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Prof. Dr Eng. Van Langenhove, Herman

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Groene Chemie en Technologie; Onderzoeksgroep Organische Milieuchemie en -Technologie (EnVOC), more

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Air-Water exchange of nutrients, metals and organic micropollutants at the North Sea, more
Intercompartmental distribution of monoaromatic hydrocarbons (MAK´s) and C1-C2 organochlorinated compounds in the North Sea environment. I, more
New Strategies for monitoring and risk assessment of Hazardous chemicals in the marine Environment with Passive Samplers, more
The Biogeochemistry of Nutrients, Metals and Organic Micropollutants in the North Sea, more

A1 Publications (19) [show]
Van Overmeiren, P.; Demeestere, K.; De Wispelaere, P.; Gili, S.; Mangold, A.; De Causmaecker, K.; Mattielli, N.; Delcloo, A.; Van Langenhove, H.; Walgraeve, C. (2024). Four years of active sampling and measurement of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Environ. Sci. Technol. 58(3): 1577-1588. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c06425, more Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Smedes, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Demeestere, K. (2021). A Simple Teabag Equilibrium Passive Sampler using hydrophilic divinylbenzene sorbent for contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environment. Sci. Total Environ. 777: 146055. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146055, more De Witte, B.; Walgraeve, C.; Demeestere, K.; Van Langenhove, H. (2019). Oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels: analytical method development and occurrence in the Belgian coastal zone. Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 26(9): 9065-9078. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04259-2, more Huysman, S.; Van Meulebroek, L.; Janssens, O.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2019). Targeted quantification and untargeted screening of alkylphenols, bisphenol A and phthalates in aquatic matrices using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid Q-Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Anal. Chim. Acta 1049: 141-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2018.10.045, more Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Demeestere, K. (2019). Multi-residue quantification and screening of emerging organic micropollutants in the Belgian Part of the North Sea by use of Speedisk extraction and Q-Orbitrap HRMS. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 142: 350-360. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.049, more Huysman, S.; Van Meulebroek, L.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2017). Development and validation of an ultra-high performance liquid chromatographic high resolution Q-Orbitrap mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous determination of steroidal endocrine disrupting compounds in aquatic matrices. Anal. Chim. Acta 984: 140-150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.001, more Huysveld, S.; Schaubroeck, T.; De Meester, S.; Sorgeloos, P.; Van Langenhove, H.; Van Linden, V.; Dewulf, J. (2013). Resource use analysis of Pangasius aquaculture in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam using Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment. J. Clean. Prod. 51: 225-233. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.01.024, more Noseda, B.; Goethals, J.; De Smedt, L.; Dewulf, J.; Samapundo, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Devlieghere, F. (2012). Effect of O₂ - CO₂ enriched atmospheres on microbiological growth and volatile metabolite production in packaged cooked peeled gray shrimp (Crangon crangon). Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 160(1): 65-75. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.09.018, more Noseda, B.; Dewulf, J.; Goethals, J.; Ragaert, P.; Van Bree, I.; Pauwels, D.; Van Langenhove, H.; Devlieghere, F. (2010). Effect of food matrix and pH on the volatilization of bases (TVB) in packed North Atlantic Gray Shrimp (Crangon crangon): volatile bases in MAP fishery products. J. Agric. Food Chem. 58(22): 11864-11869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf1025218, more Noseda, B.; Ragaert, P.; Pauwels, D.; Anthierens, T.; Van Langenhove, H.; Dewulf, J.; Devlieghere, F. (2010). Validation of selective ion flow tube mass spectrometry for fast quantification of volatile bases produced on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). J. Agric. Food Chem. 58(9): 5213-5219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf904129j, more De Bel, E.; Dewulf, J.; De Witte, B.; Van Langenhove, H.; Janssen, C.R. (2009). Influence of pH on the sonolysis of ciprofloxacin: biodegradability, ecotoxicity and antibiotic activity of its degradation products. Chemosphere 77(2): 291-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.033, more Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2005). Priority volatile organic compounds in surface waters of the southern North Sea. Environ. Pollut. 133(2): 255-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.039, more Demeestere, K.; Dewulf, J.; Janssen, C.R.; Van Langenhove, H. (2004). Environmental engineering education at Ghent University, Flanders (Belgium). Wat. Sci. Tech. 49(8): 117-124, more Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2004). Spatial and temporal variability of priority volatile organic compounds in the Scheldt estuary. Wat. Res. 38(14-15): 3241-3250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.022, more Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2003). State-of-the-art of gas chromatography-based methods for analysis of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds in estuarine waters, illustrated with the river Scheldt as an example. J. Chromatogr. 1000(1-2): 283-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(03)00585-5, more Huybrechts, T.; Thas, O.