Experience

KYTOS

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers

• CEO & Co-Founder

  • May 2021 - Present

  I manage the team and spearhead the strategic vision to keep KYTOS at the forefront of technological innovation. I manage the team and spearhead the strategic vision to keep KYTOS at the forefront of technological innovation.



Research Foundation Flanders - FWO

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral researcher

  • Oct 2019 - Sep 2022

  Looking for the phylogenomic basis of phenotypic diversity in microbial communities. Looking for the phylogenomic basis of phenotypic diversity in microbial communities.



UGent

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Scientist

  • Jan 2019 - May 2021

  Developing market-ready microbial management technologies. Developing market-ready microbial management technologies.


University of Michigan
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Visiting Research Scholar

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2018


Ghent University

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Sep 2014 - Oct 2018

  Microbial population and community dynamics in natural and managed freshwater systems: from methodology development to mechanistic insights Microbial population and community dynamics in natural and managed freshwater systems: from methodology development to mechanistic insights


The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)
• Summer School

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2014


Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET)

• Internship

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Thesis: Microbial removal of Platinum Group Metals (PGM) from aqueous streams. Thesis: Microbial removal of Platinum Group Metals (PGM) from aqueous streams.



Aquafin NV

• United States
• Fisheries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

  Thesis: Full-scale on-line monitoring of the anaerobic phase in an Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) configuration. Optimisation of RT-PCR extraction protocol for the detection of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge matrices. Thesis: Full-scale on-line monitoring of the anaerobic phase in an Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) configuration. Optimisation of RT-PCR extraction protocol for the detection of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge matrices.