Fantastic people have worked at AMGC and went on to great careers all over the world Gone but for sure not forgotten FORMER TEAM MEMBERS Tom Boonants PhD March 2025 Former teammembers Email address Tom.Boonants@vub.be Telephone +32456173204 Dr. Giorgio Arriga PhD 2025, jointly with University Roma Tre, now Post-doc Univ. Roma Tre Former teammembers Prof. Dr. Niels de Winter Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address n.j.de.winter@vu.nl Telephone +31-6-3444-3433 Zhuangsen Wang PhD student 2023-2024 funded China Scholarship Council, now at China University of Mining & Technology Former teammembers Tianhui Ma PhD March 2024 now lecturer Hulunbeir University in China Former teammembers Maia Stewart Internship Summer 2024, now back at Dartmouth, NH Former teammembers Email address maia.l.stewart.25@dartmouth.edu Dr. Marion Peral Post-doc 2020-2024, now CNRS researcher, Université de Bordeaux Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address marion.peral@u-bordeaux.fr Dr. Flore Van Maldeghem PhD 2024, now working at Royal Observatory of Belgium Former teammembers Dr. Emese Vegh Post-doc 2023-2024, now Post-doc University of Vienna Former teammembers Dr. Kevin Rey Post-doctoral researcher 2021-2024 now at Univ. de Lyon Former teammembers Nicolas Dartiguemalle Former Visiting researcher for 2024 Master thesis Former teammembers Ajay Valiyaveettil Salimkumar Former Visiting researcher for 2024 Master thesis, now PhD student Univ. Viterbo, IT Former teammembers Inés Llopart Babot PhD 2024 now scientific research by Scientific Researcher TrisKem International Former teammembers Dr. Dina Cabrita Post doc 2023-2024, now Rock Geochemist at GeoSphere Austria Former teammembers Jérôme Roland Joint PhD ULB - VUB 2024 Former teammembers Dr. Carlos Leónidas Leiva Former Post-doc 2021-2023 now works for ENABEL Former teammembers Dr. Rhy McMillan Post doc 2020-2023, now Assistant Professor Dept. of Earth Science, Vancouver Island University, BC, Canada Former teammembers Email address Rhy.McMillan@viu.ca Dr. Lawrence Percival Post-doc FWO 2017-2023 now Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Former teammembers Dr. Rebecca Doyle Post doc 2021-23, now Hydrochemist at Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Former teammembers Email address rebeccamarydoyle@gmail.com Melissa Samaes PhD student Former teammembers Email address Melissa.Samaes@vub.be Jordi Sans Duno PhD July 2023 jointly with University of Lleida, Spain Former teammembers Dr Katerina Rodiouchkina PhD 2023 Joint with Univ. Ghent, now Post-doc Lulea University, Sweden Former teammembers Dr. Mingyue Luo PhD April 2023, now Assistant Professor at School of Chemistry, Liaoning Normal University, China Former teammembers Email address luomingyuesharon@outlook.com Dr. Ryoga Maeda PhD March 2023, now research scientist at JAMSTEC in Yokohama, Japan Former teammembers Email address maedar@jamstec.go.jp Dr. Christina Makarona PhD Feb. 2023 - Now Project Coordinator European Schoolnet Former teammembers Email address christinamakarona@gmail.com Dr Sarah Dalle PhD Feb. 2023, now scientific collaborator at Atlantikwall Raversyde in Ostend Former teammembers Email address sarah.dalle@west-vlaanderen.be Dr. Marta Marchegiano Post-Doc 2020-2023 now Researcher Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute, University of Granada, Spain Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address martamarchegiano@ugr.es Dr. Giacomo Capuzzo Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow Università di Trento, Italy Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Dr. Christina Cheung Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Former teammembers Email address christina.t.t.cheung@gmail.com Dr. Imke Boonen PhD 2022 Former teammembers Dr Sietze de Graaff PhD 2022 - Knowledge group leader microstructure & surface characterization, Tata Steel, Europe Former teammembers Email address sietzedegraaff@hotmail.com Dr. My Tran Thi Ai Former teammembers Dr Ehab Abdulbur Alfakhoury PhD 2021 now at Univ. Antwerpen Former teammembers Prof. Dr. Johan Vellekoop Research Professor RBINS & KULeuven Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address johan.vellekoop@kuleuven.be Wang Jianpeng Former visiting