Biography
General Information
CIVIL STATUS :
- Born on the 25th of November 1978
- Belgian
- Partner of Kristof, mother of Senne
EDUCATION :
- 29 June 2001: Degree in Pharmacy obtained at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Belgium
- 20th of March 2006: Degree of Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Title of the thesis: "Evaluation of Capillary Electrochromatography as Chiral Separation Technique - Definition of a Generic Separation Strategy"
ACADEMIC CAREER :
- October 2001: Ph.D. student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology (FABI)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Belgium - October 2006: Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
- October 2009: Part time assistant professor ("docent")
- October 2010: Full time assistant professor ("docent")
- January 2015: Associate professor ("hoofddocent")
RESEARCH TOPICS :
- Analytical Chemistry:
Chiral Separations
Monolithic stationary phases
Miniaturized separation techniques
Capillary Electrochromatography
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Capillary Electrophoresis
Supercritical Fluid Chromatography - Chemometrics:
Experimental design
PRIZES
- February 2004: Applied Physical Chemistry Award for outstanding achievements in the field of chromatography of the Istvan Halasz Foundation, received at HPCE 2004 (Salzburg, Austria)
- February 2007: Laureate of the National Prize of the Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- March 2016: LC GC Emerging Leader in Chromatography 2016
MEMBERSHIPS
- Belgisch Genootschap voor Farmaceutische Wetenschappen (Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences) (BGFW)