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Whether you are finding your feet or preparing your next publication, you can learn from researchers facing similar challenges. Explore tips on literature searches, writing, visual communication, time management and wellbeing, then share what works for you. Social events give you space to connect beyond your day-to-day research.

Discover the people, shared resources and events that can support your research life at ULB.

Our Team

Meet the researchers behind your community

Get to know the people helping you find useful resources, connect with peers and take part in Society activities.

Our team brings together research experience and a shared commitment to supporting the ULB research community.

Get to know the people helping you find useful resources, connect with peers and take part in Society activities. Our team brings together research experience and a shared commitment to supporting the ULB research community.

Yves Bettignies

President

Yves is wrapping up his PhD on Urban energy use predictors at the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles.

Elizabeth Kujath

Head of Proofreading Division

Elizabeth is doing her PhD focusing on describing a language of the Bantu family, located in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kyla Serres

Head of Social Event Division

Kyla is a PhD student at the Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL). She studies the emergence of certain arboviral diseases, examining the climatic and environmental factors contributing to their dynamics.

Yahroun Hermans

Head of IT Division

DivisionYahroun works on ultra-fast image-based modelling of historical (stone)masonry structures for preservation of cultural heritage.

Dr Asif Baloch

Admin

Asif Khan is a Ph.D. at the Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies (CREST). His research focuses on characterisation of porous media and innovative manufacturing techniques for porous structures, particularly for thermal engineering applications in space.

Dr Anne Sophie Crosetti

Admin, Contributor

Anne-Sophie Crosetti is a postdoctoral researcher at ULB, funded by the FNRS. Her PhD in sociology examined family planning, abortion and contraception among Catholic groups in Belgium during the "sexual revolution.

Morgane de Toeuf

Head of Data Division

Mogane studies the soil microbiomes of legume-cereal intercrop and the barriers and levers of their adoption in Wallonia.

Erica Lopedote

Head of Social Event Division

Erica Lopedote is a Ph.D. student in the CREST group, service Aéro-thermo-mécanique (ATM). Her doctoral research focuses on Electric Space Propulsion, particularly on electrospray thrusters for SmallSats, and their optimization.

Lucie Couset

Head of P&PS house

Lucie explores the application of machine translation to audiovisual texts. She is particularly interested in the performance of large-language models when translating humour, and in the impact of machine-generated subtitles on viewer experience.

Dr Andrea Rozo

Support of Division, Data division

Andrea is a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology, specializing in (biomedical) data analysis, AI, and digital health. Passionate about advancing medical operations, access to healthcare in resource-limited areas, and health monitoring technologies.

Marie Joe Kfoury

Admin

Marie-Joe is doing research on language acquisition in the context of deafness and second language learning as a MSCA fellow (H2020).

Yves Bettignies

President

Yves is wrapping up his PhD on Urban energy use predictors at the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles.

Morgane de Toeuf

Head of Data Division

Mogane studies the soil microbiomes of legume-cereal intercrop and the barriers and levers of their adoption in Wallonia.

Elizabeth Kujath

Head of Proofreading Division

Elizabeth is doing her PhD focusing on describing a language of the Bantu family, located in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Erica Lopedote

Head of Social Event Division

Erica Lopedote is a Ph.D. student in the CREST group, service Aéro-thermo-mécanique (ATM). Her doctoral research focuses on Electric Space Propulsion, particularly on electrospray thrusters for SmallSats, and their optimization.

Kyla Serres

Head of Social Event Division

Kyla is a PhD student at the Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL). She studies the emergence of certain arboviral diseases, examining the climatic and environmental factors contributing to their dynamics.

Lucie Couset

Head of P&PS house

Lucie explores the application of machine translation to audiovisual texts. She is particularly interested in the performance of large-language models when translating humour, and in the impact of machine-generated subtitles on viewer experience.

Yahroun Hermans

Head of IT Division

DivisionYahroun works on ultra-fast image-based modelling of historical (stone)masonry structures for preservation of cultural heritage.

Dr Andrea Rozo

Support of Division, Data division

Andrea is a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology, specializing in (biomedical) data analysis, AI, and digital health. Passionate about advancing medical operations, access to healthcare in resource-limited areas, and health monitoring technologies.

Dr Asif Baloch

Admin

Asif Khan is a Ph.D. at the Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies (CREST). His research focuses on characterisation of porous media and innovative manufacturing techniques for porous structures, particularly for thermal engineering applications in space.

Marie Joe Kfoury

Admin

Marie-Joe is doing research on language acquisition in the context of deafness and second language learning as a MSCA fellow (H2020).

Dr Anne Sophie Crosetti

Admin, Contributor

Anne-Sophie Crosetti is a postdoctoral researcher at ULB, funded by the FNRS. Her PhD in sociology examined family planning, abortion and contraception among Catholic groups in Belgium during the "sexual revolution.

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