Experience
2012 - 2014
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Special Scientific Staff
Project: GeoRisk in Central-Africa (GeoRisCA)
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2019 - 2020
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Postdoctoral fellow of Fulbright and the Belgian-American Educational Foundation
Project: Lab Volcano Geodesy
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2020 - 2021
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
F.R.S-FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: MagmaTect-4D
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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)
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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
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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)
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Awards & Grants (>€850.000 project funding secured)
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2014 Personal grant of the Belgian foundation VOCATIO (€10.000)
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2014-2019 Personal Ph.D. aspirant grant from FWO-Flanders (incl. extension for parental leave)
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2018 Science Communication Year Prize of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (KVAB) and the Young Academy
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2018 Travel grant from FWO-Flanders to attend the AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
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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
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2021 Postdoctoral Researcher fellowship from F.R.S-FNRS (€15 000) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karen Fontijn
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2021-2023 ULAM postdoctoral visiting scholarship (€78 000) from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA Poland)
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2021-2023 POLS project "DeMo-Planet" funding within the Norway Grants program (~€202 700) from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN Poland)
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2024 Internal research funding (~€35 000) from SRC PAS
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2024-2028 OPUS project "DAGGER" funding (~€500 000) from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN Poland)
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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.
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Supervision and teaching
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Supervisor 2 Postdoctoral researchers, 2 BSc/MSc internship students (CBK PAN, 2022-current)
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Assistant supervisor 3 PhD students (CBK PAN, 2022-current)
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Lecturer Planetary Geoscience and Exploration reading group, Geoplanet doctoral school (CBK PAN, 2025-current)
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Co-lecturer Planetary Geoscience and Exploration doctoral course, Geoplanet doctoral school (CBK PAN, Spring 2026)
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Field instructor Guiding visiting MSc and PhD students, Sudetes Mountains, Poland, IRES program of New Mexico Highlands University (2023, 2024, 2025)
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Co-teacher Postgraduate course "How to model a volcano" (Penn State University, Spring 2020)
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Teaching assistant representative B.Sc. Working Group, Dept. Geography (VUB, 2012-2019)
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Teaching assistant B.Sc. course "Geomorphology" and field course "Geomorphology of the North-French Coast", Dept. Geography (VUB, 2012-2019)
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Student representative Education Commission, Dept. Geology (Ghent University, 2008-2012)
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Community Service​
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Journal Reviewer Nature earth & environment, Geophysical Research Letters, JGR Solid Earth, Bulletin of Volcanology, Tectonophysics, Volcanica, Geology, etc.
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Grant Reviewer National Science Foundation (USA), Fulbright Program (Belgium, Poland)
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Grant selection interview panel Fulbright Commission Belgium-Luxemburg
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2025-2026 Guest editor, Special Collection "Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems (VIPS): Integrating Observations, Models, and Processes", Bulletin of Volcanology.
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2023-current Science Team associate, High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA´s Mars Express orbiter.
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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.
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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)
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2009-2010 Founder and committee member, AAPG Student Chapter, Ghent University
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2013-2021 Founder and committee member, Early-Career Researchers Network (ECR-Net) of the (IAVCEI)
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2023-current Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) officer, committee of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems (VIPS)
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2025 September Local organizer, Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes LASI 7 conference, Iceland
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