PhD student funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC) Former teammembers DR. Benjamin Jentgen PhD 2022, jointly VUB - ULg - now at Universoil Former teammembers Email address bjentgen@alumni.ulg.ac.be Prof. Dr. Kevin Salesse Assistant Professor Masaryk University Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address k.salesse@sci.muni.cz Dr. Fiona Karen Thiessen Post-doc 2019-2021, now at ESA in Noordwijk NL Former teammembers Dr Bastien Soens PhD 2021, Expert hydro-geologist at Pidpa Former teammembers Email address Bastien.Soens@pidpa.be Dr. Ines Tomašek Post-Doc 2018-2021 - Now: Researcher Univ. de Clermont-Ferrand Former teammembers Email address ines.tomasek@uca.fr Dr. Sebastiaan Van de Velde PhD 2018 - Lecturer in Marine Chemistry, University of Otago Former teammembers Email address sebastiaan.vandevelde@otago.ac.nz Dr. Annelies Van Heyst PhD 2021 - now at Primoris-Belgium Former teammembers Dr. Hailong Zhang Post-Doc 2021 Former teammembers Stefaan Bruylandt Administration manager Former teammembers Dr. Alexandra Rodler Post-Doc 2019-2020, now Professor at Austrian Academy of Sciences Former teammembers Prof. Dr. François Fripiat Post-Doc 2014-2017, Professor Paleoceanography & Glaciology ULB Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address francois.fripiat@ulb.be Prof. Dr. Matthias Sinnesael PhD 2020 - Assistant Professor Trinity College Dublin Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address sinnesam@tcd.ie Dr. Huan Cui Post-Doc 2018 - 2020 - Assistant professor Kansas State University, USA Former teammembers Dr. Arne Bratkič Scientific Associate, Marine Biology Station, Slovenia Former teammembers Dr. Koen Stein FWO Post-doc 2014-2020, now Working at MARCOM VUB Former teammembers Dr. Genyffer C. Troina PhD 2019 - Post-doc at University of British Columbia Former teammembers Email address g.troina@oceans.ubc.ca Dr. Marek Reichstadter PhD 2020 - Project manager MERCI, Czechia Former teammembers Dr. Matthias Van Ginneken Post-Doc 2016 - 2019 - Post-doctoral researcher at Univ. of Kent Former teammembers Dr. Wei Guo Post-Doc 2017-19 - Prof. Southern Univ. Science & Tech. Former teammembers Dr. Alicia Van Ham-Meert PhD 2019 - FNRS Researcher at ULB Former teammembers Email address alicia.vanham@skynet.be Dr. Ugo Marzocchi Post-Doc 2017 - 2018 - Assist. Prof. Aarhus Univeristy, Denmark Former teammembers Dr. Kersten Van Langenhove Post-Doc 2015-18 - VUB Research & Grant Officer Former teammembers Email address Kersten.Van.Langenhove@vub.be Telephone 026292152 Dr. Stef Vansteenberge PhD 2018, A+E Consult, Kortrijk Former teammembers Email address stef.vansteenberge@gmail.com Dr. Kevin De Bondt PhD 2018 - Technical Advisor Water, BRUGEL, Brussels Former teammembers Email address kevdebondt@hotmail.com Dr. Guido Petrucci Post-Doc 2014 - 2017 - Prolog Ingénierie, Paris Former teammembers Email address guido.petrucci@gmail.com Dr. Arnout Roukaerts PhD 2018. Now Project Assistant at Fluves Former teammembers Claire Mourgues Lab Specialist 2013 - 2016 - Inst. of Marine Research, Norway Former teammembers Prof Zhao Xueqin Visiting Professor 2016 - 2017 Former teammembers Email address zxqch@sina.com Telephone +32-2-650 2238 Dr. Casimir Harerimana Visiting Scholar supported by Scholar at Risk program Former teammembers Email address Casimir.Harerimana@vub.be Dr. Stepan Chernonozhkin PhD 2016 - Senior Scientist at Leoben University Austria Former teammembers Email address stepan.chernonozhkin@unileoben.ac.at Dr. Seann Mckibbin Post-Doc 2013 - 2017 - Researcher Australian National University Former teammembers Email address seann.mckibbin@anu.edu.au Prof. Pierre-Jean Superville Post-Doc 2015 - 2017 - Assistant Professor, Univ. de Lille Former teammembers Email address pierre-jean.superville@univ-lille1.fr Dr. Filippo Bertozzo Post-doc Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science Former teammembers Email address filippo.bertozzo@gmail.com Dr. Debany Fonseca Batista PhD 2017 - Research Associate, Dalhousie Univ. Halifax Former teammembers Dr. Sam De Craemer PhD 2017 - VIB/KULeuven Metabolomics Expertise Center Former teammembers Email address sam.decraemer@gmail.com Prof. Lidia Pittarello Post-Doc 2013-16 - Scientist Natural History