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Dr Eng. Everaert, Gert
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Gert Everaert (°1985) is graduated as Master in Bioscience Engineering in 2008 from Ghent University and obtained his PhD in Applied Biological Science in 2015 at the same university with his dissertation: ‘Potential risk of organic micropollutants on marine phytoplankton in the greater North Sea: integration of modelling and experimental approaches’. His research background is in, ecological modelling, marine ecotoxicology, and microplastic research. At the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ, Ostend), I lead the research unit on ‘Ocean and Human Health’. In this interdisciplinary field of research, we aim to improve our understanding of the health benefits (or drawbacks) from marine and coastal ecosystems and evaluate the applicability and elucidate the reasons behind the Blue Gym hypothesis. The team consists of 2 post-doctoral researchers, 4 PhD students, and project-based co-workers. We collaborate with biologists, engineers, sociologists, economists, psychologists, and medical doctors at national and international level. In addition, plastic-related research is high on our research agenda, aiming to assess its presence, effects, and risks in and for human and marine life. Part of my time is dedicated to my function as data science manager where my task is to initiate, lead, and perform data-driven research activities. Throughout my relatively young career, I received multiple awards and grants. Working at VLIZ, my research unit plays a key role as knowledge broker and we have close connections with the marine industry, policy makers, citizens and marine researchers.

Thesaurus term: Marine ecology
 
    Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
    Function: Division head
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Gert Everaert
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Dierwetenschappen en Aquatische Ecologie; Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie (GhEnToxLab), more
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Toegepaste ecologie en milieubiologie; Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie en aquatische ecologie; Onderzoeksgroep voor Milieutoxicologie (ECOTOX), more
  • Function: Assistant
  • A federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, more
  • Analysis techniques for quantifying nano-and microplastic particles and their degradation in the marine environment, more
  • Blackfish, more
  • Blue health along the Belgian coast: Effect of living by the coast on human health and wellbeing, more
  • Blue-Cloud: Piloting innovative services for Marine Research & the Blue Economy, more
  • BluePsychology - How coastal environments improve psychological wellbeing: underlying mechanisms, more
  • Coastbusters 2.0, more
  • Development and demonstration of durable biobased composites for a marine environment, more
  • Europeanization of Plastic Pirates - Belgium, more
  • Innovative Solutions for Plastic Free European Rivers, more
  • Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, more
  • Microplastic in the marine environment, more
  • PhD Combined impacts of microplastics, from bio-based and petroleum-based polymers, and global warming on the population dynamics of a planktonic community, more
  • PhD Decision support framework for plastic clean-up technologies in rivers and estuaries: minimizing unintentional bycatch while maintaining efficient plastic removal under realistic environmental conditions, more
  • PhD Developing and optimising cost- and time-effective methods for the detection and identification of microplastics in the marine environment, more
  • PhD: Understanding the (a)biotic consequences of biogenic reef (re)introductions in the southern North Sea: a modelling approach, more
  • Plastic Flux for Innovation and Business Opportunities in Flanders, more
  • Sustainable Marine Ecosystem Services , more
  • Targeting the reduction of plastic outflow into the North Sea, more
  • The coast and human health: An analysis of psychological, physiological, and social phenomena, more
  • Catarino, A.I.; Mahu, E.; Severin, M.I.; Annasawmy, P.A.; Beckman, F.; Monteiro, I.; Neves Silva, P.; Everaert, G.; Hwai, A.S.T.; Krug, L.A.; Seeyave, S.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; University of Ghana: Ghana; Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO): France; Secretariat Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO): United Kingdom; Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM), Institute of Marine Research (IMAR): Cabo Verde; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia: Malaysia; (2021): Citizen observation of local litter in coastal ecosystems: Animated standard operating procedure (video). Marine Data Archive., more
  • Custodio, M.; Everaert, G.; Moulaert, I.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2022): SUMES stakeholder workshop: live polling responses of participants. Marine Data Archive., more
  • De Witte, B.; Catarino, A.I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Dekimpe, M.; Meyers, N.; Deloof, D.; Pint, S.; Hostens, K.; Everaert, G.; Torreele, E.; Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO); Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2021): Microplastics In Fish Gastrointestinal Tracts sampled in 2020 in the North Sea (MICROFISH project). Marine Data Archive., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Data analysis for 'General health and residential proximity to the coast in Belgium: Results from a cross-sectional health survey'., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Everaert, G.; Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2023): Analysing historical Herring (Clupea harengus) monitoring data and the search for explanatory abiotic variables. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Everaert, G.; Michels, N.; Roose, H.; De Henauw, S.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University: Belgium; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp: Belgium; (2022): Coastal pictures and components. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Michels, N.; Allaert, J.; Vandegehuchte, M.B.; Everaert, G.; De Henauw, S.; Roose, H.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University: Belgium; (2024): Pseudonymized data and analysis for ‘Blue’ coasts: Unravelling the perceived restorativeness of coastal environments and the influence of their components., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Michels, N.; Roose, H.; De Henauw, S.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Department of Public Health and Primary Care (Ugent); Department of Sociology (Ugent): Belgium; (2023): The perceived restorativeness of coastal landscapes by workers in a marine institute: a pilot experiment. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Michels, N.; Roose, H.; Everaert, G.; Mokas, I.; Malina, R.; Vanderhasselt, M.A.; De Henauw, S.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Hasselt University: Belgium; (2024): Pseudonymized data and analysis for 'The psychophysiological reactivity to beaches vs. to green and urban environments: insights from a virtual reality experiment'., more
