DIMITRI DEHEYN

Researcher
MARINE BIOLOGY

Research Interests

  • Microplastics Research (global environmental monitoring) in water, air, and animals, including humans.
  • Microfibers from textiles: from disintegration and biodegradation to toxicity assessment.
  • Light production in Nature: bioluminescence and fluorescence (biological and from synthetic polymers)
  • Biochemical characterization of light producing reaction and identification of novel light producing compounds
  • Structural coloration and hyperspectral imaging
  • Environmental health assessment, development of sub-lethal bioassays
  • Environmental pollution and ecotoxicology

Degrees

  • M.S., Free University of Brussels, Belgium
  • PhD, Free University of Brussels, Belgium