Museum Vienna Former teammembers Email address lidia.pittarello@univie.ac.at Dr. Yoshihiro Hidaka Post-Doc 2013 - 2016 - Assist. Prof. at Waseda University Former teammembers Karen Goeyens In memorium 2016 Former teammembers Prof. Matthew S. Huber Post-Doc 2013 - 2015 now Prof. University of Western Cape South Africa Former teammembers Email address mhuber@uwc.ac.za Dr. Joke Belza PhD 2015 - Post-doc at Ghent University Former teammembers Email address joke.belza@ugent.be Tom Goosse Researcher 2013 - 2015 - Researcher Ghent University Former teammembers Email address tpegoosse@gmail.com Dr. Nolwenn Lemaitre PhD 2015 - Post-doctoral researcher at LEGOS, Toulouse Former teammembers Email address nolwenn.lemaitre@legos.obs-mip.fr Dr. Nadia Van Roosbroek PhD 2015 - FOD Internal Affairs Former teammembers Prof. David De Vleeschouwer PhD 2014 - Professor for Earth System, University of Muenster Former teammembers Email address ddevlees@uni-muenster.de Dr. Maité Van Rampelbergh PhD 2014 - Spokesperson to Mayor of Brussels Former teammembers Email address maite.van.rampelbergh@hotmail.com Dr. Virginie Renson PhD 2012 - Research scientist, University of Missouri Former teammembers Prof. Filip Meysman Assist. Prof. 2008 - 2009 - Prof. University of Antwerpen Former teammembers
Tom Boonants PhD March 2025 Former teammembers Email address Tom.Boonants@vub.be Telephone +32456173204
Dr. Giorgio Arriga PhD 2025, jointly with University Roma Tre, now Post-doc Univ. Roma Tre Former teammembers
Prof. Dr. Niels de Winter Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address n.j.de.winter@vu.nl Telephone +31-6-3444-3433
Zhuangsen Wang PhD student 2023-2024 funded China Scholarship Council, now at China University of Mining & Technology Former teammembers
Maia Stewart Internship Summer 2024, now back at Dartmouth, NH Former teammembers Email address maia.l.stewart.25@dartmouth.edu
Dr. Marion Peral Post-doc 2020-2024, now CNRS researcher, Université de Bordeaux Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address marion.peral@u-bordeaux.fr
Ajay Valiyaveettil Salimkumar Former Visiting researcher for 2024 Master thesis, now PhD student Univ. Viterbo, IT Former teammembers
Inés Llopart Babot PhD 2024 now scientific research by Scientific Researcher TrisKem International Former teammembers
Dr. Rhy McMillan Post doc 2020-2023, now Assistant Professor Dept. of Earth Science, Vancouver Island University, BC, Canada Former teammembers Email address Rhy.McMillan@viu.ca
Dr. Lawrence Percival Post-doc FWO 2017-2023 now Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Former teammembers
Dr. Rebecca Doyle Post doc 2021-23, now Hydrochemist at Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Former teammembers Email address rebeccamarydoyle@gmail.com
Dr Katerina Rodiouchkina PhD 2023 Joint with Univ. Ghent, now Post-doc Lulea University, Sweden Former teammembers
Dr. Mingyue Luo PhD April 2023, now Assistant Professor at School of Chemistry, Liaoning Normal University, China Former teammembers Email address luomingyuesharon@outlook.com
Dr. Ryoga Maeda PhD March 2023, now research scientist at JAMSTEC in Yokohama, Japan Former teammembers Email address maedar@jamstec.go.jp
Dr. Christina Makarona PhD Feb. 2023 - Now Project Coordinator European Schoolnet Former teammembers Email address christinamakarona@gmail.com
Dr Sarah Dalle PhD Feb. 2023, now scientific collaborator at Atlantikwall Raversyde in Ostend Former teammembers Email address sarah.dalle@west-vlaanderen.be
Dr. Marta Marchegiano Post-Doc 2020-2023 now Researcher Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute, University of Granada, Spain Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address martamarchegiano@ugr.es
Dr. Giacomo Capuzzo Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow Università di Trento, Italy Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers
Dr. Christina Cheung Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Former teammembers Email address christina.t.t.cheung@gmail.com
Dr Sietze de Graaff PhD 2022 - Knowledge group leader microstructure & surface characterization, Tata Steel, Europe Former teammembers Email address sietzedegraaff@hotmail.com
