dr. Nele WITTERS

+3211268754 Campus Diepenbeek
Gebouw D
Office C160

dr. Nele WITTERS

IOF Business Developer
Researcher-coördinator

Faculty of Business Economics
Faculty of Sciences
Capacity group Biology - Geology
Capacity group Economics
Research group Environmental Biology
Research group Environmental Economics
Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences

Research

Discipline codes: Ecosystem services (01070302), Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics (05020101), Environmental management (01070306), Innovation, research and development, technological change, intellectual property rights (05020305)

Supervised PhDs

Non-market valuation of ecosystem services: the case of recreation and water resources in Ifrane National Park

Hajar Lamhamedi for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2022

Supervised as Copromotor

Leveraging the Recent Advances of Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Peoples’ Preferences for Green Spaces in an Urban Setting

Ilias Mokas for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2022

Supervised as Copromotor

Evidence-based species conservation: the case of the European Nightjar

Ruben Evens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019

Supervised as Copromotor

A methodological framework for the valuation of biodiversity, based on the ecological function of species in the ecosystem.

Silvie Daniels for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2017

Supervised as Copromotor

Publications

View all UHasselt publications by dr. Nele WITTERS

Projects

64 research projects have been found

View all 64 UHasselt research projects of dr. Nele WITTERS

HerTax Hermaphrodite Taxonomy (Research)

01/11/2022 - 31/10/2032

Techno-economic analysis (TEA) applied to PV technologies (Research)

16/01/2025 - 15/01/2029

IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2024-2028 (Research)

01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028

Safeguarding Soil with PLANTS: Exploring Phytoremediation for PFAS Cleanup (Research)

01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028

Large area uniform industry compatible perovskite solar cell technology (LUMINOSITY) (Research)

01/06/2024 - 31/05/2028

Tools and methods for extended plant PHENotyping and EnviroTyping services of European Research Infrastructures (Research)

01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027

Centre for Environment and Health 2022 - 2027 (Research)

01/12/2022 - 30/11/2027

Rapid Assessment Units: experimental climate controlled units (Research)

01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027

The algal flora of the Albertine Rift Lakes. Using stomach content analyses to compare of the dietary overlap of herbivorous fishes in native and introduced conditions, with a focus on diatom taxonomy. (Research)

01/09/2023 - 31/08/2027

Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition (Research)

01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027

MIBIREM - Toolbox for Microbiome base Remediation (Research)

01/10/2022 - 31/03/2027

Learning from animals how to regenerate: multidisciplinary training programme in regenerative biology (Research)

01/03/2023 - 28/02/2027

STARGATE SusTainable AiRports, the Green heArT of Europe (Research)

01/11/2021 - 31/10/2026

Development of novel assessments for indoor air quality monitoring and impact on children's health (Research)

01/05/2022 - 30/04/2026

Actionable eUropean ROadmap for early-life health Risk Assessment of micro- and nanoplastics (Research)

01/04/2021 - 31/03/2026

Erasmus + ECoGREEN (Education)

01/03/2023 - 28/02/2026

Accelerating low voltage flexibility participation in a grid safe manner "Alexander" (Research)

01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025

Collaborative research network for global SAF supply chain development (Research)

01/01/2023 - 30/09/2025

The Physiological and Economic Impact of Neighborhood Green Space on the Stress, Cognitive and Behavioral development, and mental Well-being of Children (GreenBrain) (Research)

01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025

Quality of pear in a changed climate - QPear. (Research)

01/09/2021 - 31/08/2025

Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth (Research)

01/01/2021 - 31/07/2025

Microplastics & Health - Expanding MOMENTUM (MOMENTUM 2.0) (Research)

31/12/2023 - 30/07/2025

A global approach for recovery of arable land through improved phytoremediation coupled with advanced liquid biofuel production and climate friendly copper smelting process (Research)

01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025

ATHLETE : Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome research and Translation (Research)

01/01/2020 - 30/06/2025

EXIMIOUS : Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome (Research)

01/01/2020 - 30/06/2025

Ex-ante sustainability assessment: the challenge of upscaling and learning. (Research)

01/04/2023 - 31/03/2025

Sustainability And Procurement in International, European, and National Systems - 'SAPIENS' (Research)

01/03/2021 - 28/02/2025

The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC): 2021-2024 (Research)

01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024

The Flemish exposome project: towards a comprehensive understanding of the life-course impact of dietary and environmental exposure on chronic low-grade gut inflammation Acronym = FLEXiGUT (Research)

01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024

MIT project 'Alternative Jet Fuel Supply Chain Analysis' (Research)

01/09/2016 - 31/12/2024

How healthy are Limburg gardens? (Research)

12/12/2022 - 13/06/2024

the effect of greening playgrounds for the well-being of children (Research)

10/09/2021 - 31/01/2024

IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2019-2023 (Research)

