Professional experience
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Staff member Information management and strategic data-analysis
Hasselt University, BE. 1 Dec 2021 – present -
Senior researcher Data Science Institute (DSI)
Hasselt University, BE. 5 Dec 2019 – present -
Staff member Research Data Management
Hasselt University, BE. 1 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2021 -
Reference librarian and data expert
KU Leuven, BE. 23 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2018 -
Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University, US. 15 Nov 2015 – 14 Nov 2016
Main projects: “Marine ecosystem sensitivity in a Greenhouse World” and “NSF-funded collaborative research: a new modeling and data approach to Paleocene-Eocene hyperthermals with implications for future climate-carbon cycle interactions
Mentors: Ass. Prof. Dr. Pincelli M. Hull and Dr. Ellen Thomas -
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University, US. 15 Nov 2014 – 14 Nov 2015
Main Project: “Marine ecosystem sensitivity in a Greenhouse World”
Mentor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Pincelli M. Hull - Research assistant – KU Leuven, 2013 – 2014
- Teaching assistant – KU Leuven, 2009 – 2013
- Part-time lab assistant – KU Leuven, 2006 – 2008
Education
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PhD in Geology — KU Leuven, Belgium, 25 April 2016
“Characterization of early Eocene hyperthermals using benthic foraminiferal assemblages and stable isotopes”
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. R. P. Speijer (KU Leuven) & Prof. Dr. E. Steurbaut (RBINS/KU Leuven)
Examiners: Hemmo Abels (TU Delft/ KU Leuven), André Bornemann (BGR), Philippe Claeys (VUB/KU Leuven), Noël Vandenberghe (KU Leuven), Rudy Swennen (KU Leuven) and Ellen Thomas (Yale University/ Wesleyan University) - MSc in Geology, cum laude — KU Leuven, Belgium, 11 September 2009
“Detection of early Eocene hyperthermals using benthic foraminifera (fauna and stable isotopes)”
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. R. P. Speijer (KU Leuven) & Prof. Dr. E. Steurbaut (RBINS/KU Leuven) -
BSc in Geology — KU Leuven, Belgium, 5 July 2007
“Micropaleontological characterization of coastal sediments in the Mediterranean Sea"
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. P. Speijer (KU Leuven)
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
- USSSP Travel Grant: Expedition 342 second post-cruise meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, US
- Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at Yale University, CT, US (2014) – mentor: Pincelli M. Hull [$ 10,000]
- Awarded a B.A.E.F. Fellowship at Yale University, CT, US (2014) – mentor: Pincelli M. Hull [$ 40,000]
- UK-IODP Travel Grant for the TMS Conference 2013 – “Micropalaeontology and the IODP: Past, Present and Future Applications” [£100]
- Best student poster presentation – TMS Foram and Nanno Group Meeting, London, UK, June 28th 2010