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1974-1975
Franciscus DE SCHUTTER -
Electrical Engineer - UGent to
Rutgers University, New Brunswich, New Jersey - Computer en
engineering
Georges HEYEN - Civil Chemical
Engineer - ULg to University of Texas,
Austin - Concept Mark III
Erik VERRIEST - Civil Electrical
Engineer - UGent to Stanford University,
California - Interconnections, square-root
1975-1976
Francis BERX - Civil Mechanic
Engineer - KUL to Stanford
University, California - Industrial engineering - Systems
analysis and synthesis
Jean-Claude DEBONGNIE
-
Doctor
of Medicine - UCL to GI UNIT Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Luc MARY-RABINE - Doctor of
Medicine - ULg to Columbia University
1976-1977
Pierre MEYERS - Graduate of
Business Administration - ULg to Harvard
University - Finance
Philippe SIMILON -
Physician
Engineer - ULg to Princeton University
1977-1978
Paul LEMMENS - Graduate of Law -
KUL to Northwestern University,
School of Law, Chicago, Illinois - Parte communications
between persons outside an administrative agency and persons
within the agency.
Marguerite SEQUARIS-DELIEGE -
Graduate of Law - ULg to Columbia
University,
New York - Antitrust, regulated indistrues, business
torts - International Law, international banking and
monetary law.
José STUYCK - Orthopedic surgeon
- Dr. in medicine - KUL to Temple University, Philadelphia - Neurophysiology
1978-1979
Raymond DENECKERE -
Graduate of
Applied economic sciences - UA to
University of Chicago - Theoretical economy
Eric SCHLOSSER -
Mechanical-Electrical Engineer - ULB to Harvard Graduate School, Boston, Massachusetts - Business Administration.
Peter STEVENS - Electrical Engineer -
UGent to
Harvard University -
Computer Sciences.
1979-1980
Michel DE BRUYN - Civil Geological Engineer -
FUCAM to
University of Texas, Austin - Numerical simulation of a
Gas influx in a Kicking well - Science in Petroleum
Engineering.
Filip DIERCKX - Graduate of Law
- ua to Harvard Law School, Cambridge - Economics and Public Policy -
Corporations - Antitrust
Law, Accountancy for lawyers and International Taxation 1
and 2.
Willy ZWAENEPOEL -
Electronics
Civil Engineer - UGent to Stanford University,
California - Computer Science.
1980-1981
Benoit de LHONEUX -
Agricultural Engineer - UCL to
State University of New York, College of Environmetal Science and
Forestry, Syracuse, New York - Electronical microscopy
Geert DE SOETE - Graduate of
Theoretical Psychology - UGent to University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. - Quantitative
psychology.
Joël WINKIN - Graduate of Law -
ULg to Columbia University, School of Law,
New York - General economical law
1981-1982
Martha KALFF - Graduate of
zoology - FUNDP to Columbia University, New York - Cellular Biology
Fernand KEULENEER -
Graduate of
Law en Economics - KUL to Yale University, Connecticut - Civil Law
Patrick RABAU - Graduate of
Mathematics - UCL to University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1982-1983
Filip Abraham - Graduate of
Economics - KUL to University of
Michigan - Macroeconomics consequences of negociations
between federations and European consultants with
particulary applications for Belgium.
Filip DE LY - Graduate of Law -
UGent to Harvard Law School - Economic,
financial and commercial law.
Pascal PETTEAU - Mechanical
Civil Engineer - FUCAM to University
of Stanford.
Etienne DENOËL - Electrical
Civil Engineer - UCL to
University of Southern California - Image Processing.
Mathias DEWATRIPONT (Francqui Prize
1998)- Graduate of Economics - Master of Econometrics -
ULB to University of
Harvard - Microeconomy, macroeconomy, economy of work.
1984-1985
Marianne BAUDINET -
Electrical (Electronic)
Civil Engineer - ULg to University of
Stanford, California - Data processing.
Anne-Marie BOLLEN -
Graduate of
Dentistry - VUB to
University of Michigan - Orthodontics.
Michael FAURE - Graduate of Law
- University of Antwerp - Graduate of Criminology - UGent to Law School of the University of
Chicago - Economic analyse of law.
Daniel JULIN -
Mechanical-Eletrical Civil Engineer - ULB to Carnegie Mellon University - Data Base.
1985-1986
Yves DEVILLE - Graduate en
Master of Date Base - FUNDP to University of Syracuse - Computer
Science.
Katia FERRIERE - Electrical
Civil Engineer - ULg to University of
Colorado, Boulder - Physics, astrophysics.
Anne FREMAULT - Graduate of
Modern History (specialisation socio-economy) - UA and
KUL to University
of Pennsylvania - Economical sciences.
Jacques LAWARREE -
Graduate and
Master of Economical Sciences - ULg to
University of California, Berkeley
Wim LEEMANS - Electro-Mechanical
Engineer - VUB to
University of California, Los Angeles - Plasma Beat Wave
Accelerator.
1986-1987
Pierre ETIENNE
- Civil Engineer
of Applied Mathematics - UCL to
University of Chicago - Business Administration, finance,
future contracts and options.
Bruno HOLTHOF - Doctor of
Medicine - KUL to University of
Harvard, Harvard Business School - Medical economy.
Alexis HOUSEN - Graduate of
Germanic Philology (english linguistic) - VUB to University of California, Los Angeles
- Teaching English as a second language, applied
linguistics.
Koen VANHAERENTS -
Graduate of
Law - KUL to Boalt Hall School of
Law, Berkeley - Economic and fiscal law.
Paul WAER - Graduate of Law -
UA to Harvard Law School East Asian
Legal Studies Program.
1987-1988
Axel CLEEREMANS - Graduate of
Psychological and Pedagogical sciences - ULB to Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Michel GOEMANS - Civil Engineer
- UCL to Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA - Combinative
optimisation
Thomas SCHRANS - Civil Electrotechnical Engineer -
UGent to
California Institute of Technology - Opto-electronic.
Marianne VOS de WAEL -
Graduate
of Economics - ULg to University of
California, Berkeley - Finance - International Finance.
Ann-Sophie CREMERS -
Doctor of
Roman philology -
KUL
Guy LIPPENS - Physician Civil
Engineer -
UGent
1988-1989
Françoise BEAUFAYS -
Mechanical
and Electrical Civil Engineer - ULB to Stanford University, California -
Telecommunication -
Treatment of signal and linear control.
Gert CAUWENBERGHS -
Civil Engineer - VUB to
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion - VLSI systems
Marc FYON - Graduate of Law and
Economics - UCL to University
of
California, Los Angeles - Society law and financial law.
Frank SMETS - Graduate of
Economics - UGent to Yale University
Macroeconomics - Econometrics - Economic History of Europe.
Yves VAN GERVEN - Graduate of
Law - KUL to Harvard Law School -
Society Law - Banking law.
