PhD students), Mr. Dongha, Mr. Hongjoon, Mr. Taehun (BA students). The events focus on topics related to water environment...

[Netherlands, 19-23 May 2025] — Dr. Duc Viet Nguyen and Mr. Moein Besharatifard, Prof. Di Wu’s group, recently joined the Resource Recovery conference 2025, organized by IWA in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, from 19-25 May. Dr. Viet contributed to the session of Industrial water with a presentation on “Boosting biogas production and dye removal in textile wastewater treatment with conductive material-enhanced anaerobic bioreactors”, while Mr. Moein presented his poster on &l...