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PhD Ben SCHURGERS

02/02/2016 - 16:00

On February 2nd 2016 Ben Schurgers obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds based on the 3-aminoazpinone scaffold for broad screening purposes in medicinal chemistry
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Guido Verniest

Ir. Ing. Sam Wouters wins 2nd Poster Award at HTC-14

31/01/2016 - 16:45

Ir. Ing. Sam Wouters (promotor: Prof. Dr. Sebastiaan Eeltink) received the “2nd Poster Award” at the 14th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology (HTC-14) in Ghent, Belgium, for a contribution entitled “Optimization of Microfluidic Membrane Suppressor Designs for Ion-Exchange Chromatography: Characterization and Hyphenation with On-Chip Conductivity Detection”.

PhD SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María

22/01/2016 - 17:00

On January 22th 2015 SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci for the development of quality and safety during meat fermentation
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy

PhD Lionel BRAYEUR

19/01/2016 - 16:00

On January 19th 2016 Brayeur Lionel obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Search for High-Energy Neutrinos Associated with Long Gamma Ray Bursts using the IceCube Detector
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Nick Van Eijndhoven

ERC starting grant awarded to Prof. Wim De Malsche

13/01/2016 - 10:15

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel received 3 European Research Council starting Grants. Prof. Wim De Malsche was awarded for Exploiting Vortices to Suppress Dispersion and Reach New Separation Power Boundaries.

Francqui Chair Stefaan Vaes

11/01/2016 - 10:30

Professor Stefaan Vaes will take up the Francqui Chair 2015-2016 at the Department of Mathematics, VUB.
Stefaan Vaes is professor of mathematics at the KU Leuven and is an expert in von Neumann algebras and ergodic actions. In 2015 he obtained the prestigious Francqui prize.
Inaugural lecture: Classification of von Neumann algebras and their quantum symmetries - Monday 22 February 2016 at 18:00.

PhD Zino BOISDENGHIEN

18/12/2015 - 16:00

On Friday 18th December 2015 Zino Boisdenghien obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The Linear Response Function in Conceptual Density Functional Theory: Fundamental Aspects and Applications to Atoms
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Paul Geerlings, Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft and Dr. Stijn Fias

PhD Sara Rottey

16/12/2015 - 15:00

On December 16 2015 Sara Rottey obtained the academic degree of DOCTOR IN SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis:

Characterising substructures of finite projective spaces

Promotors: Dr. Geertrui Van de Voorde, Prof. Dr. Philippe Cara and Prof. Dr. Leo Storme

Joint Phd with Universiteit Gent

PhD San HADŽI

10/12/2015 - 17:00

On December 10th, 2015 San HADŽI obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and thermodynamic basic of transcription regulation of the higBA2 toxin-antitoxin module from Vibrio cholerae
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. Remy Loris & Prof. Dr. Jurij Lah
Joint PhD with the University of Ljubljana

PhD Nadia VAN ROOSBROEK

10/12/2015 - 10:00

On December 10, 2015 Nadia Van Roosbroek obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:

The record of primitive IIE meteorites: Implications for the formation of silicate-bearing iron meteorites

Joint PhD between Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université Libre de Bruxelles

Promotors: Prof. Vinciane Debaille and Prof. Philippe Claeys

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