Experience

07/2023 - Today

MSCA Postdoctoral researcher Aquatic Ecology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University

• Collecting and processing field data, historical data, satellite data, and simulated data
• Developing a hydrological model via QGIS and SWAT+ with data from various sources
• Guarding the progress of the project, outlined goals, and available budget

05/2020 - 06/2023

Postdoctoral researcher Aquatic Ecology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University

• Finetuning of a methodology to evaluate the ecological functioning of the Scheldt estuary
• Developing of documented R scripts for standardised and reproducible analyses

04/2014 - 03/2020

PhD Candidate & Academic Assistant Aquatic Ecology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University

• Supervising practical classes and field excursions related to aquatic ecology for Master-students
• Inferring data driven models in R to analyse habitat preferences of aquatic macrophytes

Education

09/2021 - 07/2023

Advanced Master in Statistical Data Analysis
Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University

• Graduated with greatest distinction
• Thesis: Topic modelling for the stratification of neurological patients

09/2013 - 07/2014

Advanced Master in Technology for Integrated Water Management
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University
Faculty of Sciences, University of Antwerp

• Graduated with greatest distinction
• Thesis: Microplastics in a biological wastewater treatment plant and the surrounding freshwater environment in Flanders: quantitative assessment

09/2011 - 07/2013

Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University

• Graduated with great distinction
• Thesis (in Dutch): Micro-CT als innovatieve visualisatietechniek van microplastics in mariene organismen

09/2008 - 09/2011

Bachelor of Science in Bioscience Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, University of Antwerp

Side quests

Organisation international conferences

• 2019: Co-chair of the organising committee for the first IWA-IDB Innovation Conference on Sustainable Water Use in Cities, Industry and Agriculture, Guayaquil, Ecuador (30 September - 03 October 2019)

Supervision & mentoring

• 8 Master students supervised
• 3 Theoretical courses taught (2020 - 2021)
• 11 Practical courses organised (2014 - 2020)
• 3 International workshops organised (2015 - 2018)

Research output

Journal articles

• 5 first-authored SCIE papers, 22 co-authored
• 1 first-author conference proceeding
• Most cited: Distribution of agricultural pesticides in the freshwater environment of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador) (2019) Science of the Total Environment 646

Presentations at (inter)national conferences and symposia

• 5 oral presentations (presenter), 7 co-authored
• 1 poster (presenter), 7 co-authored

• All publications