Industry:
1/2007 - present: VP Laboratory Operations: Support
research programs. Manage work flow in laboratories. Supervise ISO certified
laboratory.
Oncomethylome Sciences, Liege, Belgium
8/2003-12/2006: R&D Director: Development of gene
methylation tests for early cancer detection (prostate, colon, bladder, cervix,
breast, lung) and personalized treatment decisions. Development of experimental
plans to move research programs forward. Prepare SOPs and conduct validation
studies. Supervise research Ph.D.s and research associates.
Oncomethylome Sciences, Liege, Belgium
8/2002-7/2003: Senior Scientist / Group Leader ADMET: Assay
development for pre-clinical drug development, transfer of well-researched
content onto in-house platform, predictive gene expression studies
PamGene International, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
10/2001-7/2002: R&D Manager Europe: Group leader
of R&D activities and key account manager of customer collaborations (incl.
microarray data analysis and mining using advanced bioinformatics tools)
Phase-1 BioResearch, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
10/2000-9/2001: Scientist: Plan, organize and conduct
research in the field of molecular toxicology, coordinate projects with customers
(incl. analyzing results and writing scientific reports and presenting results
to customers)
Phase-1 BioResearch, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
7/1994-9/1994: Summer student position: Maintained records
of environmental certificates for national soil quality databases
BIO-DATA GmbH, Giessen, Germany
1/1994-3/1994: Production assistant: Involved in production
of storage units for laboratory equipment and product packaging for specialized
equipment for the hearing impaired and orthodontic equipment (practicum)
FWK (medical technique centre), Koelleda, Germany
7/1993-9/1993: Laboratory assistant: Heavy metal analysis
on soil and waste water samples by AAS, measurement of oil content of rape
and sunflower seeds by NMR (practicum)
BIO-DATA GmbH, Giessen, Germany
Academia:
6/2000-9/2000: PostDoc: Analysis of telomerase activity
in adenovirus transformed fibroblasts, development of quantitative methods
to analyze telomere length and its application in cancer
University of Birmingham, Institute for Cancer Studies, Birmingham, UK
Teaching:
2/2002: Master of Bioinformatics; Selected case studies in bioinformatics
systems integration, Lecture: turning data into knowledge
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. B. de Moor and Dr. K. Marchal
K.U. Leuven, Belgium [pdf version click here]
1999-2000: Tutorials in third year experimental biochemistry, placement
students
Supervisor: Dr. R. J. A. Grand
University of Birmingham, Institute for Cancer Studies, Birmingham, UK