Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral fellows & experts
James Collier (2025 - 2026)
Mainak Guha Roy (2024 -2026)
Dries Verdegem (2014 - 2026)
Matthew Bird (2017 - 2020)
Next position: secondary school teacher, Melbourne, Australia
PhD students
Karen Driesen (2020 - 2025)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. Peter Witters)
Andrea Jañez Pedrayes (2020 - 2025)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. Peter Witters)
Bram Decru (2021 - 2025)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. Pieter Vermeersch)
Laurence Verstraeten (2021 - 2025)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. Ina Jochmans)
Rita Sofia Simoes Faria (2017 - 2025)
next position: postdoctoral fellow, CeMM, Vienna, Austria
Isabelle Adant (2018 - 2023)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. David Cassiman)
Julie De Beule (2018 - 2022)
(co-promotor - Promotor: Prof. Ina Jochmans)
Silvia Radenkovic (2017 - 2021)
Next position: research associate, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Lab technicians & Experts
Anton Willems (2020 - 2026)
Arthur Schurmans (2023 - 2025)
Lidiia Rumiantseva (2023)
Next position: PhD student at KU Leuven (Promotor: B. Ghesquière)
Wesley Vermaelen (2016 - 2022)
Karen Driesen (2020 - 2021)
Next position: PhD student at KULeuven (Promotor: P. Witters; co-promotor: B. Ghesquière)
Kristien Tirez (2017 - 2020)
Next position: Research Associate, Pledge Therapeutics, Leuven, Belgium
Mehdi Rifaad (2017 - 2019)
Next position: Laboratory engineer at Pfizer, Belgium
Abel Acosta Sanchez (2016 - 2018)
Next position: Research Associate at NovAliX-Aligos Therapeutics, Leuven, Belgium
Visiting Scientists
Veronika Holubova - PhD student, University of Prague, Czech Republic (2025)
Alessandro Bernardinello - PhD student, Humanitas Milano, Italy (2025)
Arianne Blanch Maraon & Nelly Grace Tonacao - Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSFI), Davao City, Philippines (2025)
Jasper Carlsen - PhD student, University of Aarhus (2023)
Aiora Cenigaonandia Campillo - PhD student, University of Madrid (2023)
Bachelor & Master students
Bob Verdurme (2026) - KU Leuven
Consuelo Sendra Manso (2026) - UIC Barcelona
Asmae Agandouz (2026) - AP Hogeschool Antwerp
Kato Herygers (2024) - AP Hogeschool Antwerp
Michael Schmitz (2024) - AP Hogeschool Antwerp
Geert Althuizen (2023) - Wageningen University
Silke Dujardin (2023) - Odisee
Lukas Jansen (2023) - University of Amsterdam
Laura Sebastiani (2022) - UCLL
Loes De Troij (2021) - KU Leuven
Charlotte Coenen (2021) - KU Leuven
Alessandro Marino (2020) - University of Messina, Italy