Catharina VAN SANTVLIET -
Graduate of Law - KUL to
Harvard
Law School - Corporations - Economic Analysis of Law -
Debt restructuring - The abuse of minority shareholders in
close corporations.
1989-1990
François-Xavier RENARD -
Electrical Civil Engineer - FUCAM to
Case Western Reserve University - Systems Engineering.
Jan VAN MIEGHEM -
Electrotechnical Civil Engineer - KUL to Stanford University - Accounts - Finance -
Marketing.
Koen VAN ROMPAY - Doctor of
Veterinary medicine - UA and UGent to Comparative Pathology, California
Jan WOUTERS - Graduate of Law -
UA to Yale Law School, New Haven -
Commercial Law Society Law - Financial Law - Antitrust law,
banking law, contracts, international institutions, law &
economics of corporate takeovers, legal aspects of finance,
securities regulation.
Koen COPPENHOLLE -
Graduate of
Law - KUL
1990-1991
Bart EECKHOUT - Graduate of
Germanic Philology - Ugent to Columbia
University, New York - American poetry.
Alain FRANCOIS - Graduate of Law
- VUB to University of
Michigan - Resisting squeez-outs in American (and Belgian)
Law.
Laurent GARZANITI -
Graduate of
Law - ULg to Columbia University, New York
Iris SMORODINSKY -
Graduate of
Language and linguistic - ULB to Yale University - Phonetic - phonology,
syntax and historical linguistic.
Johan STOOP - Agronomical
Engineer - KUL to North Carolina
State University - Agronomy and biotechnology
Jan TYTGAT - Doctor of
pharmaceutical sciences - KUL
-
Voltage sensors.
Peter VANDENBERGHE -
Doctor of
Medicine - KUL
Amaryllis VERHOEVEN -
Graduate
of Law - KUL to Harvard Law
School,
Boston - Constitutional and Federal Law.
1991-1992
Anne-Françoise DELWAIDE -
Graduate of Law - ULg to Harvard Law
School
- Finance - International Commercial Law.
Miguel COTTON - Graduate of Law
- UCL to Columbia Law
School -
Business Law.
Eric DE BIE - Graduate of Law
and notary - UA to University of Michigan
- Constitutional Law - Society Law.
Hilde DE WEERDT - Graduate of
Sinology - KUL - East Asian
Languages and Civilizations.
Christine JACOBS -
Graduate of
Biochemistry - ULg to Washington University,
school of Medicine, Saint-Louis - Molecular microbiology.
Frederik MAES - Electrotechnical
Civil Engineer - KUL to Leland
Stanford Junior University - Microelectronics
Stephane PALLAGE -
Graduate of
Business Administration - ULg to Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - Banking sector.
Jan VAN LANCKER - Graduate of
Law - UGent to University of Michigan Law School
1992-1993
Hendrik BOURGEOIS -
Graduate of
Law - UGent
Siska VANDENDRIESSCHE
-
Graduate
of oriental philology - UGent
Rudi VANDER VENNET -
Graduate of
economical sciences - UGent
Stefaan DECKMYN - Graduate of
Law - KUL to University of
Chicago, The Law School Corporate finance, law and
economics, law and literature.
Jacques LASUDRY - Doctor of
Medicine - ULB to Department of Ophtalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Winsconsin, Madison, Medical School -
Experimental retinoblastoma.
Claire MARTIN - Electrotechnical
Engineer - FUCAM to University of
Stanford, department Electrical Engineering -
Telecommunication.
Johan MEEUSEN - Doctor of Law -
UA to University of California at
Berkeley - LL.M.-thesis
Piet VAN NUFFEL - Graduate of
Law - KUL to Harvard Law School,
Cambridge, Massachusetts - The Settlement of Trade
Disputes in a North American Free Trade Area : How
International trade rules can be enforced.
1993-1994
Gert MOREEL - Graduate of
germanic philology -
UGent
Frank BRISARD - Graduate in
Germanic philology - UA to University of
San Diego - Cognitivie linguistic.
Jonas DEROO - Graduate of Law -
UGent to Harvard Law School - Payment systems
- Loss Allocation for funds transfer error under artcle 4A
of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Didier JACOBS - Graduate of
economical sciences - UCL to
Harvard Kennedy School - Public managment
Marianne MEDOT - Doctor of
Medicine - ULg to Wound Healing and
Reparative Biology
Koenraad NORGA - Doctor of
Medicine - Obsterics surgery - KUL
to Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, Boston, MA - Interleukine-3
Stefaan SONCK - Civil Engineer (electrotechnical-mechanical)
- KUL to University of Stanford,
California - Aerospace Robotics
Kathleen VERELST -
Graduate of
Law - UA and Catholic University of
Leuven to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -
Constitutional Law - Commercial Transactions - Property Law
- Intellectual Property Law - Business Transactions.
1994-1995
Véronique ARNOULD -
Doctor of
Medicine (Ophalmology) -
UCL
Nicole HUYGHE - Bio-engineer of
agriculture - UGent
Karlien VANDERHEYDEN
-
Graduate
of Psychology - UGent
Bert DEBUSSCHERE -
Civil Engineer - KUL to
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Mechanical engineering
Kristin HENRARD - Graduate of
Law - KUL to Harvard University - Islamic law - European Law
Alain JOUSTEN - Graduate of
economics - ULg to Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), Cambridge - Microeconomy,
macroeconomy, econometry.
Philippe MONTFORT -
Doctor of
economics - UCL to Harvard
University, Littauer Center, Department of Economics -
Exchange rate passtrough.
Herman VAN DE STRAETE -
Civil engineer of mechanical and electrotechnical -
KUL to Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Boston - Robotics
1995-1996
Johannes VAN BIESEBROECK -
Graduate of economical sciences - KUL
Michiel DEHAENE - Civil engineer
architect - KUL to Harvard
University Graduate School of Design - Urban design.
Bruno FUKS - Graduate of
Botanical sciences - ULB to
Rutgers University
Florence JAUMOTTE -
Graduate and
Master of economical and social sciences - FUNDP to University of
Harvard - Macroeconomy, microeconomy and econometry.
Philip JOOS - Graduate of
economical sciences - Master of Finance - UGent to Graduate School of Business, University of Stanford
-
Financial economy, econometry, microeconomy.
Géraldine NOLENS -
Graduate of
Law - KUL to University of
Chicago
- Law and Economics - Common Law.
Catherine SADZOT -
Doctor of
sciences - ULg to Stanford University -
Immediate Early protein IE63.
Frederik VERMEULEN -
Master of
Science in electrical engineering - KUL to Stanford Universty - Computer system.
Thierry ARNOULD - Doctor of
sciences - FUNDP to Department of Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston -
Autosomal dominant polycistck disease.
Valérie BADA - Graduate of
germanic philology - ULg to University of
Harvard - Compared literature.
