CV

Employment

• November 2024 - present: FWO junior postdoctoral fellow
  • Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Topic: multifluid spectroscopy and its application to current sheet tearing
• October 2023 - October 2024: Research fellow
  • Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
  • Topic: oscillations and instabilities of MHD equilibria, magnetic reconnection

Education

• Doctoral Programme in Science (PhD): Mathematics, Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2019-2023
  • Thesis title: Linear theory of plasma waves and instabilities: From ion-electron to MHD descriptions
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rony Keppens
• Master of Science (MSc): Physics (Theoretical physics), KU Leuven, Belgium, 2017-2019
  • Thesis title: Instantons and holography
  • Cum Laude
• Bachelor of Science (BSc): Physics, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2014-2017
  • Thesis title: The EmDrive
  • Cum Laude
• Bachelor of Science (BSc): Mathematics, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2014-2017
  • Thesis title: Normal modes of magnetohydrodynamics
  • Cum Laude

Fellowships

• FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship 1225625N “Waves and tearing instabilities in a multifluid plasma model: a spectroscopic analysis from the collisionless to the resistive regime”

Research stays

• Stellarator Theory group, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany. 3-22 October 2022.

Organisational efforts

• CmPA social event (teambuilding), 1 June 2022, Leuven, Belgium.
• The SMTG Code Forum (institutional mini-conference), 18 April 2024, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
• “Modern methods and numerical approaches for analysing the Sun’s dynamic atmosphere” session at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2024, 17 July 2024, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom.
• CmPA seminar series, November 2024 - present, Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Additional training

• Science Communication and Outreach (2020, KU Leuven B-KUL-G0R44A)
• Waves and Instabilities (2020, KU Leuven B-KUL-G0B26A)
• Teaching assistant training (2019, KU Leuven)
• Central lecture Scientific Integrity (18 November 2019, KU Leuven)
• Fortran for programmers (14 October 2019, KU Leuven)
• HPC introduction (8 October 2019, KU Leuven)

Skills

• Languages: Dutch, English, French (basic)
• Programming languages: Python, Fortran, Bash, R, Mathematica, MatLab
• Soft skills: science communication

Volunteer experience

• Internship at RiskConcile
  • September 2018, Leuven, Belgium
  • Development of financial applications in Python
• Science communication for the youth group Oberon of public observatory Urania
  • 2012-2021, Hove, Belgium
  • Communication of scientific history and advancements to youths aged 12 to 25