Curriculum Vitae

Oct 2013 – Nov 2015	Guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen (Habitat group) Postdoc at Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium.
March 2011 – Sep 2013	Postdoc at Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium.
Oct 2006 – March 2011	PhD in Science, Biology, Ghent University, Belgium. Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: Influence of its functional biodiversity for the benthic ecosystem.
2005 – 2006	Master in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium. Master thesis: The impact of beam trawl fisheries on the fauna associated with Lanice conchilega reefs. An in situ experiment.
2004 – 2005	Master in Biology, zoology, Ghent University, Belgium. Master thesis: Macrofauna from the North Sea: Impact of bottom trawling on the diversity of benthic fauna.
2003 – 2004	1st Master attended at Université de Montpellier II, France, in the framework of a Socrates (Erasmus) project.
2001 – 2003	Bachelor in Biology, Ghent University, Belgium.

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