Center for Green Chemistry & Environmental Biotechnology

[Songdo, 14 May 2025] — GREAT (RC3) hosted a dynamic one-day workshop yesterday, convening leading researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to tackle pressing environmental challenges through cutting-edge biotechnology. Focused on anaerobic biotechnology and nanobubble applications, the event aimed to redefine waste management and resource recovery in industrial and agricultural sectors. Key Discussion Themes Phosphorus Recovery: Strategies to extract phosphorus from waste...

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Serge Zhuiykov has been elected as a 2025 Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This esteemed accolade honors Prof. Zhuiykov’s transformative research in nanotechnology-driven environmental catalysis and his leadership in advancing sustainable industrial solutions.

[Songdo, 24 Apr 2025] — The Fourth Advanced Ecological and Environmental Technology Symposium commenced today, convening leading researchers from Europe, South Korea, and Japan to address pressing marine and coastal environmental challenges. Centered on the theme “Innovating for Ocean Resilience and Sustainable Blue Growth,” the symposium aims to: develop cutting-edge solutions for coastal ecosystem restoration and marine biodiversity conservation, advance seafood safety pro...

[GUGC, 21 April 2025] — RC3 welcomed UGhent alumna Prof. Minh Tang Le, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, a leading scholar in catalytic technologies for environmentally sustainable chemical processes, during a special visit today. Prof. Le’s research work focuses on designing energy-efficient catalytic systems to decarbonize industrial manufacturing and enable circular resource recovery. The visit culminated in an intensive afternoon workshop attended by RC3’s rese...

[Songdo, 18 April 2025] The Centre for Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechology (GREAT), Ghent University Global Campus and Bioinformatics & Molecular Design Research Center (BMDRC), Yonsei University, today announced a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate interdisciplinary innovations at the nexus of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, and sustainability. The partnership will focus on the following core pillars: AI-Powered Protein Engineerin...