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The Belgian American Education Foundation, Inc. (B.A.E.F.) is also created by Emile FRANCQUI. The Francqui Foundation works together with the Belgian American Education Foundation, Inc.(B.A.E.F.) in its program of grants for young Belgians who wish to complete their education at an American University. The Francqui Foundation provides the necessary funds to make it possible for (actually ten) Belgians, chosen from among the most promising candidates selected by the B.A.E.F., to stay for one year in the United States. * * *
The grant holder selected from de Francqui
Foundation 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. 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 1997-1998
Christophe COUVREUR - Civil engineer
electrican - UCL to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -
Statistical Signal and
Array Processing (SSAP) 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 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 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
2001-2002 Paul-Olivier DEHAYE - Graduate mathematics - ULB to Princeton University - Pure mathematics
Eva-Maria ERAUW
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Graduate of law - UGent to Harvard University -
Corporate Law Jan VRANCKX – Chirurgien reconstructif - KUL to Brigham hospital - Harvard Medical School à Boston - Tissue engineering and gene therapy for wound repair
2002-2003
Wim
VANDENBERGHE – Doctor of medecine,
surgery and delivery - KUL
to University of California, San Francisco - Stargazin en het neuronaal transport van
ampa-receptoren 2003-2004
Stéphanie BIJTTEBIER –
Graduate of Literature - Ugent to Boston University - PhD in American literature,
investigating the connection between American Literature and
regionalism 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. 2005-2006
Christian BEHRENT –
Graduate of Law - ULg
to Univesity of Yale
Cedric VOLANTI – Graduate of Animal Biology
Sciences - ULg to Harvard University
2006-2007
Lieven VANDERVEKEN – Doctor
Neuroscience/Neurobiology - KUL 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.
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’. 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
An SAVEYN
–
Bio
Ingeneer in Agronomy - UGent to UC Berkeley,
Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry – Post-doc. research in
Physiological plant ecology 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 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 Teddy Seidenfeld - Post-doc. res. in the
domains of uncertainty modeling, probability theory.My
research focuses on the development and the use of theories
for modeling uncertainty that are more expressive than the
classical theories of probability. The aim is to create
tools that allow for imprecision in probabilistic inference
and indeterminacy in decision making when the available
information is insufficient to obtain precise inferences and
unique decisions. At Carnegie Mellon's Department of
Philosophy, I benefited from Teddy Seidenfeld's extensive
experience in this specific domain, decision making, and the
foundations of statistics. The interaction with the other
members of the department opened my eyes to the connections
with social choice theory and formal epistemology. During my
stay, my research focused on finitary characterizations of
coherence for lower previsions (resulting in a paper
presented at the Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
conference), desirability (resulting in a book chapter),
state classification for imprecise Markov chains, and
completely monotone outer approximations of lower previsions.
Other professional activities included my duties as
secretary of the Society for Imprecise Probability: Theories
and Applications, and co-organizing a workshop at Columbia
University, New York City. I obtained a postdoctoral
research position at Ghent University that starts October
1st, 2010. 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 - He spent the academic year 2009-2010 at the University of Chicago, where he obtained the degree of Masters of Laws (LL.M.). Unlike most law schools in the US, the University of Chicago Law School does not offer specialized LL.M. programs in particular fields of law. The class of foreign students is rather small, and each of them is invited to choose courses in the wide curriculum offered to American law students, allowing a tailor-made and individualized academic experience. Olivier studied the federal regulation of securities, took classes on corporate control, business transactions, and followed a seminar on international financial regulation and legal aspects of the financial crisis (the latter was given by Kenneth Dam, former Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury). He completed this education by taking courses related to both litigation and legal theory. He was introduced to the theory and practice of American class actions, he wrote a research paper in the field of international commercial arbitration, and he interested himself in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence (taught, amongst others, by Franco-American professor Bernard Harcourt). He is a trainee at the Brussels Bar and works for the litigation and arbitration department of Linklaters in Brussels. 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 Thomas DECLERCK - Master in law - KUL - naar NYU - L.L.M. in international law, with particular emphasis on corporate social responsibility - I have had the privilege of studying at New York University (NYU) from August 2010 until May 2011, and obtaining a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies. Needless to say, studying as well as living in New York has been a truly extra-ordinary experience. NYU Law carried my particular preference, for its outstanding reputation in the field of international law as well as for its innovative approach to it, and it has never ceased to amaze me. By constantly encouraging reflection and debate with academics and practicioners “from the field”, as well as among students themselves, NYU did not just enhance my understanding of international law, it has drastically changed many of my (mis)perceptions of it. Throughout the year, the university and its rich array of extra-curricular activites has exposed me to people and ideas that continue to challenge the narrative. Through courses such as “The Law of International Organizations”, “Law and Practice of the United Nations”, “Constitutional Law of War and