People
People
The lab is a training group as much as a research group. Since 2013, 83 people have worked here — from three-week summer projects to multi-year PhDs and post-doctoral researchers — and most of what the lab knows how to do was started by these people.
Postdoctoral researchers
PhD students
Lab manager1 person
Hoai Nguyen
2018–
Lab manager
Postdoctoral researcher1 person
Staf Wouters
2024–
Postdoctoral researcher
shared with Prof. Arnout Voet
PhD students11 people
Sisi Li
2022–
PhD student
CSC-funded
Saphyra Thonon
2023–
PhD student
FWO-funded · master’s student 2023; student volunteer 2021–22
co-supervised by Prof. Eveline Lescrinier
Rosa-Maria Määttälä
2023–
PhD student
FWO-funded · master’s student 2023
co-supervised by Dr. Lien De Wannemaeker (Ghent University)
Yi Jia Chan
2023–
PhD student
FWO-funded
co-promoter with Prof. Arnout Voet
Ewen Lelias
2023–
PhD student
master’s student 2023
co-promoter with Prof. Philippe Vereecken and Dr. Kherim Williems
Lijun Yang
2023–
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Peter Verwilst
Aurora Pierucci
2023–
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Arnout Voet
Laurynn Torfs
2024–
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Peter Verwilst
Sten Reynders
2024–
PhD student
FWO-funded
co-promoter with Prof. Eveline Lescrinier
Chris Skrodzki
2026–
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Eveline Lescrinier
Eva Donnay
2026–
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Philippe Vereecken and Dr. Kherim Williems
Master’s student1 person
Yoren Deschryver
2026–
Master’s student
20266 people
Santiago Chaillou
2020–2026
PhD student
Post-doc with Prof. Jeroen Lammertyn and Dr. Dragana Spasic
Yanmei Zhu
2020–2026
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Kevin Verstrepen
Post-doc with Prof. Kevin Verstrepen
Kiyo Higuchi Costa
2021–
PhD student
Post-doc, KU Leuven, with Prof. Chris Ulens and Prof. Arnout Voet
Shamal Withanage
2019–
PhD student
Bactobio, UK
Julia Rank Teixeira
2025–2026
Master’s student
Lucas Jacobs
2025–2026
Master’s student
20255 people
Donaat Kestemont
2018–2025
PhD student
PhD begun 2015; supervision from 2018
Jerome Rihon
2020–2025
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Eveline Lescrinier
Marlene Werner
2024–2025
Master’s student
Thibaud Werpin
2024–2025
Master’s student
Doctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Danielle Copmans
Oliver Deckers
2024–2025
Master’s student
20247 people
Yan-Kay Ho
2014–2024
PhD student
Events manager for Cambridge Zero (University of Cambridge)
Alisha Baets
2023–2024
Master’s student
Flo Baert
2023–2024
Master’s student
Danielle Ciabatti
2023–2024
Master’s student
Lucia Marti Ortola
2023–2024
Master’s student
Jose Morales
2023–2024
Master’s student
Matthias Salembier
2023–2024
Master’s student
20234 people
Anupama Anupama
2020–2023
Postdoctoral researcher
Head of Molecular Biology, SwiftPharma
Rinaldo Montalvao
2020–2023
Postdoctoral researcher
Director of AI, Gain Therapeutics
Ann Celine Clabout
2022–2023
Master’s student
Doctoral Student at UCL with Prof. Mike Booth
Luka Van den Berghe
2022–2023
Master’s student
20224 people
Mohammad Pooya Naghshbandi
2021–2022
Pre-doctoral student
Myint Toe
2021–2022
Master’s student, Paris-Saclay
Wout Hannes
2021–2022
Master’s student
Nathalie Smeets
2021–2022
Master’s student
20212 people
Eline Jans
2020–2021
Master’s student
Delia Mayol
2020–2021
Erasmus student
20204 people
Xiaoping Song
2019–2020
Postdoctoral researcher
Michiel Vanmeert
2018–2020
PhD student
co-promoter with Prof. Eveline Lescrinier · PhD begun 2014; supervision from 2018
Amber Lesage
2019–2020
Master’s student
Federica Mare