01/07/2019 - 31/12/2023

Solar Energy Made Regional (Research)

01/01/2022 - 30/09/2023

01/10/2021 - 30/09/2023

OVAM Flanders circular (Research)

14/12/2020 - 15/09/2023

(Re)discovering soil life! (Research)

01/01/2022 - 30/06/2023

CESCO XL (Research)

14/12/2020 - 31/12/2022

CESGO! (Research)

09/11/2020 - 31/12/2022

ALTERNATE : ASSESSMENT ON ALTERNATIVE AVIATION FUELS DEVELOPMENT (Research)

01/01/2020 - 31/12/2022

01/09/2021 - 30/11/2022

Economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecosystem services provided by dry heathland. (Research)

01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022

Green Roofs Up! Together for more high quality green roofs (Research)

01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022

Monitoring phytoremediation - Resanat (Research)

01/06/2021 - 30/06/2022

Investigation of the relationship between air pollution and the course of disease due to COVID-19 (Research)

11/01/2021 - 10/03/2022

Award of a grant for the Environment and Health project (Research)

01/01/2021 - 31/12/2021

EcoCities: Green roofs and walls as a source for ecosystem services in future cities (Research)

01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021

Cropping hyperaccumulator plants on nickel-rich soils and wastes for the green synthesis of pure nickel compounds (Research)

01/07/2016 - 30/06/2021

Economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecosystem services provided by dry heathland. (Research)

01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020

Urban ecosystem services: while plants do their job, do policies do theirs? (Research)

01/10/2016 - 13/01/2020

Plant-microbe associations to reduce particulate matter concentration and toxicity in urban areas: a multidisciplinary approach (Research)

01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019

Intensify production, Transform biomass to Energy and Novel goods and protect Soils in Europe (Research)

01/04/2016 - 31/03/2019

Research on the socio-economic impact and the quantification of ecosystem services in the framework of the Life + projects: LIFE + Nature recovery project Most-Keiheuvel (LIFE11NAT / BE / 001061) and Life + TOGETHER (LIFE12NAT / BE / 001098) (Research)

08/11/2017 - 07/07/2018

Lokale capaciteitsopbouw door energieprojecten in Afrika (SEA)

01/07/2017 - 30/06/2018

International forum on urbanized protected areas under pressure (Education)

01/09/2016 - 31/12/2017

Summerschool: Methods and strategies to monitor and manage human impact on urbanized protected areas (UPA) (Education)

01/09/2016 - 31/12/2017

Summer School: Tourism, ecosystems, planning and climate change: interdisciplinary methodological approaches Theme: measuring and managing the impact within protected areas (Education)

15/01/2016 - 31/12/2016

Sustainable and economically efficient ecosystem management: modeling biophysical scale followed by optimizing payments for ecosystem services (Research)

01/10/2012 - 30/09/2016

Green remediation: ready for the market? (Research)

09/12/2014 - 31/12/2015

GREAT : Growing Renewable Energy Applications & Technologies (Research)

01/02/2012 - 31/12/2015

EnergyNetwork Ravenshout (Research)

01/05/2012 - 31/12/2013

Crop based systems for sustainable risk based land management for economically marginal degraded areas, phase II: demonstration projects and evaluation decision support tool. (Research)

01/01/2010 - 31/12/2012

Grass power (Research)

01/04/2010 - 31/03/2012

Energy crops on agricultural land enriched with heavy metals: functional repair by phytoextraction and/or energy crops as a sustainable alternative for classic agriculture. (Research)

07/09/2009 - 02/07/2010

View all 64 UHasselt research projects of dr. Nele WITTERS

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2024 - 2025

2128

Soil Science

Member of the teaching team

3901

Optimization of business models

Coordinating lecturer

Academic year 2023 - 2024

2128

Soil Science

Member of the teaching team

4145

Business management

Member of the teaching team

3901

Optimization of business models

Coordinating lecturer

Nele WITTERS

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Research

Supervised PhDs

Non-market valuation of ecosystem services: the case of recreation and water resources in Ifrane National Park

Leveraging the Recent Advances of Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Peoples’ Preferences for Green Spaces in an Urban Setting

Evidence-based species conservation: the case of the European Nightjar

A methodological framework for the valuation of biodiversity, based on the ecological function of species in the ecosystem.

