Professor Filip Meysman is the coordinating principal investigator. Filip leads the Marine microbiology and geochemistry research group at the Department of Biology at the University of Antwerp.

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Sebastiaan is senior researcher in the coastal carbon team and coordinator of the DEHEAT project. He studies the water-column and seafloor chemistry of carbon and iron (amongst others) by combining theoretical models with field studies and experimental incubations. Within the coastal carbon team he leads the biogeochemistry lab. 

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Diana works at the interface of microbiology, geochemistry, and ecology to investigate the microbial communities living in coastal sediments. As senior scientist in the coastal carbon team she investigates if and how microbial communities can alter silicate weathering rates.

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As project manager Fran oversees everyday activities.

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Luna focusses on sensitivity analyses and is building a model framework, this allows us to quantitatively predict the potential of coastal enhanced silicate weathering in removing CO2. 

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Benjamin is a MSc in Biology with a specialization in global change with additional expertise in microbiology and metagenomics. He started as a research assistant operating the mesocosm setup. Today he works as a PhD researcher on the role of macrofauna and microbiota with regards to olivine weathering.  

Nayan focusses on studying the geochemistry of enhanced silicate weathering in coastal ocean alkalinization and focusses on the efficiency of this Carbon Dioxide Removal method to accelerate the drawdown of carbon dioxide in oceans.

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After graduating as chemical engineer, Tom started a master in Biology. Today he focuses on his thesis in which he compares the weathering rates of natural and mined olivine, basalt and kimberlite in rolling table experiments.

Lab technician Greet runs the lab at the University of Antwerp, manages analysis of all alkalinity and DIC samples and performs sampling and in-situ measurements at the Mesocosms test facility.

Matthias is fascinated by the biogeochemical processes, solute fluxes and flow paths between the terrestrial and the marine environment and across the sediment water interface. As a post-doctoral researcher he was part of the Coastal Carbon team from 2021 to 2023 during which he focused on pore water processes and the field experiment in Hawaii.  

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