Gisèle DEBLANDRE -
Doctor of
Chemical sciences -
ULB
Mireille DELHASE -
Doctor of
Medical sciences - ULg and Free University
of Brussels (Flemish)
Pierre VANDERHAEGHEN -
Doctor of
Medicine, surgery and delivery -
ULB
Lieven VANDERSYPEN -
Electromechanical Civil engineer - KUL to University of Stanford - Microcantilevers -
Bulk spin resonance quantum computation.
Kris WAGNER - Graduate of Law -
KUL to Harvard Law School,
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Criminal law, Introduction to
American law, Constitutional democracy.
1996-1997
Benoît WALTREGNY -
Graduate of
Law - ULg
Thierry ARNOULD - Doctor of
sciences - FUNDP to Harvard Medical
School, Boston - Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Diesease
(ADPKD) Polykystose renal
Valérie BADA - Graduate of
germanic philology - ULg to
Harvard - Comparative Literature
Gisèle DEBLANDRE -
Doctor of
chemical sciences - ULB to Salk Insitute for Biological
Studies, San Diego Developmental neurobiology
Mireille DELHASE - Doctor of medical sciences -
ULg/VUB to University of California,
San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla -
Tissue specific
expression of growth hormone and prolactin genes
Pierre VANDERHAEGHEN - Doctor of medecine, surgery
and delivery - ULB to Harvard Medical School Dept of Cell
Biology, Boston, Massachusetts -
La genèse des connexions neuronales
Lieven VANDERSYPEN - Civil engineer electrical
engineer - KUL
to University of Stanford -
Bulk Spin Quantum
Computation : Toward Large-Scale Quantum Computation
Kris WAGNER - Graduate of law - KUL
to Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts -
Philosophy of law and theory
Benoît WALTREGNY - Graduate of law -
ULg
to Harvard University - International Commercial Law
1997-1998
Christophe COUVREUR - Civil engineer
electrican - UCL to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -
Statistical Signal and
Array Processing (SSAP)
Martin DERAUX - Graduate of
mathematics - ULB
to University of Utah, Salt Lake City
-
Department Mathematics
Dirk ELEWAUT - Doctor of medecine -
UGent to University of California, San Diego -
Characterization of signal transduction pathways
in intestinal epithelial cells in response of
bacterial invasion
Luc MACHIELS - Civil engineer of
applied mathematics - UCL
to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Luc MERTENS - Graduate Germanic
philology - KUL to
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Dominique VANWIJNSBERGHE - Graduate of
History of Art - UCL and Leuven to Princeton University,
Department of Art and Archaeology
Didier
VERMEIREN - Civil engineer of electronic and
telecommunations - ULB to Stanford University -
Scientific
Computing & Computational Mathematics
Katelijn
VLEUGELS - Civil engineer of electronic (Micro-eletronic)
KUL to Stanford University
1998-1999
David
DAEMS - Doctor of chemical sciences -
ULB to Rutgers University -
Statistal
Physics
Karen MACOURS - Bio-engineer of
agriculture - KUL to
University of California, Berkeley -
Agricultural Economy and natural resources
Séverine RENARD -
Graduate of
psychology et educational science - UCL
to
Biology Department of the Georgia State University
-
Neurobiolgy program
Arnout SCHURMANS - Graduate of
archeology - KUL
to Arizona State University - Anthropology
Jan TAVERNIER - Graduate of ancient
history and Middle East history - KUL
to University of Chicago Department Near
Eastern Languages and Civilisations
Bjorn TUYPENS - Graduate of economics
- UCL to Yale University -
Monetary economics and
finance
Anne VERHULST - Civil engineer
electronic - KUL to
Stanford University, California - La réalisation
expérimentale d'un quantum computer basé sur des
principes de nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
1999-2000
Carl
D’HALLUIN - Civil engineer electronic -
KUL
to University of California, Berkeley -
Mathematics
Florence
LEBON - Graduate of chemical sciences -
FUNDP to University of
California, San Francisco Biochemestry and
biophysics : inhibition HIV
Roemer
LEMAITRE - Graduate of law -
KUL
to Harvard University - International Law, human law
rights and comparative constitutional law
Curt
SCHURGERS - Civil engineer of electronic -
KUL
to University of California, Los Angeles -
Systèmes de communication et les réseaux ad-hoc
peu coûteux en énergie
Robby STOKS - Graduate of biology -
UA to
Dartmouth College New Hampshire
- Recherche évolutionnaire-écologique sur les Zygoptères
Kris TIRI - Civil engineer electronic
micro-electronic - KUL to University of California, Los Angeles -
Bluetooth-project
Ivo VANDEN BERGHE
-
Doctor spec.
pathology - KUL
to Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard University, Boston - Human
pathology
Gaëtan VERHOOSEL - Graduate of law -
KUL
to
Columbia University International -
Economic Law
Pieter VERMEERSCH - Graduate of
geology - VUB and
Gent University to Massachussets Insitute
of Technology (M.I.T.) Cambridge - Thermal evolution of compositionally stratified earth,
including plates
2000-2001
Pieter
ABBEEL – Civil engineer electrotechnical
option electronic computer systems - KUL
Jan DE MOT – Civil engineer mechanic
robotic - KUL to
Massachussets Institute of Technology
(M.I.T.), Boston Laboratory for Information
and decision systems (LIDS)
Hans DOOMS –
Doctor of sciences molecular biology group -
UGent
to University of California, San Francisco
Sigrid LAMBERT –
Graduate of
sinology - KUL
Erika RUBOSEVA – Doctor of medecine,
surgery and delivery - ULB
to Stanford University -
Magnetic resonance imaging
monitoring of chemotherpeutic drug delivery
Alain VANDERPOORTEN –
Agronomical
engineer - FUSAGX
Els VERBRAKEL – Civil engineer architecture -
KUL
to Graduate School of Architecture Columbia University, New York
Annelies VERDOOLAEGE –
Graduate of
African languages and culture - UGent
to State University of New York at Albany
2001-2002
Mohammed BENTIRES-ALJ -
Graduate of pharmaceutical sciences -
ULg to Harvard University - Role fo Gabe2 in breast cancer
molecular biology - cancer - signal
transduction
Paul-Olivier DEHAYE
- Graduate mathematics - ULB to Princeton University - Pure
mathematics
Eva-Maria ERAUW
-
Graduate of law - UGent to Harvard University -
Corporate Law
Karina MARTINS GISTELINCK -
Graduate of law - KUL to
Harvard University - Antitrustlaw
Maureen HEYMANS - Civil engineer of mathematics -
UCL to Stanford University
- Computer science
Ruth LOOS –
Graduate of
physical éducation - KUL to Human genomics laboratory du
Pennington Biomedical Research Center -
L'identifaction des gènes responsables
de l'inactivité physique
Thibaut PARTSCH –
Engineer of law
- ULg to Harvard University
- Financial field
Tom SCHOUWENAARS –
Civil eng.electrotechnics - KUL
to Stanford University - Field of autonomous
spacecraft and
scientific space missions
Bart VAN COMPERNOLLE –
Civil engineer physicist -
UGent to University of California, Los
Angeles department Physics and Astronomy
Jan VRANCKX
–
Chirurgien reconstructif - KUL to Brigham hospital - Harvard Medical
School à Boston - Tissue engineering
and gene therapy for wound repair
2002-2003
Arne DE BOEVER –
Graduate Language and Literature - KUL
to Columbia University, New York - English and Comparative
Literature
Laurent DEMANET –
Civil Engineer Applied mathematics - UCL
to California Institute of Technology - Mathematic,
informatic
Tine HEREMANS –
Graduate of Law - KUL to Cornell University -
Torts, product liability, contracts, law and social change,
cyberspace, law and American Legal Theory
Jan Maarten
LEENKNEGT – Civil Engineer Architecture -
KUL to Columbia University Urban
design
Joris
MORBEE – Civil engineer electrotechnics
- UGent to Stanford University, California Management Science and Engineering
Lieve TEUGELS – Graduate of Chemistry -
KUL
to University of
Chicago - General
Chemistry
Isabelle
VAN DAMME – Graduate of Law -
UGent
to
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C. -
International Trade Law and Antitrust/Competition Law
Wim
VANDENBERGHE – Doctor of medecine,
surgery and delivery - KUL
to University of California, San Francisco - Stargazin en het neuronaal transport van
ampa-receptoren
Klaas
VANSTEENHUYSE – Graduate of Archeology -
KUL to Temple University,
Philadelphia - Social-politic structure from Laat
Minoïsch I Kreta (ca. 1600-1400 v.Chr.)