Publications

Projects

HerTax Hermaphrodite Taxonomy (Research)

Techno-economic analysis (TEA) applied to PV technologies (Research)

IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2024-2028 (Research)

Safeguarding Soil with PLANTS: Exploring Phytoremediation for PFAS Cleanup (Research)

Large area uniform industry compatible perovskite solar cell technology (LUMINOSITY) (Research)

Tools and methods for extended plant PHENotyping and EnviroTyping services of European Research Infrastructures (Research)

Centre for Environment and Health 2022 - 2027 (Research)

Rapid Assessment Units: experimental climate controlled units (Research)

The algal flora of the Albertine Rift Lakes. Using stomach content analyses to compare of the dietary overlap of herbivorous fishes in native and introduced conditions, with a focus on diatom taxonomy. (Research)

Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition (Research)

MIBIREM - Toolbox for Microbiome base Remediation (Research)

Learning from animals how to regenerate: multidisciplinary training programme in regenerative biology (Research)

STARGATE SusTainable AiRports, the Green heArT of Europe (Research)

Development of novel assessments for indoor air quality monitoring and impact on children's health (Research)

Actionable eUropean ROadmap for early-life health Risk Assessment of micro- and nanoplastics (Research)

Erasmus + ECoGREEN (Education)

Accelerating low voltage flexibility participation in a grid safe manner "Alexander" (Research)

Collaborative research network for global SAF supply chain development (Research)

The Physiological and Economic Impact of Neighborhood Green Space on the Stress, Cognitive and Behavioral development, and mental Well-being of Children (GreenBrain) (Research)

Quality of pear in a changed climate - QPear. (Research)

Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth (Research)

Microplastics & Health - Expanding MOMENTUM (MOMENTUM 2.0) (Research)

A global approach for recovery of arable land through improved phytoremediation coupled with advanced liquid biofuel production and climate friendly copper smelting process (Research)

ATHLETE : Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome research and Translation (Research)

EXIMIOUS : Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome (Research)

Ex-ante sustainability assessment: the challenge of upscaling and learning. (Research)

Sustainability And Procurement in International, European, and National Systems - 'SAPIENS' (Research)

The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC): 2021-2024 (Research)

The Flemish exposome project: towards a comprehensive understanding of the life-course impact of dietary and environmental exposure on chronic low-grade gut inflammation Acronym = FLEXiGUT (Research)

MIT project 'Alternative Jet Fuel Supply Chain Analysis' (Research)

How healthy are Limburg gardens? (Research)

the effect of greening playgrounds for the well-being of children (Research)

IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2019-2023 (Research)

Solar Energy Made Regional (Research)

The guide to circular school construction; from ambition to implementation and social integration (Research)

OVAM Flanders circular (Research)

(Re)discovering soil life! (Research)

CESCO XL (Research)

CESGO! (Research)

ALTERNATE : ASSESSMENT ON ALTERNATIVE AVIATION FUELS DEVELOPMENT (Research)

Predictors and consequences of (poor) perinatal mental health. Influences of job activities, social support, and free time on perinatal mental health, and the consequences for the development during the first year of life. (Research)

Economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecosystem services provided by dry heathland. (Research)

Green Roofs Up! Together for more high quality green roofs (Research)

Monitoring phytoremediation - Resanat (Research)

Investigation of the relationship between air pollution and the course of disease due to COVID-19 (Research)

Award of a grant for the Environment and Health project (Research)

EcoCities: Green roofs and walls as a source for ecosystem services in future cities (Research)

Cropping hyperaccumulator plants on nickel-rich soils and wastes for the green synthesis of pure nickel compounds (Research)

Economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecosystem services provided by dry heathland. (Research)

Urban ecosystem services: while plants do their job, do policies do theirs? (Research)

Plant-microbe associations to reduce particulate matter concentration and toxicity in urban areas: a multidisciplinary approach (Research)

Intensify production, Transform biomass to Energy and Novel goods and protect Soils in Europe (Research)

Research on the socio-economic impact and the quantification of ecosystem services in the framework of the Life + projects: LIFE + Nature recovery project Most-Keiheuvel (LIFE11NAT / BE / 001061) and Life + TOGETHER (LIFE12NAT / BE / 001098) (Research)

Lokale capaciteitsopbouw door energieprojecten in Afrika (SEA)

International forum on urbanized protected areas under pressure (Education)

Summerschool: Methods and strategies to monitor and manage human impact on urbanized protected areas (UPA) (Education)

Summer School: Tourism, ecosystems, planning and climate change: interdisciplinary methodological approaches Theme: measuring and managing the impact within protected areas (Education)

Sustainable and economically efficient ecosystem management: modeling biophysical scale followed by optimizing payments for ecosystem services (Research)

Green remediation: ready for the market? (Research)

GREAT : Growing Renewable Energy Applications & Technologies (Research)

EnergyNetwork Ravenshout (Research)

Crop based systems for sustainable risk based land management for economically marginal degraded areas, phase II: demonstration projects and evaluation decision support tool. (Research)

Grass power (Research)

Energy crops on agricultural land enriched with heavy metals: functional repair by phytoextraction and/or energy crops as a sustainable alternative for classic agriculture. (Research)

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2024 - 2025

Soil Science

Optimization of business models

Academic year 2023 - 2024

Soil Science