SSS/FASB Faculty of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (FASB)
SSS/DDUV Institut de Duve (DDUV)
SSS/DDUV/BCHM Biochimie-Recherche métabolique (BCHM)
EDUCATION
2009 PhD in Sciences “Identification of the essential Brucella melitensis Omp2b porin as a modulator of cell death using a genome-wide functional yeast-based screen”;
Faculty of Sciences, UNamur, Belgium; Promoter: Prof. X. De Bolle
2005 Master of Molecular and Cellular Biology;
Faculty of Sciences, UNamur, Belgium; Promoter: Prof. J. Vandenhaute
Research internship in the Vidal lab, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
2003 Bachelor of Biology; Faculty of Sciences, UNamur, Belgium
CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 06/2024 WELBIO Investigator
Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences (WEL) Research Institute, Belgium
Since 2022 Associate Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, UCLouvain, Belgium
Since 10/2017 F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associate (« Chercheur Qualifié »)
de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2017 – 2022 Assistant Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, UCLouvain, Belgium
2013 – 2017 Post-doctoral Researcher (PI: Prof. J.-F. Collet), UCLouvain, Belgium
Stress signaling through the E. coli envelope, envelope assembly, cell wall homeostasis
2010 – 2013 Post-doctoral Researcher (PI: Prof. C. Jacobs-Wagner), Yale University, USA
Mechanisms of protein localization in bacteria, polarity, Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle
2005 – 2009 PhD candidate (PI: Prof. X. De Bolle), UNamur, Belgium
Secreted effectors, host-pathogen interactions, genome-wide screens in yeast, Brucella
AWARDS
2017 Alvarenga de Piauhy Award, Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium
2005 Best Master thesis in Biology (Bauchau Award, promotions 2004 & 2005), UNamur, Belgium
GRANTS
2025 – 2030 ERC Consolidator Grant “VAMPIRE”
2024 – 2028 WELBIO Investigator Programme (WEL Research Institute, BE) Starting Grant
2024 – 2027 F.R.S.-FNRS Projet de Recherche (PDR) “PREDATOR DIVISION”
2022 – 2027 Action de Recherche Concertée « PAChIDERM »
2019 – 2024 ERC Starting Grant “PREDATOR”
2022 – 2023 F.R.S.-FNRS Crédit de Recherche (CDR) “PREDATOR NUCLEOID”
2021 Fondation Louvain – Fonds Jacques Moulaert
2018 Fund Maurange award (King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium)
2018 – 2019 F.R.S.-FNRS “MIS” Incentive Grant “MICRO-PREDATOR”
FELLOWSHIPS
2014 – 2017 Post-doctoral Fellow of the F.R.S.-FNRS (“Chargé de Recherches”), Belgium
2013 Post-doctoral Associate of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
2011 – 2012 van Itallie Post-doctoral Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
2005 – 2009 F.R.S.-FNRS Research Fellow (“Aspirant” PhD fellowship), Belgium
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2022 – 2024 Vice-chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of Section A (General Microbiology), Belgian Society for Microbiology
2021 – 2024 Elected member of the Board of Directors, Belgian Society for Microbiology
Since 2021 Member of AcademiaNet
Since 2010 Member, American Society for Microbiology
Since 2005 Effective Member, Belgian Society for Microbiology
| Year | Label | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Docteur en sciences | Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix à Namur (Belgique) |
| 2005 | Licence en Sciences Biologique | Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix à Namur (Belgique) |