{"id":1160,"date":"2026-04-17T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/?page_id=1160"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:16:35","slug":"karen-declerck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/karen-declerck\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen DeClerck"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1160\" class=\"elementor elementor-1160\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29067c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29067c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c5852f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c5852f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc37734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc37734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-904x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1159\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-904x1024.jpg 904w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-1356x1536.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-1808x2048.jpg 1808w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-1024x1160.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-954x1080.jpg 954w, https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/electrospin2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/KDC-portret-1-1320x1495.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d37603 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d37603\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581b00e elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"581b00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. Karen De Clerck is a Full Professor at Ghent University, where she leads the Centre for Textile Science and Engineering (CTSE). She is an expert in advanced fibrous materials, with a strong track record in fiber characterization, production, and functional modification for applications such as sensing, filtration, separation, and composites.<\/p><p>Her group\u2019s core expertise focuses on solution spinning of (nano)fibers. Through close collaborations with polymer synthesis and polymer processing teams, as well as groups developing end-use applications, she advances fiber-based solutions with significant societal and economic impact. These include materials for water purification and regeneration, novel composite systems, fibrous smart sensors, biomedical applications, and more sustainable fiber technologies.<\/p><p>As a summary of her scientific output, it is worthwhile to mention she is author of about 160 A1 publications in mainly first quartile ranked and mostly top 10% ranked journals and more than 150 conference contributions (H-index 42). Important to mention are publications in journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Science Advances.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Karen De Clerck is a Full Professor at Ghent University, where she leads the Centre for Textile Science and Engineering (CTSE). She is an expert in advanced fibrous materials, with a strong track record in fiber characterization, production, and functional modification for applications such as sensing, filtration, separation, and composites. 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