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2002). How to estimate moments and quantiles of environmental data sets with non-detected observations? A case study on volatile organic compounds in marine water samples. J. Chromatogr. 975(1): 123-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(02)01327-4, more Roose, P.; Dewulf, J.; Brinkman, U.A.Th.; Van Langenhove, H. (2001). Measurement of volatile organic compounds in sediments of the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea. Wat. Res. 35(6): 1478-1488. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00410-3, more Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Moerman, O.; Van Langenhove, H. (2000). Evaluation of purge-and-trap-high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the determination of 27 volatile organic compounds in marine water at the ng l^-1 concentration level. J. Chromatogr. 893(2): 367-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)00771-8, more Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (1995). Simultaneous determination of C₁ and C₂-halocarbons and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine water samples at NG/L concentration levels. Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 61(1): 35-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03067319508026235, more
Books (2) [show]
Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2017). Environmental screening of organic micropollutants in seawater by coupling a divinylbenzene passive sampling device and high resolution mass spectrometry. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Ghent University: Ghent. , more Schamp, N.; Van Langenhove, H. (1987). Geurhinder. Monografieën - Leefmilieu nu, 27. De Nederlandsche Boekhandel: Antwerpen. ISBN 90 289 1161 8. , more
Book chapters (7) [show]
Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K. (2018). Screening of the Belgian Part of the North Sea towards emerging organic micropollutants: comparison of two SPE-techniques prior to UHPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS analysis, in: 23rd National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS), Brussels (Belgium). Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, 83(1): pp. 1-5, more Adamopoulou, A.; Baeye, M.; Monteyne, E.; Fettweis, M.; Neyts, M.; Parmentier, K.; Van Langenhove, H. (2016). Integrated monitoring of nonpolar compounds with the use of Passive Samplers, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 61, more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2016). Passive samplers, as surrogates for biological monitoring, to measure emerging (micro)pollutants in the marine environment, in: Proceedings of EuroResidue VIII. Conference on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food 23-25 May 2016, Egmond aan Zee. pp. 481-485, more Roose, P.; Dewulf, J.; Brinkman, U.A.Th.; Van Langenhove, H. (2005). Measurement of volatile organic compounds in sediments of the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea, in: Roose, P. Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea: method development and monitoring. pp. 163-182, more Eyckmans, K.; De Hoog, J.; Van Grieken, R.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; De Galan, S.; De Gieter, M.; Brion, N.; Leermakers, M.; Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H.; Roevros, N.; Herzl, V.; Loijens, M.; Wollast, R. (2002). Biogeochemistry of nutrients, metals and organic micropollutants to the North Sea, in: Duurzaam Beheer van de Noordzee: presentatie van de onderzoeksresultaten, 21-22/01/2002. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee", : pp. 6, more Van Langenhove, H. (1994). Intercompartment distribution of monoaromatic hydrocarbons and C₁-C₂ organochlorines in the North Sea environment, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 155, more Van Langenhove, H.; Keymeulen, R. (1994). Atmosphere-vegetation interactions of volatile organic compounds, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 118-119, more
Abstracts (16) [show]
Huysman, S.; Van Meulebroek, L.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2018). UHPLC-HRMS based targeted and untargeted screening of plasticizers in the marine environment, in: 23rd National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS), Brussels (Belgium). Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, 83(1): pp. 1, more Huysman, S.; Van Meulebroek, L.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2018). Have plasticizers already reached our marine environment?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 15, more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Smedes, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, F.; Vanhaecke, L. (2018). Divinylbenzene samplers as surrogate tool for biological monitoring of (micro)pollutants in the marine environment, in: ASSET 2018 summit on on Global Food Inegrity, 28-31 May 2018, Belfast, Ireland: Abstracts. , more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Smedes, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, F.; Vanhaecke, L. (2018). Divinylbenzene samplers as surrogate tool for biological monitoring of (micro)pollutants in the marine environment, in: 10th International Passive Sampling Workshop and Symposium (IPSW) May 9th-11th, 2018, Ireland: Book of Abstracts. , more Moeris, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L.; Van Langenhove, H.; Janssen, C.; De Schamphelaere, K. (2018). Using no observed effects to identify main contributing micropollutants in mixture toxicity assessment, in: SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, 13-17 May 2018, Rome, Italy: Abstract Book. , more Moeris, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L.; Van Langenhove, H.; Janssen, C.R.; De Schamphelaere, K. (2018). Ecotoxicity testing of environmentally realistic contaminant mixtures using passive samplers: what can we learn from repeating toxicity tests over an extended period of time?