Frederik J.
VERVAET – Graduate of History -
UGent to University of California, Berkeley - Herdefinitie van
de publiekrechtelijke natuur en de volmachten van Julius
Caesar als dictator, de triumvirirei publicae constituendae
(Octavianus, Marcus Antonius en Aemilius Lepidus) en Keizer
Augustus en zijn opvolgers tot en met Flavius Vespasianus.
2003-2004
Stéphanie BIJTTEBIER –
Graduate of Literature - Ugent to Boston University - PhD in American literature,
investigating the connection between American Literature and
regionalism
Laurent BLAVIER –
Graudate of Law - ULg - Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Sofie COOLS –
Graduate of Law - KUL to Harvard University - LL.M. degree
and expect to focus on international financial law
Nicolas GALOPPO von
BORRIES – Civil engineer electrotechnics
- KUL - Graduate study in computer
grahics and animation, consisting of a PhD degree
Sabrina INOWLOCKI –
Graduate of Classical Philology - ULB
to Harvard Divinity School - Flavius Josephus use of
citations in his against apion, Post-doctoral research
Valérie MATAGNE –
Graduate of Biological Sciences - animal orientation -
ULg
to Primate Research Center (ONPRC),
Portland Oregon - The project concerns the screening and
characterization of overexpressed gene(s) found in patients
suffering from Rett syndrome. The experimental
methodes will allow a steady knowledge of molecular biology
techniques and an integrative approach of the disease (from
gene to in vitro cultured cells to mutant mice displaying
Rett-like syndrome). This project involves a
post-doctoral position.
Bob NAGLER – Civil engineer electrotechnics
- VUB to Berkeley
University - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory -
Intend to do research in the field of High Energy Photonics,
Particle Accelerators and Plasma Physics.
Willem VAN DE WIELE –
Graduate of Law - UGent to
New York University, Law School -
subject : Law - Degree : Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Cedric VAN DEN BORREN –
Graduate of Law - ULB to Harvard University - Banking and
Finance Law
Korneel VAN DEN BROEK
– Physical Civil engineer -
UGent to Harvard University - He will register for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics. Specialize
in high-energy physics with a special interest for string
theory
2004-2005
Goedele DE CLERCK –
Graduate of Literature - UA/UGent to Gallaudet University,
Washington DC - I am happy to look vack on a fruitfull year
that enabled me to bring my research on an international
level and build a worldwide network of experts in Deaf
Cultural Studies. Both in spring and fall 2005, I was
guest lecturer in the International Development Master class
"Community Development with People with Disabilities in
Developing Countries", presenting my PhD researche on
Flemish deaf empowerment. I hope to apply the
knowledge that I gathered at Gallaudet University to
contribute to the establishment of a Master's program in
Deaf Studies at Belgian Universities. I plan to
graduate in 2007 and I will be proud to be the first Belgian
deaf person to receive a PhD with a dissertation on deaf
culture.
Sylvie DENUYT – Engineer of electrotechnics
- VUB to Harvard
University
Dagmar DIVJAK – Dr. in
Literature - Russian and Slavonic Studies - KUL
to University of Carolina
Charles-Henri MASSA –
Graduate of Law - ULg to Harvard
University
Abdul G. NOURY – Graduate of
Economical Sciences - Dr. in Economics - ULB
to University of California, Berkeley - During its
stay, he has worked with Professor Gérard Roland (UC
Berkeley) and Professor Simon Hix (London school of
Economics) on the behaviour of vote for the European
Parliament. The results of its researches are the followings:
- Enlargement and the European Parliament, 2004 (with Gérard Roland), in
Campos N. et J. Fidrmuc (eds.), Political Economy of Transition and
Development : Institutions, Politics and Policies, ZEI Studies in
European Economics and Law, Boston/Dordrecht/London : Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
- Politics not Economic Interests : Determinants of Migration Policies
in the European Union (with Simon Hix), 2007, International Migration
Review.
- Dimensions of Politics in the European Parliament (with Simon Hix
et Gérard Roland), American Journal of Political Science, 2006.
- Democratic Politics in the European
Parliament, 2007 Cambridge University Press (with S. Hix and G.
Roland). This book obtained the Richard
F. Fenno Award 2008, which by American political science
association is granted. Moreover he organiserd an
international conference at the University of California,
Berkeley „Legislative Behavior in Europe, US, and Beyond, on
25 and 26 February 2005.
Karen PAULEWYN
– Dr. in Medical Sciences -
KUL to Minneapolis University
Bart RAEYMAEKERS – Industrial
Engineer - UGent/VUB to University of
California, San Diego
Johannes SPINNEWIJN – Graudate of Economical Sciences -
ULB to MIT, Boston
Mathieu STIENON – Graduate
of Mathematical Sciences - ULB to Penn State University
Geert VERMEULEN
– Electrotechnical Civil
engineer Mecanics - KUL
Nathalie WAHL – Graduate
of Mathematics - ULB to
University of Chicago
2005-2006
Christian BEHRENT –
Graduate of Law - ULg
to Univesity of Yale
Annekatrien LENAERTS - Graduate of Law -
FUNDP to
Harvard Law School
An PAENHUYSEN
– Graduate of History - KUL
to Berkeley University
Min REUCHAMPS – Graduate of Political
Sciences - ULg - Was
admitted to the Master’s of Arts program in Political
Science at Boston University in September 2005. He took
eight graduate courses at the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences. In October 2006, he passed the Comprehensive Exams
in Comparatives Politics, Political Theory, and European
Integration. While in Boston, Min submitted two
articles for publication. The first one, « La parité
linguistique au sein du conseil des ministres », was
submitted to the Belgian journal Res Publica.
