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Veerle Vandeginste
Associate Professor, KU Leuven Department of Materials Engineering
Veerle Vandeginste graduated as a geologist in 2001 and obtained her PhD degree in Geology in 2006 at KU Leuven. Then, she conducted research at the Geological Survey of Belgium, and subsequently, at CEREGE (Aix-en-Provence, France). She joined the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London in 2009, and in 2012, she started there her own Diagenesis research group as an independent research fellow. In 2015, she was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Nottingham, where she established the Geochemistry research discipline in the School of Chemistry, and was promoted to associate professor in 2020. Since October 2020, she is an associate professor in Materials Engineering at KU Leuven, where she contributes teaching in chemistry and material science, engineering and technology, and research on physical chemistry and behaviour of material interfaces. She received several institutional and international awards, e.g. Arthur Holmes Centenary Research Award, QCCRSC Best poster prize, the Stephen E. Laubach Research in Structural Diagenesis Award, the GDL Foundation Research Fellowship. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Alumni from KU Leuven
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. László Szabó - in group in 2022-2023, currently senior researcher at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan - for recent updates check LinkedIn
PhD researchers
Dr. Xuguang Dai - in group in 2021-2022 as international scholar, and conducting PhD at home institution China University of Mining and Technology, China
Project researchers
Andris Siska - in group in 2021, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Project students
Alexander Terras - in group in 2022-2023, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Riedl Saeys - in group in 2021-2023
Davy Hautekeete - in group in 2022-2023, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Lucas Van De Walle - in group in 2022-2023, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Vic Van Hoecke - in group in 2022-2023, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Joren De Brabander - in group in 2022-2023
Guillaume Koopman - in group in 2022-2023
Tim Mols - in group in 2022-2023
Stef Smet - in group in 2022-2023
Hanne Bielen - in group in 2022-2023, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Tomas Coppitters - in group in 2021-2022, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Ümit Tanrioven - in group in 2021-2022, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Changyuan Shao - in group in 2021-2022
Christo Thomas - in group in 2021-2022, for recent updates check LinkedIn
Jasper Vitse - in group in 2021-2022, currently PhD researcher in the group - for recent updates check LinkedIn
Alumni from University of Nottingham
Postdoctoral researchers
Prof. Yukun Ji - in group in 2019-2021, currently associate professor at the China University of Mining and Technology, China
Dr. Hossein Fazeli - in group in 2019-2020, then postdoctoral research fellow at Heriot-Watt University
PhD researchers
Dr. Grace Belshaw - in group in 2017-2021, she received the Geological Society Geochemistry travel award, the Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium best poster prize, the Royal Society of Chemistry travel grant
Dr. Freya Jones - in group in 2017-2021
Dr. Carla Martín Clavé - in group in 2016-2021, she received the EPSRC CDT Winter School best poster prize, EPSRC CDT Winter School best presentation award
Dr. Tharwat Hassan - in group in 2017-2020, he received a Newton-Mosharafa PhD General Mission Scholarship
Dr. Omamayowa Akele - in group in 2018-2020
Dr. Junjian Zhang - in group in 2019-2020 as international scholar, conducting PhD at home institution China University of Mining and Technology, China, and received a China Scholarship Council grant, currently lecturer at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
Dr. Liang Yue - in group in 2019-2020 as international scholar, conducting PhD at home institution Chengdu University of Technology, China, and received a China Scholarship Council grant
Dr. Yukun Ji - in group in 2017-2018 as international scholar, conducting PhD at home institution China University of Mining and Technology, China and received a China Scholarship Council grant, Outstanding Innovation Scholarship and Doctoral NAtional Scholarship, Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award at CUMT, Excellent Graduate Award at CUMT, Excellent Civil Engineering Graduate Award in Jiangsu Province - he became a postdoctoral researcher in Vandeginste's group in 2019
Project students
Yiming Ding - in group in 2019-2020
Subit Gurung - in group in 2019-2020
Caitlin Walkinshaw - in group in 2019 - 2020, then further study at Imperial College London
Martin Black - in group in 2019, he received a University summer research bursary
Elliot Hocknull - in group in 2019, he received an EPSRC summer research bursary
George Earl in group in 2018-2019
Rayan Fernando - in group in 2018-2019, received a BP summer research award
Harry Potter - in group in 2018-2019, went on to become a PhD student
Andris Siska - in group in 2018-2019
Charlotte Cowan- in group in 2017-2018
Brenda Medrano - in group in 2017
Dr. Grace Belshaw - in group in 2016-2017, she received a Royal Society of Chemistry Water Science Bursary , then became a PhD student in Vandeginste's research group
Imogen Player - in group in 2016-2017, she received a Royal Society of Chemistry Water Science Bursary
Oliver Snell - in group in 2016-2017
Ryan Larder - in group in 2016, he received the best poster prize at the BP summer research project event, and a BP summer research award
Alumni from Imperial College London
PhD researchers
Dr. Julia Beckert - in group in 2012-2016, received an IAS travel award
Kimberley Johnston - joined group in 2012, unfortunately became ill in 2013 and passed away later
Helen Lacey - in group in 2014-2015, received a Janet Watson PhD scholarship, IAS Postgraduate grant, Geologists' Association New Researchers' Scheme grant, Imperial-MIT Global Fellows Programme place, IAS travel award, EAGE/Schlumberger travel award
Project students
Tanguy Racine - in group in 2016-2017
Muhammad Madjid - in group in 2015-2016
Ahron Peskin - in group in 2014-2015
Sarah Feehan - in group in 2014-2015
Victoria Tennant - in group in 2014-2015
Jennifer Quye-Sawyer - in group in 2014-2015, received a BP UROP award, then became a PhD researcher at Imperial College London
Nur Liyana Rafiuddin - in group in 2013-2014
Rowena Gunn - in group in 2013-2014
Graham Tarn-Dyson - in group in 2012-2013
Aurelia Stanculete - in group in 2012-2013
Dr. Harold Bradbury - in group in 2012-2013, then became a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, and subsequently a NERC research fellow at the University of Cambridge, currently assistant professor at the University of British Columbia
Tilden McKean - in group in 2011-2012
Victoria Roblet-Bambridge - in group in 2011-2012
Solomon Akatakpo - in group in 2011-2012
Caroline McGee - in group in 2011-2012
Assylzhan Dauletov - in group in 2010-2011
Sarah Hayes - in group in 2010
interfacial engineering Research (iR) group
Prof. dr. Veerle VandeginsteKU Leuven - BrugesDepartment of Materials EngineeringSurface and Interface Engineered MaterialsContact Prof. Vandeginste