Yvan Larondelle

From 1992 until 2024, Yvan Larondelle has been member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Bioscience engineering of UCLouvain, where he taught biochemistry, as well as animal and human nutrition. Its current research aims at understanding the mechanisms of action of nutrients and bioactive compounds from food items in terms of health protection, with a special focus on tumor development. Applied projects deal with the upgrading of neglected plant dietary resources and improvement of the nutritional quality and sustainability of animal-derived products (e.g. dairy products, eggs, fish flesh). Yvan Larondelle is co-author of more than 220 articles and reviews in international journals (H-Index: 60 (Scopus) and 75 (Google Scholar)). He has supervised 34 completed PhD theses and more than 160 MSc theses.

Yvan Larondelle has collaborated during more than 30 years and is still working with several universities in Europe and in foreign countries (Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Peru, Senegal, Vietnam). Since 2009, he owns a title of “Doctor honoris causa” from the Federal University of Para, in Brazil. In 2016, he has received an official recognition by the Vietnamese government for his commendable contribution to the agricultural and rural development of the country.

In Belgium, Yvan Larondelle has acted as Vice-president of the Walloon competitiveness cluster “Wagralim” (2006-2014) and is currently the general coordinator of the WinForExcellence portfolio “FoodWal” of the Walloon region (2023-2026). He is also member of the Royal Academy of Belgium (since 2009) and current President of the Belgian Nutrition Society (2022-2026).

Since October 2024, Yvan Larondelle acts as one of the managing directors of BYLAN s.a., a consultancy company active in public health, nutrition, sustainability and innovation.

Key words: biochemistry, metabolism, nutrition, cancer, inflammation, lactation, bioavailability, functional foods, bioactive compounds, fatty acids, conjugated fatty acids (CLA & CLnA), phenolic compounds, triterpenes, lipo-soluble vitamins, ruminants, methane, salmonids, laying hens, chromatographic analyses, developing countries, under-exploited fruits and vegetables