This paper is a revised version of his
bachelor’s thesis. The second article deals with gacaca
jurisdictions in Rwanda and was submitted to the
international review Human Rights Quarterly. It is
entitled « What Justice for Rwanda? Gacaca versus Truth
Commission? ». A third article, exploring the relationship
between referendum and European Identity, « Referendum as a
Tool for Building European Identity. The Case of Belgium,
Luxembourg, and The Netherlands », will shortly be sent to
the electronic journal European Integration Online Papers.
Since October 2006, Min is Aspirant du Fonds National de la
Recherche Scientifique in the Department of Political
Science at the Université de Liège where he prepares a
doctoral dissertation on Belgian, Canadian, and South
African federalism.
Bernard SWARTENBROEKX – Graduate of
Economical, Social and Political sciences - KUL to University of Harvard
Matthias TROFFAES –
Physics
Engineer - UGent to Carnegie Mellon University
Cedric VOLANTI – Graduate of Animal Biology
Sciences - ULg to Harvard University
Kris VAN DEN BOGAERT – Graduate of
Biomedical Sciences - UA to University of
Minnesota Stem Cell Institute from
June 1st, 2005 until December 10th,
2005. During this period, she performed research in the
framework of a previously existing project studying gene
therapy applications using Multipotent Adult Progenitor
Cells (MAPCs). As she was not experienced yet in culturing
MAPCs, she started with a training session in order to learn
all techniques required to isolate MAPCs from the bone
marrow of mice, culture the MAPC cell lines and
differentiate them towards mesodermal, endodermal and
neuroectodermal cell types. After this education, she
initiated the MAPC-based gene therapy research. The specific
aims of this study are: (I) In vitro correction of the FANCC
(Fanconi Anemie C) gene by homologous recombination in MAPCs
isolated from a FANCC knock-out mouse; (II) Transplantation
of the corrected cells in the FANCC knock-out mouse; (III)
Isolation of MAPCs from the bone marrow of human FANCC
patients and in vitro correction by homologous
recombination. In order to
determine whether the genetically corrected MAPCs will
contribute to the hematopoietic system in the FANCC-/- mouse
after transplantation, she first tested if this is possible
with wild-type MAPCs. She injected wild-type MAPCs derived
from a GFP-transgenic mouse into sublethally irradiated
FANCC-/- mice. Eight to 10 weeks after transplantation she
analysed the percentage of donor-derived GFP+ CD45+ cells in
the bone marrow of these mice. To increase the obtained
percentages, she further optimized the experimental
conditions. These results are the basis for future
transplantation experiments with ex vivo genetically
corrected FANCC-/- MAPCs in FANCC-/- mice, a project that
she’s continuing at the Stem Cell Institute of the
K.U.Leuven.
Koen VERMEIR – Graduate of physics -
KUL to Cornell and Harvard University
Henk WYMEERSCH – Civil Engineer Computer
Sciences - UGent to Massachusettes Institute of
Technology (MIT) Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
(October
2005 – September 2006). During both the fall and
spring terms he was a guest-lecturer for the graduate course
“Statistics for Scientists and Engineers” at MIT. His
research activities consisted mainly of supervising Ph.D.
students at LIDS. His research dealt with algorithm design
in digital communication systems for (a) non-linear
satellite channels, (b) multi-user detection in OFDMA
systems, in collaboration with Qualcomm Inc, and (c)
localization of users in wireless networks. This research
has led to a number of publications in scientific journals,
as well as two provisional patents. During the same period,
Henk Wymeersch also wrote the book “Iterative Receiver
Design”, with an expected publication date of September 2007
(Cambridge University Press). He is also involved in the
execution and evaluation of multiple scientific projects,
both within MIT and in collaboration with other universities
(such as Princeton and UC Berkeley). His research on
iterative algorithms was recently awarded the Alcatel Bell
Scientific Award. Henk Wymeersch is currently a postdoctoral
associate at MIT.
2006-2007
Isolde BELIEN – Graduate of Geology -
UGent to University of Oregon - Physical volcanology
Prof. Katharine Cashman, who is considered one of the best
in the volcanological community worldwide. She studies fluid
dynamics of volcanic systems, focusing mainly on the
physical interactions of the solid, liquid and gas phases in
magma and how this influences magma movement in volcanic
conduits and controls the style and explosivity of volcanic
eruptions. Her research on bubble – crystal interactions in
volcanic systems has already earned her an invited talk at
an international scientific meeting, before the end of the
second year of her PhD, as well as widespread interest from
researchers in volcanology and mathematical modeling, and an
inter-university collaboration.
Koen DE TEMMERMAN
– Graduate Linguistic-
Literature : Latin & Greek - UGent
to Stanford University, Department of Classics (October
2006 – September 2007). The narratological, rhetorical and
physiognomical construction of character in ancient fiction
and biography.
Grégory DRIESSENS
– Graduate Biomedical Sciences -
ULB
to University of Chicago -
Identify the signaling
pathway involved in the glucose dependence
for the CD8+T cell effector functions.
Pieter EVERAERTS – Civil Engineer Physics -
UGent to Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sofie POLLIN – Electrotechnical
Civil
Engineer - KUL to University of California Berkeley
Patrick REYNAERT –
Electrotechnical
Civil engineer - KUL
-
went to the Berkeley Wireless Research Center, a research
unit of the EE department of the University of California
at
Berkeley, from August 2007 till June 2008. During this
period, he was a post-doctoral researcher with the group of
Prof. Ali Niknejad where he did research on analog
integrated circuits for 60GHz, an important frequency band
for future wireless communication systems. A 60GHz
differential power amplifier was developed in a 90nm CMOS
technology. Compared to the state of the art, the
implemented power amplifier achieved a higher output power
(+12dBm) and operated from a lower supply voltage (1V). By
using integrated transformers, the chip-area was reduced to
the bare minimum. The integrated circuit was presented at
the renowned International Solid-State Circuits
Conference in San Francisco in February 2008.
Currently, he is an associate professor at the Catholic
University of Leuven. Within the MICAS research division of
the Electrical Engineering Department (ESAT), he is leading
the research on analog integrated circuits for mm-wave
applications, and the research on RF power amplifiers.
Hans SAVEYN – Dr of Applied Biological Sciences -
UGent to Delaware University -
Cationic polymer adsorption and desorption kinetics from
sludge.
Synthetic cationic polymers are widely used in conditioning
of wastewater and industrial sludges, prior to mechanical
dewatering. An important class of these polymers, based on
copolymers of acrylamide and quaternised dimethylaminoethyl
acrylate (DMAEA-Q), is known to be prone to hydrolysis,
thereby releasing choline chloride. The adsorption and
desorption kinetics of polymer were monitored in an extended
study based on a model sludge suspension, together with the
evolution in physico-chemical characteristics and dewatering
behaviour of the sludge. The results of this study suggested
that hydrolysis of the adsorbed polymer initially promotes
additional adsorption of polymer from the solution phase,
thereby improving the network strength and increasing
filterability. However, hydrolysis of the adsorbed polymer
ultimately leads to a weakening of the sludge floc network
strength and deteriorating filterability.