Prof. Dr. Johan Vellekoop Research Professor RBINS & KULeuven Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address johan.vellekoop@kuleuven.be
Wang Jianpeng Former visiting PhD student funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC) Former teammembers
DR. Benjamin Jentgen PhD 2022, jointly VUB - ULg - now at Universoil Former teammembers Email address bjentgen@alumni.ulg.ac.be
Prof. Dr. Kevin Salesse Assistant Professor Masaryk University Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address k.salesse@sci.muni.cz
Dr Bastien Soens PhD 2021, Expert hydro-geologist at Pidpa Former teammembers Email address Bastien.Soens@pidpa.be
Dr. Ines Tomašek Post-Doc 2018-2021 - Now: Researcher Univ. de Clermont-Ferrand Former teammembers Email address ines.tomasek@uca.fr
Dr. Sebastiaan Van de Velde PhD 2018 - Lecturer in Marine Chemistry, University of Otago Former teammembers Email address sebastiaan.vandevelde@otago.ac.nz
Dr. Alexandra Rodler Post-Doc 2019-2020, now Professor at Austrian Academy of Sciences Former teammembers
Prof. Dr. François Fripiat Post-Doc 2014-2017, Professor Paleoceanography & Glaciology ULB Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address francois.fripiat@ulb.be
Prof. Dr. Matthias Sinnesael PhD 2020 - Assistant Professor Trinity College Dublin Former teammembers Visiting & international researchers Email address sinnesam@tcd.ie
Dr. Huan Cui Post-Doc 2018 - 2020 - Assistant professor Kansas State University, USA Former teammembers
Dr. Genyffer C. Troina PhD 2019 - Post-doc at University of British Columbia Former teammembers Email address g.troina@oceans.ubc.ca
Dr. Matthias Van Ginneken Post-Doc 2016 - 2019 - Post-doctoral researcher at Univ. of Kent Former teammembers
Dr. Alicia Van Ham-Meert PhD 2019 - FNRS Researcher at ULB Former teammembers Email address alicia.vanham@skynet.be
Dr. Kersten Van Langenhove Post-Doc 2015-18 - VUB Research & Grant Officer Former teammembers Email address Kersten.Van.Langenhove@vub.be Telephone 026292152
Dr. Stef Vansteenberge PhD 2018, A+E Consult, Kortrijk Former teammembers Email address stef.vansteenberge@gmail.com
Dr. Kevin De Bondt PhD 2018 - Technical Advisor Water, BRUGEL, Brussels Former teammembers Email address kevdebondt@hotmail.com
Dr. Guido Petrucci Post-Doc 2014 - 2017 - Prolog Ingénierie, Paris Former teammembers Email address guido.petrucci@gmail.com
Prof Zhao Xueqin Visiting Professor 2016 - 2017 Former teammembers Email address zxqch@sina.com Telephone +32-2-650 2238
Dr. Casimir Harerimana Visiting Scholar supported by Scholar at Risk program Former teammembers Email address Casimir.Harerimana@vub.be
Dr. Stepan Chernonozhkin PhD 2016 - Senior Scientist at Leoben University Austria Former teammembers Email address stepan.chernonozhkin@unileoben.ac.at
Dr. Seann Mckibbin Post-Doc 2013 - 2017 - Researcher Australian National University Former teammembers Email address seann.mckibbin@anu.edu.au
Prof. Pierre-Jean Superville Post-Doc 2015 - 2017 - Assistant Professor, Univ. de Lille Former teammembers Email address pierre-jean.superville@univ-lille1.fr
Dr. Filippo Bertozzo Post-doc Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science Former teammembers Email address filippo.bertozzo@gmail.com
Dr. Sam De Craemer PhD 2017 - VIB/KULeuven Metabolomics Expertise Center Former teammembers Email address sam.decraemer@gmail.com
Prof. Lidia Pittarello Post-Doc 2013-16 - Scientist Natural History Museum Vienna Former teammembers Email address lidia.pittarello@univie.ac.at
Prof. Matthew S. Huber Post-Doc 2013 - 2015 now Prof. University of Western Cape South Africa Former teammembers Email address mhuber@uwc.ac.za
Dr. Joke Belza PhD 2015 - Post-doc at Ghent University Former teammembers Email address joke.belza@ugent.be
Tom Goosse Researcher 2013 - 2015 - Researcher Ghent University Former teammembers Email address tpegoosse@gmail.com
Dr. Nolwenn Lemaitre PhD 2015 - Post-doctoral researcher at LEGOS, Toulouse Former teammembers Email address nolwenn.lemaitre@legos.obs-mip.fr
Prof. David De Vleeschouwer PhD 2014 - Professor for Earth System, University of Muenster Former teammembers Email address ddevlees@uni-muenster.de
Dr. Maité Van Rampelbergh PhD 2014 - Spokesperson to Mayor of Brussels Former teammembers Email address maite.van.rampelbergh@hotmail.com
