Team

Joris de Wit

Joris de Wit

Group Leader, de Wit lab
Deputy director, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience

Current Lab Members

Alumni

Name
Blanca Lorente Echeverría
Function
Former PhD Student
Name
Ben Verpoort
Function
Former PhD student
Extra info
Project Engineer STS at Pfizer
Name
Gabriele Marcassa
Function
Former PhD student
Extra info
In-Vivo Proteomics Specialist at Human Technopole, Milan
Name
Hajnalka Nyitrai
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Field Application Scientist at Sartorius AG
Name
Sara Calafate
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Postdoc at ICVS
Name
Lucas Baltussen
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Scientist at Muna therapeutics
Name
Ellis Boonen
Function
Former lab technician
Extra info
Associate Scientist at Acerta Pharma (Netherlands)
Name
Luis Ribeiro
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Group Leader at MIA (Portgual)
Name
Kristel Vennekens
Function
Former lab technician
Extra info
Lab technician at the Laboratory of Adaptive Immunology (KU Leuven)
Name
Nuno Apóstolo
Function
Former PhD student
Extra info
Postdoctoral Researcher
Name
Heather Rice
Function
Former postdoc, jointly with the De Strooper lab
Extra info
Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center (USA)
Name
Melina Figueiredo
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
2021 candidate in the study program MBA fast-track International Management at CBS International Business School (Cologne, Germany)
Name
Julie Nys
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Medical Scientist at Byteflies (Belgium)
Name
Giuseppe Condomitti
Function
Former PhD student
Extra info
Postdoc at King’s College London (UK)
Name
Anna Schroeder
Function
Former PhD student
Extra info
Group Leader at LMU Munich (Germany)
Name
Gerit Linneweber
Function
Former postdoc, jointly with the Hassan lab
Extra info
Group Leader at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Name
Sara Rubio
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
Freelance medical writer; enthusiastic career advisor and mentor
Name
Emilia Iscru
Function
Former postdoc
Extra info
EU Project Officer at th University of Luxembourg

Master students & interns

Gökhan Güner

Jonas Steenbrugge

Sybren Portegies

Ben Verpoort

Gabriele Marcassa

Iordana Chrysidou

Danielle Lee

Silvia De Vidania Ballesteros

Luuk van Boekholdt

Blanca Lorente

Jolijn ten Bos

Alex Calzoni

Cydric Geykens

Valerio Zenatti

Gökhan Ozturan

Ilkem Kumru

Alicia Jacquemotte

Luisa Amado

Erika Di Domenico

Cristina Juárez

Laura Conversano

Florian Freitag

Gencay Kaan Polat

Willem Naert

Kjen Bogaert

Efstathia Kotoula

Maryam Alabi

Ward Massart

Erasmus student 2013

Master thesis student 2013

Erasmus student 2015

Master thesis student 2017

Erasmus student 2017

Erasmus student 2018

Bachelor internship 2018

PhD student 2018

Master thesis student 2019

Master thesis student 2019

Bachelor internship 2019

Master thesis student 2020

Master thesis student 2020

Erasmus student 2021

Master thesis student 2021

Master thesis student 2021

Bachelor internship 2021

Master thesis student 2022

Master thesis student 2022

Erasmus student 2022

Master thesis student 2023

Erasmus student 2023

Erasmus student 2023

Master thesis student 2024

Master thesis student 2024

Erasmus student 2025

Master thesis student 2025

Master thesis student 2026