Foreign Affairs” and “International Trade Law: the Law of the WTO and NAFTA”, I believe to have acquired a critical comprehension of international law, better understanding international law within the global arena as well as within the US domestic sphere; perceiving its strengths, weaknesses and its often surprisingly vast potentials for abuse. In some of those courses, such as an intimate seminar on the United Nations, I have had the exceptional opportunity to be supervised in own academic writing by eminent practicioners, all bringing in their own experience from the diplomatic and international legal field. In making my choice for NYU, I was strongly attracted by the flexibility it offers in its academic programs, allowing every student to shape his own academic experience. This has allowed me to supplement my program, specialized in the study of international law, with skill-oriented courses such as “Alternative Dispute Resolution” or “International Litigation”. In the latter, I have had the opportunity to brief, argue and judge a simulated case in human rights litigation, together with fellow students from all over the world, and assisted by international experts in the field. At the same time, other courses have brought me the substantive knowledge of legal disciplines previously unknown to me, such as “International Business Transactions”, “Admiralty Law”, and the law of counter-terrorism and preventive detention. NYU really is, as its pledges to say, a university in and of the city, and in and of the world. By offering an unprecedented array of opportunities and activities outside the university’s walls, be it related to the practice of international law or not, it has made discovering the “city that never sleeps” all the more attractive. Living within a community that is so diverse, I have met people from all over the world, some of whom I can now call true friends. I am very thankful to the Francqui Foundation for offering me the opportunity to live such an unforgettable year, and am proud to call myself a Franqui Fellow. 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 - I had the privilege to start my PhD in economics while being a BAEF Francqui Fellow. This fellowship has allowed me to acquire deeper knowledge in economics during classes, to meet inspiring classmates and to launch several projects (on the role of government in managing liquidity and solvency of the financial sector) in the US, the UK, Belgium and Germany. The primary objective of the 1st year is to acquire extensive skills in micro-, and macroeconomics and statistics as the starting point for efficient later research. I also took field classes in Behavioral, International and Public Economics. In January I contributed to the project “Carry Trade & The Implied Volatility Puzzle” of Ricardo Caballero (the MIT Ford International Professor of Economics and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences). In the spring I discovered the astonishing availability and energy of the MIT faculty to think about students’ research. During discussions with Antoinette Schoar (the Michael Koerner '49 Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance) and Michael Greenstone (the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics and former Chief Economist of President’s Obama Council of Economic Advisers), I launched the project “Leverage & deadweight losses: Belgium’s allowance for corporate equity experiment”. In this project I would like to estimate the financial instability cost to society that governments cause by sponsoring debt by using a natural experiment. Over the summer François Koulischer (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and I initiated the project “Central Bank Liquidity Auctions and Collateral Quality”. In this project Ivan Werning (The MIT Professor of macro-economics listed as one of the top 8 young economists in the world by The Economist) and Estelle Cantillon (FNRS Research Associate at ECARES) provided us with advice. François and I examine if central banks should accept low-quality collateral when lending to banks. We also study how central banks might eventually do this optimally (i.e. at which interest rates and at which haircuts). To benefit from the experience of experts at Central Banks, François and I stayed at Oxford University (with Prof. Paul Klemperer - who designed the Bank of England’s product mix auction) as well as in Frankfurt at the European Central Bank. 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 2011-2012 Annelies ANDRIES - Master musicology - KUL - to Yale University - PhD in Musicology or Music History - early Italian Opera Géraldine BRICHANT (Francqui Collen Fellow) - Dr. in Biomedical Sciences - ULg - to Yale University Dept.of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility - Prof. Taylor - Post-doc. res. on Endometriosis, a gynaecologic condition
Malika DEKKICHE
(Francqui Collen Fellow) - Doctorat
en Langues et Littérature - ULg Laurence DELLE VIGNE - Dr. in Medicine - UCL - to Scripps Research Institute - Prof. Brunhilde Felding-Habermann - Post-doc. res. in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Thomas DERMINE - Bachelor in Political Sciences - ULB - to Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government - M. Sc. in Public Policy, in Public Administration Jean-Marc LASSANGE (Francqui Collen Fellow) - Dr. - ULB - to Harvard University Dept.of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Prof. E. Hoekstra - Post-doc. res. in Biological sciences, evolutionary biology and neurosciences Thomas MARICHAL (Francqui Collen Fellow) - Dr. en Médecine Vétérinaire - ULg - to Stanford University - Medical Center, dept. of Pathology - Prof. Stephen Galli - Post-doc. res. in Immunology, whith special emphasis on innate immune cell biology and allergy Stephanie PLANCHE - Dr. in Political and Social Sciences - UCL - to Columbia University - Institute for the Study of Human Rights - Prof. E. Barkan - Post-doc. res. in International Relations Jordi QUOIDBACH (Francqui Collen Fellow) - Dr. in Psychological Sciences - ULg - to Harvard Univesity Dept. of Psychology - Prof. D. Gilbert - Post-doc. res. in Hedonic Psychology Cédric ROLIN - PhD en Sciences de l'ingénieur - UCL - to University of Michigan - Optoelectronic Components and Materials - Prof. S. Forrest - Post-doc. res. in Material Sciences in the field of Organic Vapor Phase Deposition Barbara VINCK - Master English-latin - UGent - to Columbia University - PhD in Latin
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