Prof. David Alsteens

Our Team

Meet Our Scientists

Principal investigator

Prof. Dr. David Alsteens

Senior Research Associate (F.R.S.-FNRS)

WELRI-Welbio Principal Investigator

Professor UCLouvain

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

E-mail: david.alsteens@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.98

Postdocs

Dr. Federico Amadei

Postdoctoral researcher (ERC)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: federico.amadei@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Irem Demir

Postdoctoral fellow of the FNRS

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: irem.demir@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Telmo Manuel Oliveira Paiva

Postdoctoral researcher

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: telmo.oliveira@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Natalia Martin Gonzalez

Postdoctoral fellow of the FNRS

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: natalia.martin@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Victor Gisbert

Postdoctoral fellow of the FNRS

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: victor.gisbert@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. David Gomes

Postdoctoral researcher (FSR-UCLouvain)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: david.boaventura@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Joshua Simpson

Postdoctoral fellow of the FNRS

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: joshua.simpson@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.30.61

Dr. Valentina Carrasco

Postdoctoral Researcher (ERC)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: valentina.carrasco@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Dr. Valentine Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher (Fondation contre le Cancer)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: valentine-lanting.wang@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Dr. Manorama Dey

Postdoctoral Researcher 

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: manorama.dey@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

PhD Students

Romain Deschryver

PhD Student (FRIA)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: romain.deschryver@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.86.63

Sarah Mannaert

PhD Student (FRIA)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: sarah.mannaert@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.86.63

Savannah Eeckhout

PhD student (FNRS)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: savannah.eeckhout@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.86.63

Paloma Oncina-Gil

PhD student (FRIA)

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: paloma.oncina-gil@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.86.63

Bhanupriya Panigrahi

PhD student

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: bhanupriya.panigrahi@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.86.63

Deven Rubens

PhD Student

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: deven.rubens@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Maria Rodriguez Muera

PhD student

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: ma.rodriguez@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Master students

Camille Lemmens

Student in Bio-engineering

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: camille.lemmens@student.uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Florian Grandmont

MSc student in Biological Sciences

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: florian.grandmont@student.uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Staff

Lucie Chanel

Secretary

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: lucie.chanel@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Sylvie Derclaye

AFM & lab technician

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: sylvie.derclaye@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.35.88

Amélie Deleau

Lab technician: Biomol-FACS-BioImager-BLI-Cell culture

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: amelie.deleau@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.27.25

Kimberley Durlet

Lab technician: Biomol-FACS-BioImager-BLI

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: kimberley.durlet@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.27.25

Véronique Lebrun

Accounts Manager

Place Croix du Sud 4-5, bte L7.07.07 1348 Louvain-La Neuve Belgium

E-mail: veronique.lebrun@uclouvain.be

Tel. + 32 (0)10/47.28.20

Alumni

Dr. Martin Delguste

PhD student 2015-2021

Dr. Andra Dumitru

Postdoc 2016-2021 (Move-in Louvain and CR FNRS)

Dr. Maricruz Fernandez

Postdoc 2019-2022 (CR FNRS)

Dr. Melanie Koehler

Postdoc 2017-2022 (CR FNRS)

Dr. Benjamin Ledoux

PhD Student 2018-2023 (FRIA)

Dr. Cristina Lo Giudice

Postdoc 2017-2020 (EMBO long-term postdoc)

Dr. Danahe Mohammed

Postdoc 2019-2022

Dr. Simon Petitjean

PhD student 2019-2023 (Asp FNRS)

Dr. Jinsung Yang

Postdoc 2017-2022

Dr. Qingrong Zhang

PhD 2019-2023

Dr. Rita Natividade

PhD 2019-2024

Dr. Ankita Ray

Postdoc 2021-2024

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