Lab alumni

NamePositionYearLast known position
TEAM MEMBERS   
Konstantinos KolliopoulosPostdoctoral Fellow2022-2026Postdoc position at Qian Lab
Anke VandekeerePhD Student2020-2026
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lab of Myeloid Cell Biology in Tissue Homeostasis and Regeneration at VIB-UGent Center
for Inflammation Research
Yiming Peng-WinklerPostdoctoral Fellow2023-2026MD and Group Leader at University Hospital Düsseldorf
Ming LiuPhD Student2021-2025Residency dual training program Xinqiao hospital, Chongqing
Zeynep KoçberberResearch Trainee2024-2025Pre-doctoral research
Ana Margarida Ferreira CamposStaff member2022-2025Sr Service Field Engineer at Waters Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ginevra DoglioniPhD Student2018-2024Postdoc position at Towers Lab, SALK Institute, USA
Camiel CortenResearch Trainee2023-2024PhD student, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
Sarah KriegPostdoctoral Fellow2023-2024Consultant at Enovalife, Belgium
Sarah El KharrazPostdoctoral Fellow2022-2023Rainpharma, Belgium
Gabriella DowLab Technician2022-2023PhD Student, Lab Ilaria Elia, KU Leuven
Patricia Altea ManzanoPostoctoral Fellow2018-2023Junior Group Leader at CABIMER-CSIC (Spanish National Research Council)
Melanie PlanqueStaff member2018-2022Head of Spatial Metabolomics Expertise Center, VIB, Belgium
Alejandro CuadrosPhD student2019-2022Janssens Pharmaceutica
Sweta ParikPhD student2017-2022Associate editor at iScience
Tessa SchalleyLab Technician2021-2022VIB Center for Inflammation Research
Hamza Furkan AlkanPostdoctoral Fellow2021-2022UT Southwestern, USA
Celia de la CallePostdocoral Fellow2021-2022UT Southwestern, USA
Matteo RossiPostdoctoral Fellow2015-2021Celyad Oncology, Belgium
Antonio Alejandro PanePostdoctoral Fellow2020-2021Immatics, Tübingen, Germany
Lindsay BroadfieldPostdoctoral Fellow2019-2021PwC, Belgium
Joke Van ElsenLab Technician2018-2020Janssen, Belgium
Gianmarco RinaldiPhD student2014-2020Harvard Medical School, USA
João DuartePostdoctoral Fellow2015-2019Cambridge University, UK
Mouna TrikiPostdoctoral Fellow2018-2019Abbelight, Île-de-France, France
Marit van GorselResearch Trainee2016-2018reMYND, Belgium
Kim VriensPostdoctoral Fellow2015-2018PwC, Belgium
Ilaria EliaPhD student2013-2018Professor at KU Leuven, Belgium
Doriane LorendeauPostdoctoral Fellow2013-2017Janssen, Belgium
Stefan ChristenPostdoctoral Fellow2013-2017Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Kristine MetzgerLab Manager2014-2016Cistim, Belgium
Roberta SchmiederPostdoctoral Fellow2014-2015Global Blood Therapeutics, USA
Sudha Janaki RamanResearch Trainee2013-2014Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA

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RESEARCH VISITORS

   
Thaïs FavodonMaster Student2026University of Montpellier, France 
Enejda KociErasmus+ Student2026Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy
Rosalien RoussardMaster Student2025-2026KU Leuven, Belgium
Alba Royo GarcíaVisiting PhD2025IIS Aragón, Spain
Naz Özge ÖzgürErasmus+ Student2025Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Emma Tobarra LopezErasmus+ Student2025Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Leyla DadurgovaMaster Student2024-2025KU Leuven, Belgium
Dylan LaurensMaster Student2024-2025KU Leuven, Belgium
Beatriz Rodríguez OrtizVisiting PhD2023Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Spain
Fateme SafaeifardVisiting PhD2023University of Tehran, Iran
Peio Azcoaga AzcoagaVisiting PhD Student2023Biogipuzkoa HRI, Spain
Floriana BellandiErasmus Student2023University of Milan, Italy
Yelyzaveta TokmakovaMaster Student2022-2023University of Kiev, Ukraine
Gianmarco RotondiErasmus+ Student2023University of Camerino, Italy
Tommaso TacchettiErasmus Student2023Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Yawen LiuVisiting PhD student2022-2023Jiangsu university, China
Zikuan SongMaster Student2022-2023University Leiden, Netherlands
Annalisa ScopellitiMaster Student2022University of Milan, Italy
Roxana BarkhordarMaster Student2022University of Milan, Italy
Katharina LeithnerVisiting Researcher2022University of Graz, Austria
Merve Eriksa GenelVisiting PhD student2022Istinye university, Istanbul, Turkey
Zeyneb KoçberberInternship student2021Bogaziçi University, Turkey
Jean JacobsMaster student2021UCL, Belgium
Nienke MeeuwsMaster student2021KU Leuven, Belgium
Sander VanwingMaster student2021KU Leuven, Belgium
Xenia GeeraertVisiting PhD student2014-2021UZ Brussels, Belgium
Lisa De SmetInternship student2020KU Leuven, Belgium
Anke VandekeereMaster student2019-2020KU Leuven, Belgium
Ona Bach GonzalezErasmus student2020University of Barcelona
Luis Nieto BarradoMaster student2019-2020Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona
Frances EbelerMaster student2018-2019University of Tuebingen, Germany
Francesca RizzolloErasmus Student2019University of Trento, Italy
Hande NurErasmus Student2019Abdullah Gül University, Turkey
Erica PranziniVisiting PhD student2019University of Florence, Italy
Gabriele GrasmannVisiting PhD student2019University of Graz
Kritika BhallaMaster Student2018-2019KU Leuven, Belgium
Zhaolong PanMaster Student2018-2019Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Merih ÖzverinMaster Student2017-2018Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Alazne Moreno LancetaErasmus Student2018Rovira i virgili University, Spain
Lisa VettoreErasmus student2018University of Padova, Italy
Carmen EscolanaSummer student2017Institute for Nanoscience, Madrid, Spain
Gaia De SanctisVisiting PhD student2016University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
Ilenia IaiaErasmus Student2016University of Turin, Italy
Magdalena JemiolaErasmus Student2016University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Lina VerbakelMaster Student2015-2016KU Leuven, Belgium
Joerg BuescherVisiting Scientist2014-2016Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany
Gülsün BagciErasmus Student2015Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Jonathan BohlenErasmus Student2015University of Heidelberg, Germany
Ben PirongsMaster Student2014-2015Ordina, Belgium
Tadhg O LearyErasmus Student2014Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland