Professors Prof. dr. Frank Maes Prof. dr. Klaas Willaert Prof. dr. An Cliquet Prof. dr. Kristiaan Bernauw Prof. dr. Hendrik Schoukens Prof. dr. em. Eduard Somers Chair Professor North Sea Port Prof. dr. Theo Notteboom Guest professors Prof. dr. Marc De Decker Prof. Daan Schalck Prof. Jan Lagasse Prof. dr. Eric Van Hooydonk Assistants Frederik Rogiers, assistant Jean-Louis Vandevoorde, teaching assistant Dr. Anemoon Soete, postdoc assistant Researchers Claudia Colmenarez Dr. Jan De Bruyne Laura Lallier Ilja Van Hespen Dr. Marijn Rabaut Administration Kristien Ballegeer Former staff Dr. Jasmine Coppens Dr. Thary Derudder Prof. dr. Gwendoline Gonsaeles Prof. dr. Miao He Dr. Qin He Prof. dr. Nengye Liu Dr. Zacharoula Kyriazi Dr. Yang Liu Jivan Dasgupta Dr. Robert MakGill