  • Hooyberg, A.; Roose, H.; Lonneville, B.; De Henauw, S.; Michels, N.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Department of Sociology (Ugent); Department of Public Health and Primary Care (Ugent); Department of developmental, personality and social psychology (Ugent): Belgium; (2023): Survey data linking coastal visit behaviours to socio-demographic and health profiles. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Leone, G.; Catarino, A.; De Keukelaere, L.; Bossaer, M.; Knaeps, E.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO): Belgium; (2024): Hyperspectral reflectance dataset for dry, wet and submerged plastics in clear and turbid water. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Leone, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Pauwels, I.; Bossaer, M.; Conda Oco, R.; Chu, C.Y.; Troch, P.; Goethals, P.; Everaert, G.; Ghent University; Oceans & Lakes; Flanders Marine Institute; Research Institute for Nature and Forest: Belgium; (2024): Experimental data on the proportion of biota and plastic caught by two plastic clean-up mechanisms. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Leone, G.; Moulaert, I.; Devriese, L.I.; Sandra, M.; Pauwels, I.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Everaert, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Research Group Aquatic Ecology: Ghent University; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Aquatic Management: Research Institute for Nature and Forest: Belgium; (2023): Plastic clean-up and prevention overview. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Meyers, N.; Catarino, A.I.; Declercq, A. M.; Brenan, A.; Devriese, L.; Vandegehuchte, M.; De Witte, B.; Janssen, C.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO); Ghent University Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology (GhEnToxLab): Belgium; (2021): RGB-statistics derived from Nile red-stained reference plastics for the construction of the PDM (Plastics Detection Model). Marine Data Archive., more
  • Meyers, N.; Catarino, A.I.; Declercq, A.M.; Brenan, A.; Devriese, L.; Vandegehuchte, M.; De Witte, B.; Janssen, C.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO); Ghent University Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology (GhEnToxLab): Belgium; (2021): RGB-statistics derived from Nile red-stained reference plastics for the construction of the PIM (Polymer Identification Model). Marine Data Archive., more
  • Meyers, N.; De Witte, B.; Janssen, C.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO); Ghent University Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology (GhEnToxLab): Belgium; (2024): RGB datasets for machine learning-based microplastic analysis - update. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Meyers, N.; De Witte, B.; Schmidt, N.; Herzke, D.; Fuda, J.-L.; Vanavermaete, D.; Bossaer, M.; Janssen, C.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Ghent University; Flanders Marine Institute; Aix Marseille University; Norwegian Institute for Air Research; (2024): Infrared spectra of plastic polymers weathered in the marine environment under semi-controlled conditions. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Meyers, N.; Kopke, K.; Buhhalko, N.; Mattsson, K.; Janssen, C.R.; Everaert, G.; De Witte, B.; Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Flanders Marine Institute; Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology (Ghent University); SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research and innovation (University College Cork); Department of Marine Systems (Tallinn University of Technology); Department of Marine Sciences (University of Gothenburg); (2023): ANDROMEDA predictive tools for estimating microplastic analysis costs. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Ndwiga, J.R.; Catarino, A.I.; Bouwens, J.; Lopez Lopez, L.; Everaert, G.; Ghent University: Belgium; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2022): Quantification and Characterization of Plastic Litter in Slipways from the Port of Ostend, Belgium. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Niu, Z.; Curto, M.; Le Gall, M.; Demeyer, E.; Asselman, J.; Janssen, C.R.; Dhakal, H.N.; Davies, P.; Catarino, A.I.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; University of Portsmouth; Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer; Centexbel; Blue Growth Research Lab; (2023): Microplastics formation data on polylactic acid and polypropylene items after UV radiation and seawater immersion. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; University of the Highlands and Islands; (2024): Data - Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Akpetou, K.L.; Annasawmy, P.; Asuquo, F.E.; Beckman, F.; Benomar, M.; Jaya-Ram, A.; Malouli, M.; Mees, J.; Monteiro, I.; Ndwiga, J.; Silva, P.N.; Nubi, O.A.; Sim, Y.K.; Sohou, Z.; Hwai, T.S.; Woo, S.P.; Zizah, S.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Krug, L.A.; Seeyave, S.; Everaert, G.; Mahu, E.; Catarino, A.I.; (2023): Pre and post-survey data evaluating the impact of the COLLECT project on participants. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Pauwels, L.; Verheye, J.; Loeys, T.; Everaert, G.; Buysse, A.; Raes, F.; Flanders Marine Institute; KU Leuven; Ghent University; (2023): Survey data from experimental studies evaluating effect of coastal landscapes on emotions, well-being, and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors., more
  • Severin, M.I.; Raes, F.; Notebaert, E.; Lambrecht, L.; Everaert, G.; Buysse, A.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, KU Leuven; Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University: Belgium; (2022): Transcribed qualitative interviews of young coastal residents in 2021., more
  • Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Environmental variables used to model the distribution of pelagic fish species using a mechanistic approach., more
  • Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Fernandez Bejarano, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Climate-Induced Habitat Suitability Modelling for Pelagic Fish in European Seas. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more
  • Steven Pint, & Viviana Otero. (2021). Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6794084, more
  • Stevens, M.; Everaert, G.; Pint, S.; De Troch, M.; Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2023): How the Blue Economy affects plankton dynamics in the BPNS: data and scripts. Marine Data Archive., more
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