
Timeline
About me
PhD researcher at the Laboratory of Plant Ecology UGent
Education

Klein seminarie roeselare
2009 - 2015
Stedelijke academie voor schone kunsten, roeselare
2003 - 2015
Ghent university
2018 - 2020Master's degree
Ghent university
2015 - 2018Bachelor's degree
Experience

Iaeste
May 2017 - Apr 2018Pr responsible, connect conference organizing team- Leading a PR team, manage social media, ordering merchandise & gadgets.- Logistics.- Contacting sponsors.

Vliz - flanders marine institute
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017Student job flanders marine instituteSTUDENT JOB IN THE DATA CENTER OF THE FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE (VLIZ).Digitization of data, assisting in data management and processing aerial photographs in ArcGIS and QGIS.

Iaeste
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019Events coordinator, connect region management team (corema)- Enhance knowledge sharing and international collaboration.- Advising and supporting the IAESTE Connect Conference 2019 organizing team. Writing Connect Conference Guidelines, a best practices handbook on how to organize the event.- Managing the Workshop Leader Pool: promoting the pool, interviewing applicants, selecting leaders for conference workshops, evaluating leaders.
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Observatoire du sahara et du sahel (oss) sahara and sahel observatory
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018Iaeste internshipMAPPING AND INVENTORY OF PROTECTED AREAS IN THE OSS ZONE OF ACTION.Developing maps of protected areas in 28 African countries, according to the IUCN categories (ArcGIS).

Iaeste
Jun 2019 - now- Leading workshops to train IAESTE members in IAESTE related skills and/or soft skills during international events.- Previous workshops: leadership in IAESTE + training for trainers (25/04,2024 Connect Conference, Chamonix, France), leadership in IAESTE + how to end procrastination (07/10/2023 Central European Convention, Frankfurt, Germany) - Contacting companies and institutions to promote IAESTE and find internship offers.- Arrange accommodation for incoming IAESTE trainees in Ghent.- Organizing social activities for incoming IAESTE trainees in Ghent (weekends, culture events, sports...). - Leading workshops with the guidance of a senior workshop leader, to train IAESTE members in IAESTE related skills and/or soft skills.- Previous workshop topic led: time management and stress handling (15/03/2019, IAESTE Connect Conference, Glasgow, UK), time management and personal effectiveness (15/10/2022, IAESTE Central European Convention, Villach, Austria). - Representing IAESTE Belgium in the Connect Region during monthly representative meetings.- Sharing information about the functioning and activities of IAESTE Belgium.
SENIOR WORKSHOP LEADER
Aug 2023 - nowMEMBER OF LOCAL COMMITTEE GHENT
Mar 2017 - nowJUNIOR WORKSHOP LEADER
Nov 2018 - Aug 2023CONNECT REGION REPRESENTATIVE
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

Waternet
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020Master thesis internQuantifying transpiration of urban trees in Amsterdam: towards a climate proof city.

My sherpa
May 2020 - Jun 2020TutorTutoring a 1st Bachelor student for the course of Scientific Programming (MATLAB).

Ghent university
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022Phd researcherPhD research in the field of ecohydrology and ecophysiology at the Laboratory of Plant Ecology.Research interests: ecohydrology, plant-water relations, electrical resistivity tomography, sap flow measurements.

Research foundation flanders - fwo
Nov 2022 - nowPhd researcherPhD research in the field of ecohydrology and ecophysiology at the Laboratory of Plant Ecology.Research interests: ecohydrology, plant-water relations, electrical resistivity tomography, sap flow measurements.
Licenses & Certifications

Workshop leader certificate
IaesteMar 2019
Praktisch frans 3 - b1 (practical french - level b1)
Uct - ugentMay 2020
Cours de communcation en français (communicating in french - level b2)
Uct - ugentAug 2020- View certificate

Communicating with transparency
LinkedinAug 2020 
Ehbo hulpverlener basiscursus | first aid
Ghent universityMar 2023
Volunteer Experience
Organizing Team Charity Run
Issued by Dwars over de Mandel on Sept 2014
Associated with Elien Naert
Languages
- neNederlands
- enEngels
- frFrans
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