Professor Ilje Pikaar's expertise involves the areas of environmental electrochemistry, the global nitrogen cycle, sewer corrosion, next generation sludge management, metal recovery, integrated urban water management and resource recovery with a special focus on nitrogen recovery and production of microbial proteins.
Professor Koen Schoors is a Belgian economist and professor at Ghent University. Prof. Schoors is director of CERISE (Center for Russian International Socio-political and Economic Studies) and is engaged in corporate restructuring, both academically and practically. He is also an expert in the field of economic crises. Prof. Schoors regularly appears in the media as a commentator on current socio-economic events.