Ellen SIMON – Graduate Linguistics -
UGent to University of Massachusetts - Phonology
Lieven VANDERVEKEN – Doctor
Neuroscience/Neurobiology - KUL
Demmy VERBEKE – Graduate Linguistics -
KUL to Harvard University Department of History
2007-2008
Marco BENATAR - Graduate of Law
- VUB
to
New York University,
N.Y.U. School of Law, New York -
In the
academic year 2007-2008, I pursued the LL.M. in
International Legal Studies at New York University School of
Law. During my stay, I devoted most of my curriculum to the
fields of public international law and legal theory.
In the first semester I took two courses, the first was an
introduction to international monetary law taught by a Swiss
visiting scholar, Professor Mario Giovanoli and the second,
taught by Professor Frank Upham, addressed the relationship
between law and fostering development in the third world.
Besides course work, I enrolled in two seminars. In Recourse
to Force in International Law, co-taught by Professor Thomas
Franck and Professor Miriam Sapiro, I studied the role that
international legal norms play in curtailing interstate
hostilities. In addition, I wrote a research paper analyzing
the legality of cyber attacks. The seminar Chinese Attitudes
toward International Law organized by Professor Jerome Cohen
gave me the opportunity to make a comparative assessment of
Western and Chinese perceptions of the law of nations. My
essay addressed the China-Taiwan conflict and possibilities
for peaceful dispute resolution. In the second
semester, I followed lectures by Professor Liam Murphy in
which we read and discussed 8 great classics of modern moral
and political theory ranging from Hobbes to Nagel. I
supplemented my theoretical studies with an intensive course
taught by Professor Jeremy Waldron on the concept of “Rule
of Law”. With regards to international law, I took a
comprehensive general course on the topic by Professor
Benedict Kingsbury aimed at teaching methods for critically
analyzing the law of nations and applying it to practical
situations. Furthermore, I enrolled in a seminar taught by
Professor Santiago Villalpando in which I studied the
importance, functioning and work of the UN International Law
Commission located in Geneva. For this seminar I wrote a
research paper on the effect of armed conflicts on
treaties. I partook in several extracurricular activities.
In the context of the Research Associateship Program, I was
matched up with Professor David Golove. This program allows
for students to interact with a law faculty member in a
meaningful way and gain insight into the world of academia.
In addition, I served as graduate editor of the NYU Journal
of International Law & Politics, a student-run legal
publication dedicated to a vast array of topics in private
and public international law. Finally, I assisted in
drafting the second edition of the NYU Guide to Foreign and
International Legal Citation as committee co-chair for
European law.
Ann Sofie CLOOTS -
Graduate of Law - KUL to Columbia University, School
of Law - New York -
During this academic
year, I pursue an LL.M (Masters in Law). This one year
programme allowed me to specialize in the field of
International Law and Human Rights, and area in which I
would like to pursue a Ph.D. later on. During my studies at
Columbia, I was able to take a wide spectrum of classes in
various subfields of International Law. Last semester, my
classes included Global Constitutionalism, taught by
Professor Michael Doyle, who has been Under-Secretary of the
United Nations; United Nations Peacekeeping, by Professor
Roy Lee, who was Secretary for the Rome Conference on the
International Criminal Court; Transitional Justice, by
Professor Graeme Simpson, of the New York-based
International Center for Transitional Justice, and a
colloquium organised by Professor George Fletcher, with a
variety of renowned speakers, such as Professor Antonio
Cassese. This semester, I am following the Global Governance
class of¨Professor José Alvarez; the seminar Transnational
business and Human Rights by Professor Anthony Ewing; the
seminar Globalization and Human Rights by the Belgian
Professor Olivier De Schutter, who has been appointed U.N.
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. In addition, I am
member of the Human Rights Clinic by Professor Peter
Rosenblum, for which I am working on projects in the DRC.
One of those projects includes advising the DRC government
in their renegotiations of the mining contracts, in the hope
of ensuring that the Congolese people will benefit more from
their natural resources. I also work as a Research Assistant
for Professor Lee. In addition, I am a member of the
Graduation Committee, Class Gift Committee, and Columbia
International Law Society.
Liesbeth DE BLEEKER -
Graduate Roman Literature -
KUL
to New York University
Bruno FORMENT - Graduate Sciences of Art -
UGent to Thornton School of Music at the University of
Southern California - Los Angeles -
From October 2007 to
September 2008, as postdoctoral scholar, he continues his
explorations on opera seria, the dominant form of Italian
opera in the eighteenth century. First of all, he fleshes
out chapters from his doctoral dissertation ‘La terra, il
cielo e l’inferno.’ The representation and reception of
Greco-Roman mythology in opera seria (Ghent University,
2007) for essays (e.g. article in Rivista italiana di
musicologia, 2008; book chapter in Ancient Drama in
Music for the Modern Stage, Oxford UP, 2009) and
conference papers (New York, Portland and Los Angeles). He
furthermore lays the basis for a study on the role of memory
in the production and reception of Niccolò Jommelli’s early
operas (c. 1740-57). His work has recently been awarded by
the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the
Goldberg Early Music journal. Bruno Forment also
receives support as Fulbright-Hays Fellow of the Commission
for Educational Exchange between the USA, Belgium, and
Luxembourg.
François GERARD -
Graduate of Economical Sciences -
UCL
to University of California, Berkeley Department of Economics
-
He could join
the Ph.D. program in Economics. This first year of the
program aims mainly to teach the knowledge and the
mathematical and statistical techniques that will help Ph.D.
students afterwards to carry out their own research well.
Nonetheless, beyond the classes, he could enjoy the
availability of the department faculty; with the support of
Professor George Akerlof (Nobel Prize 2001) he could start
to define a future thesis project motivated by the work of
Professor Matthew Rabin (Clark Medalist) in Psychological
Economics, entitled Contribution to the micro-foundations
of the decision making process for environmental issues:
social norms and procrastination. In short, the idea is
to incorporate some psychological and social dimensions, too
often neglected in economics, within the economic theories
applied to environmental issues. Also, for a class in
Economic History, he focused on the study of the corporate
income tax competition between European countries, trying to
understand why those countries started suddenly in the
eighties to level down those rates. In addition, during this
first year he had the pleasure to meet Professor Edward
Miguel, a passionate professor in Development Economics
(member of the Poverty Action Lab) and Political Economy,
for whom he will work this summer in Kenya and next year in
Berkeley as a research assistant.
