Group Leader

After a PhD in Bacterial pathogenesis at University of Cambridge with Prof. David Ellar, I did 7 years of post-doctoral work at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge with Dr. Phil Holliger. I have started my independent research career at UCL and Birkbeck in 2013 and moved to KU Leuven in September 2018.
Post-doctoral researchers

Dr. Rinaldo Montalvao
Protein rational design
Doctoral students

Ms. Kiyo Costa Higuchi
XNA polymerases
Research Assistants
Dr. Hoai Nguyen
Master and undergraduate students

Ms. Nathalie Smeets
Biocontainment

Mr. Wout Hannes
Selection platforms
Mr. Michiel Van Cruysse
Machine learning
Ms. Rosa-Maria Määttälä
Protein engineering with Prof. Arnout Voet