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 22, more Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Demeestere, K. (2018). Targeted screening by Orbitrap HRMS reveals the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, personal care products and pesticides in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 81: pp. 121, more Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Demeestere, F. (2018). Ultra-trace analysis of pharmaceuticals and hormones in marine waters by using UHPLC-ORBITRAP-HRMS, in: Hormone and Veterinary Drug Residue Analysis: 8th International Symposium, Gent 22-25 May 2018: Abstract Book. pp. 39, more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2017). Environmental forensics in seawater coupling a divinylbenzene passive sampling device and high resolution mass spectrometry for the screening of micropollutants, in: SETAC Europe 27th Annual meeting (SETAC Europe 2017): Environmental quality through transdisciplinary collaboration. Abstracts. , more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2017). How far have plasticizers and additives penetrated our aquatic environment?, in: SETAC Europe 27th Annual meeting (SETAC Europe 2017): Environmental quality through transdisciplinary collaboration. Abstracts. , more Moeris, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Demeestere, K.; Van Langenhove, H.; Janssen, C.; Schamphelaere, K. (2017). Single substance and mixture toxicity of emerging polar micropollutants detected in the marine environment, in: SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting: Environmental quality through transdisciplinary collaboration, 7-11 May, 2017, Brussels, Belgium. pp. 284, more Vanryckeghem, F.; Huysman, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Demeestere, K. (2017). Measuring emerging organic micropollutants in the North Sea using high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry : method validation and occurrence in harbour and open sea, in: SETAC Europe 27th Annual meeting (SETAC Europe 2017): Environmental quality through transdisciplinary collaboration. Abstracts. , more Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2016). Is our North Sea contaminated with endocrine disrupting compounds?, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 73, more Nhu Thuy, T.; Huysveld, S.; Schaubroeck, T.; De Meester, S.; Sorgeloos, P.; Van Langenhove, H.; Van linden, V.; Dewulf, J. (2014). Resource consumption assessment of Pangasius aquaculture in the Mekong delta, Vietnam, in: International conference on aquaculture and environment: a focus in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Conference abstracts. pp. [no pag.], more Wittmann, G.; Dewulf, J.; Huybrechts, T.; Van Langenhove, H. (2002). Analytical method for the determination of trichlorobenzenes in marine biota (poster), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7: pp. 56-57, more Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2001). Volatile organic compounds as priority pollutants in the North Sea, in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 45, more
Reports (3) [show]
Parmentier, K.; Adamopoulou, A.; Roose, P.; Baetens, K.; Lacroix, G.; Moeris, S.; Hansul, S.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Demeestere, K.; Van Langenhove, H.; Vanhaecke, L.; Huysman, S.; Gaulier, C.; Guo, W.; Baeyens, W.; Gao, Y.; Smedes, F. (2020). New Strategies for monitoring and risk assessment of Hazardous chemicals in the marine Environment with Passive Samplers. Belgian Science Policy Office: Brussels. 136 pp., more Van Grieken, R.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Van Langenhove, H.; Wollast, R. (2004). Biogeochemistry of nutrients, metals and organic micropollutants in the North Sea. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee". Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid = Belgian Science Policy = Politique Scientifique Fédérale: Brussel. 87, app. pp., more Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (1996). Concentration gradient of thirteen priority volatile chlorinated and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Scheldt estuary. CM Documents - ICES, CM 1996(E:21). ICES: Copenhagen. 9 pp., more
Other publications (5) [show]
Huysman, S.; Vanryckeghem, F.; Van Meulebroek, L.; De Paepe, E.; Van Langenhove, H.; Demeestere, K.; Vanhaecke, L. (2017). Targeted, suspected and non-target screening with high resolution mass spectrometry in the marine environment : ready to go? Poster presented at Belgian Metabolomics Day 2017. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety/Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology: Gent. 1poster pp., more Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (1998). Prioritaire vluchtige organochloorverbindingen: inschatting van de vervluchtiging uit het Schelde-estuarium. Water 17(98): 21-27, more Dewulf, J.; Everaert, M.; Van Langenhove, H. (1997). Prioritair vluchtige organische stoffen in het Schelde-traject Gent-Antwerpen-Vlissingen. Water 16(92): 27-35, more Van Langenhove, H.; Moortgat, M. (1992). Geurhinder bij afvalwaterzuivering. Water 27(63): 43-47, more Van Langenhove, H.; Verstraete, W. (1987). Biologische behandeling van afvalgassen: verslag van het DECHEMA Kongres, 24-26 maart 1987 te Heidelberg. Water 6(34): 49-51, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (2) [show]
Roose, P. (2005). Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea: method development and monitoring. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Amsterdam. 254 pp., more Huybrechts, T. (2003). Occurrence and spatial-temporal variability of priority volatile organic compounds in the southern North Sea and the Scheldt estuary = Voorkomen en ruimtelijke-tijdelijke spreiding van prioritaire vluchtige organische stoffen in de zuidelijke Noordzee en het Schelde-estuarium. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. VII, 169 pp., more

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