Filip OOSTERLINCK -
Civil Engineer Chemistry - KUL to Yale University
Department History of Medecine and Science
During my stay (August 2007 - June 2008),
I have been enrolled in a one year Master program in the
History of Science and Medicine. Before coming to the States
I had obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering, a bachelor in
History, and worked in the Materials Science Centre of DSM,
a word-wide player in the performance materials sector.
During that time I had become interested in how science
policy and social-economic contexts (e.g. the current trend
to environmentalism) plays a role in what kind of science is
developed. Therefore I wanted to acquaint myself better with
the History of Science, in order to better understand these
trends. Currently I’m working on a paper on the ‘history of
science policy in the USA’ and a master thesis on the
‘history of Green Chemistry’.
Nicholas SERGEANT -
Electrotechnical Civil Engineer - KUL to University of Stanford
for a PhD in Nanotechnology
Michiel VANHOUTTE -
Civil Engineer Physics -
UGent to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dept. of
Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) - He started there
the graduate program in Materials Science and Engineering in
September 2007. Within this program, he follows the
Electronic, Photonic and Magnetic Materials option.
This option focuses on the design and fabrication of new
materials and devices through the understanding and control
of the interplay between the electronic, magnetic and
optical properties of the materials, their micro- and
nanostructure and their processing method. This
program leads to a PhD after fiver years. He is a part
of the Electronic Materials Research Group (EMAT) led by
Professor Lionel C. Kimerling. EMAT actively explores
the field of silicon-based microphotonics, a technology that
promotes the integration of electronic and optical devices
for applications including telecommunications, computation
and imaging. He is working on a project to develop a
silicon-based laser.
Bart
VAN WASSENHOVE - Graduate of History -
UGent to
University of Chicago
in the Classics
Department
since
September 2007, where he participate in the
interdisciplinary 'Program in the Ancient Mediterranean
World', which combines study and research in the history,
literature, art and philosophy of the ancient world. At this
moment, he is predominantly concerned with the fulfilment of
my course and research requirements, in order to obtain his
Master degree. Among his courses and research seminars, he
can already mention: 'Roman Stoicism', 'State and Subject in
the Roman Empire', 'Herodotus book V', 'Survey of Greek
Literature: Prose' and 'Boethius'. Further, in December of
last year, he presented a research paper, which he wrote for
his course on 'Roman Stoicism' (working title: 'Shameful
Grief: Emotional Rhetoric in Senecan consolation') at a
conference in London, entitled 'Acts of Consolation:
Approaches to Loss and Sorrow from Cicero to Shakespeare'. A
revised version of his essay will normally appear in the
forthcoming proceedings of this conference.
Eva
WUYTS - Civil Engineer Physics - UGent to University of Chicago for a MS-PhD in Astronomy
2008-2009
Lena DE MOL -
Graduate Language and Literature - UGent to
University at Buffalo, State
University of New York - PhD
in Linguistics
Leslie
HERMAN
–
Graduate Chemical Science - ULB to University of
Wisconsin - Post-doc. research in ultrafast Chemistry, in the field of
the dynamics of chemical reactions in the femtoseconod time domain.
My
post-doctoral stay in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where the
winter is almost as famous as the research, gave me the opportunity to
join Professor F. Fleming Crim’s lab. The fundamental research I was
involved in was dedicated to the study of ultrafast dynamics of
compounds as stilbene and photochromic molecules, which are excellent
model for the development of molecular devices. The femtosecond laser
spectroscopy affords to obtain crucial information on excited state
dynamics on a very short time scale, thanks to a three beam experiment,
respectively a first infrared pulse, than a second ultraviolet or
visible pulse, and then a continuum. This experiment, called ViMP, « Vibrationally
Mediated Photoizomerisation », done for the first time in solution,
could lead to address how to vibrationally control an electronic excited
state dynamic.
Jean-Philippe LANSBERG
– Doctor in Exact Science - ULg
to
Stanford University,
SLAC Stanford Linear Accelarator Center – Post-doc.research in Particle
Physics
Julien
MARNEFFE –
Graduate of Law - UCL to Georgetown
University MA. or PhD in Conflict Resolution -
In August 2008, I started a 2-year graduate program in
Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University. The first semester was
dedicated to core courses: Conflict Resolution Theory introducing
the main authors and topics in the field of conflict resolution – from
peacekeeping to women in peacebuilding and the role of cultural
differences in conflict resolution; Introduction to Conflict
Resolution Skills providing a practice-orientated approach to
conflict resolution through various tools, such as facilitation,
mediation, conflict analysis; Multiculturalism, Democracy and
Intergroup Relations addressing issues of conflict between
individuals, social groups and states from a psychological dimension;
finally, enfin, Negotiations through which negotiation principles
and strategies were introduced from a theoretical and practical
perspective. I also undertook a introductory course to Arabic, which I
pursued in the spring. The second semester allowed students to
develop more specific expertise and skills through a large panel of
optional courses in conflict resolution and related fields, such as:
Managing Organizational Conflicts focusing on issues of conflicts
within organizations, from private corporations to international
organizations; Introduction to Humanitarian Crises during which I
studied civil-military and humanitarian/military relations during
humanitarian crises; Evaluation and Conflict Resolution providing
an overview of tools for conflict resolution evaluation, with a focus on
project evaluation; finally, Stability Operations which addressed
the major challenges and highlighted lessons learned with regard to
stability operations, from Bosnia to Afghanistan. Throughout the
academic year, I worked as research assistant for Professor Lise M.
Howard, from the Department of Government at Georgetown University. My
research focused on peacekeeping operations and on US-UN relations.
My second year will focus on UN peacekeeping operations, which will
constitute the subject of my graduate thesis. I am considering
undertaking a PhD on UN peacekeeping operations and/or joining the UN
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, in New York or in field missions.
Vincent MERCKX
– Doctor in Biology - KUL to UC of
Berkeley – Burns Lab. – Post.doc. research in the Molecular Ecology
of Mycorrhiza and mycoheterotrophic plants
Nathalie RYCKAERT
– Graduate of Law - UCL to
New York University - L.L.M. in Corporate law and Corporate
governance.
An SAVEYN
–
Bio
Ingeneer in Agronomy - UGent to UC Berkeley,
Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry – Post-doc. research in
Physiological plant ecology
Elke
VANDENDRIESSCHE
–
Graduate of Law -
UGent to University of Chicago
– L.L.M. in Corporate and Financial Market Law
Pieter
VANHOVE -
Graduate Language and
Literature -
KUL
to
Columbia University – MA in Italian Studies
-
On May 20, 2009 Pieter Vanhove obtained his M.A. in
Italian at Columbia University. Among other courses, he took the
well-known intensive lectura Dantis with Professor T. Barolini.
He also took part in a creative writing class with poet and critic P.
Valesio as well in a theory seminar with famous researcher A. Compagnon
(currently holder of the literature chair at the Collège de France).
After obtaining his degree, he began an internship with writer and
journalist Nina Burleigh of the Columbia School of Journalism. Together
with her, he is researching a possible best-selling book publication on
a notorious Italian murder case. In October 2009 he will start writing
his Ph.D. on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s theatre. Currently he is also
examining the possibility of a so-called “co-tutelle de thèse” between
Columbia and KULeuven.
