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Professor Carl Lachat is a prominent researcher at Ghent University's Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality. With over 160 publications and extensive collaboration networks, his work spans nutrition science, food safety, and public health, with particular emphasis on maternal and child nutrition in low-resource settings. His research has significant impact across Agriculture and Food Sciences (169 publications) and Medicine and Health Sciences (133 publications).
Professor Lachat's research interests focus on the intersection of nutrition, food safety, and sustainability. His work examines dietary diversity assessment, mycotoxin exposure, maternal and child health interventions, and sustainable food systems. He has pioneered research on biodiverse diets and their co-benefits for human and planetary health, with significant contributions to understanding how food systems can simultaneously address nutritional adequacy and environmental sustainability.
His publication record shows consistent productivity with over 20 publications annually in recent years, primarily in high-impact nutrition and public health journals. His work demonstrates strong methodological diversity, including randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, with particular emphasis on research in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and other low- and middle-income countries.
Professor Lachat has supervised numerous PhD students to completion, including Yuri Bastos Moreira (2024), Margot Cooreman-Algoed (2024), Addisalem Mesfin Muhiye (2023), and Julia Boedecker (2023). His extensive collaboration network includes Patrick Kolsteren (168 co-publications), Lieven Huybregts (47 co-publications), and John Van Camp (46 co-publications), reflecting his central role in Ghent University's nutrition research community.
His research extends across multiple continents with significant fieldwork in Africa, particularly Burkina Faso, where he leads several major intervention trials examining prenatal supplementation, dietary diversity, and child health outcomes. This international research portfolio demonstrates his commitment to addressing global nutrition challenges through rigorous scientific investigation and capacity building in resource-limited settings.
