Experience
2012 - 2014
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Special Scientific Staff
Project: GeoRisk in Central-Africa (GeoRisCA)
2019 - 2020
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Postdoctoral fellow of Fulbright and the Belgian-American Educational Foundation
Project: Lab Volcano Geodesy
2020 - 2021
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
F.R.S-FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: MagmaTect-4D
2021 - current
Space Research Centre PAS, Warsaw, Poland
Staff scientist
2021 - 2023 Principle Investigator: DeMo-Planet Project: (NCN Poland and NAWA)
2024 - current Assistant Professor (Adiunkt)
Education
2007 - 2010
Ghent University, Belgium
Bachelor of Science in Geology
B.Sc. internship supervisors: Prof. Dr. Patric Jacobs, Dr. Matthieu Kervyn
2010 - 2012
Ghent University, Belgium
Master of Science in Geology - Major Basin Dynamics
of which 2010 - 2011 Erasmus exchange
University of Tromsø, Norway
M.Sc. thesis supervisors: Prof. Dr. Veerle Cnudde, Prof. Dr. Matthieu Kervyn
2014 - 2019
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
PhD in Sciences (FWO-Flanders PhD Aspirant fellowship)
Project: Magma propagation through Earth's upper crust in nature and lab experiments
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Matthieu Kervyn, Prof. Dr. Eoghan Holohan (UCD Dublin)
Awards & Grants (>€850.000 project funding secured)
2014 Personal grant of the Belgian foundation VOCATIO (€10.000)
2014-2019 Personal Ph.D. aspirant grant from FWO-Flanders (incl. extension for parental leave)
2018 Science Communication Year Prize of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (KVAB) and the Young Academy
2018 Travel grant from FWO-Flanders to attend the AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
2019-2020 Postdoctoral fellowships from the Fulbright Commission Belgium-Luxemburg ($11 000) and the Belgian-American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.) ($45 000) for a one-year stay at Penn State University, USA. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christelle Wauthier
2021 Postdoctoral Researcher fellowship from F.R.S-FNRS (€15 000) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karen Fontijn
2021-2023 ULAM postdoctoral visiting scholarship (€78 000) from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA Poland)
2021-2023 POLS project "DeMo-Planet" funding within the Norway Grants program (~€202 700) from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN Poland)
2024 Internal research funding (~€35 000) from SRC PAS
2024-2028 OPUS project "DAGGER" funding (~€500 000) from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN Poland)
2026 Funding from the European Space Agency for Phase A development of High-Resolution Lunar Mineralogy Mapper - subcontractor science advisory - prime: Creotech Instruments S.A.
Supervision and teaching
Supervisor 2 Postdoctoral researchers, 2 BSc/MSc internship students (CBK PAN, 2022-current)
Assistant supervisor 3 PhD students (CBK PAN, 2022-current)
Lecturer Planetary Geoscience and Exploration reading group, Geoplanet doctoral school (CBK PAN, 2025-current)
Co-lecturer Planetary Geoscience and Exploration doctoral course, Geoplanet doctoral school (CBK PAN, Spring 2026)
Field instructor Guiding visiting MSc and PhD students, Sudetes Mountains, Poland, IRES program of New Mexico Highlands University (2023, 2024, 2025)
Co-teacher Postgraduate course "How to model a volcano" (Penn State University, Spring 2020)
Teaching assistant representative B.Sc. Working Group, Dept. Geography (VUB, 2012-2019)
Teaching assistant B.Sc. course "Geomorphology" and field course "Geomorphology of the North-French Coast", Dept. Geography (VUB, 2012-2019)
Student representative Education Commission, Dept. Geology (Ghent University, 2008-2012)
Community Service
Journal Reviewer Nature earth & environment, Geophysical Research Letters, JGR Solid Earth, Bulletin of Volcanology, Tectonophysics, Volcanica, Geology, etc.
Grant Reviewer National Science Foundation (USA), Fulbright Program (Belgium, Poland)
Grant selection interview panel Fulbright Commission Belgium-Luxemburg
2025-2026 Guest editor, Special Collection "Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems (VIPS): Integrating Observations, Models, and Processes", Bulletin of Volcanology.
2023-current Science Team associate, High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA´s Mars Express orbiter.
2025-current Science Team associate, Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) on ESA´s BePi-Colombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), member of Mercury Surface Composition Working Group.
Association member European Geosciences Union (EGU), American Geophysical Union (AGU), International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth´s Interior (IAVCEI), Europlanet Society, Genootschap van Gentse Geologen (GGG)
2009-2010 Founder and committee member, AAPG Student Chapter, Ghent University
2013-2021 Founder and committee member, Early-Career Researchers Network (ECR-Net) of the (IAVCEI)
2023-current Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) officer, committee of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems (VIPS)
2025 September Local organizer, Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes LASI 7 conference, Iceland