Alexandre ZENON
-
PhD in Medicine-Lab. of
Neurophysiology
-
UCL
to Salk Institute for Biological
studies, San Diego – Post-doc. research in Neurosciences
2009-2010
Cécile ABRAMOWICZ -
Master in Law - ULB
to Harvard University -L.L.M. in Business Law
Jacques BENATAR
-
Master in mathematics
- VUB to UCLA - PhD in Mathematics
Thien DANG-VU
- Dr. in medecine
- ULg to Harvard Medical School,
Professor
J. Ellenbogen - Post-doc.res. in Sleep and Sleep Medicine
Julie FAVRIL
- Master in Law -
KUL to NY University - L.L.M in International
Legal studies.
From August
2009 until May 2010, I had the honor of studying at NYU
School of law, where I obtained my LL.M. in International
Legal Studies. This University carried my particular
preference, because of her excellent reputation in the field
of international law. In order to get familiar with the
Common Law system and the Socratic teaching method, we first
got immersed in a course on ‘Introduction to US Law’.
Subsequently, I could broaden my interest and deepen my
knowledge thanks to the endless range of courses on European
and international law. Throughout the year, I enrolled in
extremely interesting classes on ‘Humanitarian Law of Armed
Conflicts’, ‘Public International Law’, ‘Human Rights’,
‘European Contract Law’ and ‘European Union Economic and
Constitutional Law’, all taught by the most prominent
authorities in their respective fields. Moreover, in the
context of the more intensive seminars ‘Transitional
Justice’ and ‘Law and Practice of the United Nations’, I
wrote two papers, entitled ‘Children’s right to remedies in
post-conflict situations’ and ‘A six-prong evaluation of the
Iraqi and Afghan sanction regimes’. Moreover, thanks to the
flexibility of the program, I was able to supplement my
specialized LL.M. with more general law courses, such as ‘US
Legal Methodology’ and ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’,
both offering a lot of practical skills. Next to my required
course program, I also participated in the activities of
‘Law Students for Human Rights’ and the ‘NYU Model United
Nations Society’. In combination with NYU’s rich array of
extra-curricular activities, and the cultural program in
‘the city that never sleeps’, this has not only been an
extraordinarily instructive, but also unique experience. In
completion of this unforgettable year, I will be reinforcing
the Belgian Permanent Mission to the United Nations during
the European Presidency.
Koen HOORNAERT
- Master in Law -
UGent to Georgetown University - L.L.M. in
International Legal Studies
Simon KNAPEN
- Master in Physics -
KUL to Rutgers University – PhD in
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Erik QUAEGHEBEUR
– Civil engeneer in Physics.
- UG to Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh,
Professor Seidenfeld - Post-doc. res. in the
domains of uncertainty modeling, probability theory.
Joris
VANDENDRIESSCHE
–
Master in modern History - KUL
to University of Minnesota – MA in History of Science
and Medecine -
At the University of Minnesota, he studied at
the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology department.
He participated in various research seminars, including the
seminar on methods of research in the history of science (prof.
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt), on early modern medicine (prof.
Jole Shackelford) and on the development of germ theories in
the nineteenth century (prof. Susan Jones). During the
academic year, he also presented his research at the Midwest
Junto for the History of Science in Norman, Oklahoma, and
attended the annual meeting of the American Association for
the History of Medicine (AAHM) in Rochester, Minnesota. His
master’s thesis, supervised by prof. Jennifer Gunn, focused
on the manuscripts of the French surgeon Antoine Pamard
(1763-1827), which are being preserved at the Wangensteen
Library in Minneapolis. The research project examined the
construction of professional identity in the learned culture
of the early nineteenth century. In October 2010, he will
start doctoral research funded by a Ph.D Fellowship of the
Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) at the Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven (KUL) under the supervision of prof.
Kaat Wils. The research project examines nineteenth-century
scientific medicine in an urban context and studies the
scientific practices and urban embedment of medical
societies in Belgium, from 1830 to 1914.
Olivier van der HAEGEN
(Landon T. Clay Fellow) - Graduate of Law - FUSL/UCL - to
University of Chicago - L.L.M. in International and
Corporate law
Vincent WENS
–
PhD in Theoretical Physics
- ULB to Princeton University
- Group of Theoretical Physics - Professor C. Callan
-
My researches focus on
theoretical and mathematical aspects of quantum gauge
theories, which are not only of uttermost importance in high
energy particle physics, but also in string theory and pure
mathematics as well. This web of relationships offers
powerful perspectives and methods to study each of these
areas, and is therefore a major research direction within
theoretical physics. My own researches carried out during
this year concern the generalization of the microscopic
approach to supersymmetric gauge theories, that was
developped during my PhD thesis with F. Ferrari. This is a
first-principle approach based on supersymmetry,
localization and instanton calculus (methods at the origin
of - and inspired by - the connection with mathematics) to
compute exactly certain path integrals. This formalism can
therefore be used to derive exact results (including non-perturbative
and strong coupling effects) in supersymmetric gauge
theories, and check certain special instances of the duality
with strings.
2010-2011
Thomas
BITOUN
(Landon T. Clay Fellow)
- Doctor in Mathemactics - ULB - to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Prof. R.
Bezrukavnikov - Post-doc. res. in Mathematics
An CREPEL
- Doctor in Medical Sciences - KUL - to Scripps
Research Institute - Prof. Nicholas J. Schork -
Post-doc.res.in Pharmacogenomics
Thomas DECLERCK
- Master in law - KUL - naar NYU - L.L.M. in international
law, with particular emphasis on corporate social responsibility
Simon DE STERCKE
- Master of Electromechanical Engineering - UGent
- to Yale University - School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- MS in the field of Energy and Environment
François
JOURET
- Dr. in Medecine, surgery, delivery - UCL - to
Yale University - Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Physiology - Post-doc.res.
in Cellular and Molecular Physiology-Nephrology
Veerle REUMERS
- Dr. in Biomedical sciences - KUL - to Massachusetts general
Hospital - East - Prof. B. Hyman - Post-doc. res. in Medical
Sciences
Daan STRUYEN
- Ingenieur de Gestion - ULB - to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) -
PhD in
Economics/business economics/political economics with spezialisation in
macro-prudential regulation
Julie VAN BOGAERT
- Doctor in linguistics - UGent - to UC Santa
Barbara - Prof. Dr. Sandra Thompson - Post-doc. res. in Linguistics
Bart VAN DER SCHUEREN
- Doctor of Medical Sciences - KUL - to
University of Columbia, New York Obesity Research Center, Prof. dr.
B. Laferrère - Post-doc. res. in Medical Sciences - Endocrinology
Ben VAN ROMPUY
- Doctor in Law - VUB - to Georgetown
University - Law Center - Post-doc. res. in the area
of comparative US/EC antitrust law
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