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
2010 - 2012
Ghent University, Belgium
Master of Science in Geology - Major Basin Dynamics
of which 2010 - 2011 Erasmus exchange
University of Tromsø, Norway
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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
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Awards & Grants
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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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2014 Personal ‘VLADOC’ Ph.D. fellowship from VLIR-UOS (refused due to FWO grant)
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2014 Ranked first for Ph.D. grant at University of Oslo, Norway (refused due to FWO grant)
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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 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
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2021 ULAM postdoctoral visiting scholarship (€78 000) from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA Poland)
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2021 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 OPUS project "DAGGER" funding (~€500 000) from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN Poland)
