Educated as an Organic Chemist at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (1997-2001), PhD thesis awarded by the Catholic University of Louvain (2001-2006) in the field of total synthesis of biologically active natural alkaloids, under the supervision of Prof. I.E. Markó. One year post-doctoral stay in the Netherlands (2006-2007, Groningen), in the field of nanotechnologies and surface chemistry under the supervision of recently awarded Nobel prize Prof. B. Feringa.
Short experience as Project Manager in a small biotech company (Unibioscreen, Bruxelles, Belgium) in the field of extraction and modification of anticancer molecules. Three years as Process improvement team leader at UCB Pharma (2008-2010, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium) improving the chemical production of active pharmaceutical ingredients at lab-, pilot- and industrial scale. Join DIAsource Immunoassays in 2010 as R&D and Industrialization Project Manager, working on the development and lifecycle management of immunoassays with a strong focus on Vitamin D assays, then move to the current position in early 2014 supporting the DIAsource Vitamin D segment for all scientific and technical aspects.