2019–2020
Master’s student
20192 people
Leticia Torres
2014–2019
Postdoctoral researcher
Performance coach at Ingeus
Hugo Villanueva
2015–2019
PhD student
co-promoter with Dr. Renos Savva
20188 people
Christopher Cozens
2015–2018
Postdoctoral researcher
Eszter Csibra
2014–2018
Postdoctoral researcher
Lecturer at Leeds University
Alberto Aparicio de Narvaez
2017–2018
Visiting PhD student, UCL STS
Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Health (University of Texas Medical Branch)
Ana Riesco
2016–2018
Research assistant
Tayo Alleyne-Weir
2017–2018
MRes Biosciences
Charles Henderson
2017–2018
Master’s student
Samantha Borje
2017–2018
Pomona College exchange
Gurkaran Singh
2017–2018
Pomona College exchange
201710 people
Antje Krüger
2014–2017
Postdoctoral researcher
Founding Scientist at Ridge Bio
Pedro Tizei
2013–2017
PhD student
Senior Automation Research Scientist at Recursion
Ewan Coates
2016–2017
PhD student (interrupted)
Warren Hazelton
2015–2017
Research assistant
Andras Sandor
2016–2017
Master’s student
Principal Scientist at MoA Technology
Eneko Pascual Navarro
2016–2017
Biochemical Society summer studentship
Kieran Davey
2016–2017
Bachelor project student
Yi Fan
2016–2017
Master’s student
Andrei Solovyev
2016–2017
UCL student volunteer
Eloise Nee
2016–2017
Summer volunteer
20167 people
Havva Yalinca
2015–2016
LIDo BBSRC rotation PhD student
Barbara Steijl
2015–2016
Research assistant; Birkbeck iGEM
Chinyere Ihuegbu
2015–2016
MRes Biosciences
Enrique de Zamacona Meza
2015–2016
MRes Synthetic Biology
Pinelopi-Eleftheria Stamou
2015–2016
MRes Synthetic Biology
Daniel de la Torre
2015–2016
Master’s student
VP of R&D at Constructive Bio
Samuel Alberman
2015–2016
Summer volunteer
20158 people
Marleen Renders
2014–2015
Visiting postdoctoral researcher, Herdewijn group (KU Leuven)
Biotechnology Project Leader at Unilever
Bethan Wolfenden
2014–2015
LIDo BBSRC rotation PhD student
Co-founder and Community Director at Bento Bio
Thomas Murthi
2014–2015
MRes Synthetic Biology
Luba Prout
2014–2015
Birkbeck independent research project; iGEM
Edoardo Gianni
2014–2015
Biochemical Society summer studentship
Investigator Scientist at MRC-LMB
Joel Sabaniego Nunes
2014–2015
Erasmus exchange student
Mei Teh
2014–2015
Bachelor project student
Li Cheah
2014–2015
Bachelor project student
20142 people
Paul Rutten
2013–2014
Wellcome Trust biomedical vacation scholarship
Founder and CEO at Concert Bio
Laure Canarelli
2013–2014
Biochemical Society summer studentship
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Co-promoters8 people
Arnout Voet
KU Leuven
Staf Wouters · Yi Jia Chan · Aurora Pierucci
Eveline Lescrinier
KU Leuven
Saphyra Thonon · Sten Reynders · Chris Skrodzki
previously Jerome Rihon, Michiel Vanmeert
Peter Verwilst
KU Leuven
Lijun Yang · Laurynn Torfs
Philippe Vereecken
KU Leuven
Ewen Lelias · Eva Donnay
Kherim Williems
imec
Ewen Lelias · Eva Donnay
Kevin Verstrepen
KU Leuven
Yanmei Zhu
Joleen Masschelein
KU Leuven
Shamal Withanage
Lien De Wannemaeker
Ghent University
Rosa-Maria Määttälä
Project partners8 people
Eveline Peeters
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
iBOF POSSIBL
Marjan de Mey
Ghent University
iBOF POSSIBL
Andreas Marx
University of Konstanz
ERC newmRNA
Sven Panke
ETH Zürich
ERC newmRNA
Jeroen Lammertyn
KU Leuven
IDN COLUMBO
Dragana Spasic
KU Leuven
IDN COLUMBO
Thierry Voet
KU Leuven
IDN COLUMBO
Alejandro Sifrim
KU Leuven
IDN COLUMBO
Research collaborations3 people
Günter Mayer
University of Bonn
with Santiago Chaillou
Chris Ulens
KU Leuven
with Kiyo Higuchi Costa
Marcos Verissimo Alves
Professor Adjunto, Universidade Federal Fluminense
DNA polymerase mechanisms