Short CV
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1 Sept. 2025 Assistant Professor, Head of the Animal Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Earth & Life Institute
Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
2021 – 2025 Postdoc Fellow, EON Lab, Biology Department
Ghent University and University of Antwerp (Belgium)
2019 – 2020 Postdoc Fellow, The Whiting & Shine Lab, School of Natural Sciences,
Macquarie University (Sydney, NSW, Australia).
2018 – 2021 Postdoc Fellow, Functional Morphology Lab, Biology Department (one-year gap to visit Macquarie University)
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2017 - 2018 Postdoc Fellow, The Losos Lab, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA)
EDUCATION
2012-2017 Ph.D. in Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium), awarded on March 3, 2017 (Raoul Van Damme Lab)
2010-2012 MSc. in Behaviour and Evolutionary Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium).
2007-2010 BSc. in Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium).
MAJOR FELLOWSHIPS
2021 Senior Postdoctoral fellowship (4y), The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
2018 Junior Postdoctoral fellowship (3y), The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
2017 Postdoctoral fellowship (1y), Belgian American Education Foundation (BAEF)
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS
2025-2028 Collen-Francqui Start-Up Grant (€200k), Francqui Foundation
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2023 Head Organiser, First International Congress on Rapid Evolution in the Anthropocene, (Antwerp) Belgium
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editor for :
Member of expert panel in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution (Bio3) for the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), 2025-2027
1 Sept. 2025 Assistant Professor, Head of the Animal Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Earth & Life Institute
Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
2021 – 2025 Postdoc Fellow, EON Lab, Biology Department
Ghent University and University of Antwerp (Belgium)
2019 – 2020 Postdoc Fellow, The Whiting & Shine Lab, School of Natural Sciences,
Macquarie University (Sydney, NSW, Australia).
2018 – 2021 Postdoc Fellow, Functional Morphology Lab, Biology Department (one-year gap to visit Macquarie University)
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2017 - 2018 Postdoc Fellow, The Losos Lab, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA)
EDUCATION
2012-2017 Ph.D. in Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium), awarded on March 3, 2017 (Raoul Van Damme Lab)
2010-2012 MSc. in Behaviour and Evolutionary Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium).
2007-2010 BSc. in Biology, University of Antwerp (Belgium).
MAJOR FELLOWSHIPS
2021 Senior Postdoctoral fellowship (4y), The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
2018 Junior Postdoctoral fellowship (3y), The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
2017 Postdoctoral fellowship (1y), Belgian American Education Foundation (BAEF)
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS
2025-2028 Collen-Francqui Start-Up Grant (€200k), Francqui Foundation
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2023 Head Organiser, First International Congress on Rapid Evolution in the Anthropocene, (Antwerp) Belgium
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editor for :
- Biology Letters, Editorial Board Member (2017 - now)
- Journal of Zoology, Editorial Board Member (2017 - 2025)
- Belgian Journal of Zoology, Editorial Board Member (2018 - now)
- Acta Herpetologica, Associate Editor (2017- 2025)
- Behaviour, Special Issue Editor (2021)
Member of expert panel in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution (Bio3) for the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), 2025-2027
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