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Pieter Verboven

Pieter Verboven

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Engineering and Technology
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
76
Citations
16088
World Ranking
726
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Pieter Verboven is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Engineering.

Their research covers several specialized subfields, including Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Food Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Key research topics addressed by Pieter Verboven include:

  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Smart Agriculture and AI
  • Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Their publication record features articles in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Acta Horticulturae
  • Postharvest Biology and Technology
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Journal of Food Engineering
  • Nature Food

Pieter Verboven has authored several notable papers, including:

  • Digital twins of food process operations: the next step for food process models? (2020), Current Opinion in Food Science
  • Postharvest precooling of fruit and vegetables: A review (2020), Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Digital twins are coming: Will we need them in supply chains of fresh horticultural produce? (2021), Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • X-ray computed tomography for 3D plant imaging (2021), Trends in Plant Science
  • Nondestructive internal quality inspection of pear fruit by X-ray CT using machine learning (2020), Food Control

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Bart Nicolaï (86 joint publications)
  • Tim Van De Looverbosch (17 joint publications)
  • Leen Van Doorselaer (14 joint publications)
  • Agnese Piovesan (13 joint publications)
  • Maarten Hertog (12 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Browning disorders in pear fruit

    Christine Franck;Jeroen Lammertyn;Quang Tri Ho;Pieter Verboven

  • CFD model of the airflow, heat and mass transfer in cool stores

    HB Nahor;ML Hoang;Pieter Verboven;Martine Baelmans

  • Nondestructive Measurement of Fruit and Vegetable Quality

    Bart M. Nicolaï;Thijs Defraeye;Bart De Ketelaere;Els Herremans

  • Analysis of the air flow in a cold store by means of computational fluid dynamics

    M.L. Hoang;P. Verboven;J. De Baerdemaeker;B.M. Nicolaı̈

  • Characterisation of ‘Braeburn’ browning disorder by means of X-ray micro-CT

    Els Herremans;Pieter Verboven;Evi Bongaers;Pascal Estrade

  • Multiscale modeling in food engineering

    Quang T. Ho;Jan Carmeliet;Ashim K. Datta;Thijs Defraeye

  • Towards integrated performance evaluation of future packaging for fresh produce in the cold chain

    Thijs Defraeye;Thijs Defraeye;Thijs Defraeye;Paul Cronjé;Tarl Berry;Umezuruike Linus Opara

  • Pesticide-laden dust emission and drift from treated seeds during seed drilling: a review

    David Nuyttens;Wouter Devarrewaere;Pieter Verboven;Dieter Foqué

  • Droplet Size and Velocity Characteristics of Agricultural Sprays

    David Nuyttens;M. De Schampheleire;P. Verboven;E. Brusselman

  • Optimization of the humidification of cold stores by pressurized water atomizers based on a multiscale CFD model

    Mulugeta Admasu Delele;Ann Schenk;Engelbert Tijskens;Herman Ramon

  • Modelling transport phenomena in refrigerated food bulks, packages and stacks: basics and advances

    Pieter Verboven;D Flick;Bart Nicolai;G Alvarez

  • Pectin based food-ink formulations for 3-D printing of customizable porous food simulants

    Valérie Vancauwenberghe;Louise Katalagarianakis;Zi Wang;Mathieu Meerts

  • Digital twins probe into food cooling and biochemical quality changes for reducing losses in refrigerated supply chains

    Thijs Defraeye;Giorgia Tagliavini;Giorgia Tagliavini;Wentao Wu;Wentao Wu;Wentao Wu;Kevin Prawiranto;Kevin Prawiranto

  • A novel type of dynamic controlled atmosphere storage based on the respiratory quotient (RQ-DCA)

    Niels Bessemans;Pieter Verboven;Bert Verlinden;Bart Nicolai

  • Predicting drift from field spraying by means of a 3D computational fluid dynamics model

    K. Baetens;D. Nuyttens;P. Verboven;M. De Schampheleire

  • Digital twins are coming: Will we need them in supply chains of fresh horticultural produce?

    Thijs Defraeye;Chandrima Shrivastava;Chandrima Shrivastava;Tarl Berry;Pieter Verboven

  • Postharvest precooling of fruit and vegetables: A review

    Yuan Duan;Guan-Bang Wang;Olaniyi Amos Fawole;Pieter Verboven

  • The use of CFD to characterize and design post-harvest storage facilities: Past, present and future

    A. Ambaw;M. A. Delele;T. Defraeye;Q. T. Ho

  • Digital twins of food process operations: the next step for food process models?

    Pieter Verboven;Thijs Defraeye;Ashim K Datta;Bart Nicolai

  • Influence of nozzle type and size on drift potential by means of different wind tunnel evaluation methods

    David Nuyttens;W. A. Taylor;M. De Schampheleire;P. Verboven

  • Comparison of X-ray CT and MRI of watercore disorder of different apple cultivars

    Els Herremans;Angela Melado-Herreros;Thijs Defraeye;Bert Verlinden

  • Forced-convective cooling of citrus fruit: package design

    Thijs Defraeye;Rutger Lambrecht;Alemayehu Ambaw Tsige;Mulugeta Admasu Delele

  • Forced-convective cooling of citrus fruit: Cooling conditions and energy consumption in relation to package design

    Thijs Defraeye;Rutger Lambrecht;Mulugeta Admasu Delele;Alemayehu Ambaw Tsige

  • Combined discrete element and CFD modelling of airflow through random stacking of horticultural products in vented boxes

    Mulugeta Admasu Delele;Engelbert Tijskens;Yegermal Tesfaw Atalay;Quang Tri Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Nicolai
Bart Nicolai KU Leuven
Thijs Defraeye
Thijs Defraeye Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Jan Carmeliet
Jan Carmeliet ETH Zurich
Herman Ramon
Herman Ramon KU Leuven
Jan Sijbers
Jan Sijbers University of Antwerp
Wouter Saeys
Wouter Saeys KU Leuven
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Umezuruike Linus Opara Stellenbosch University

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