EDUCATION 2004-2009: PH.D THESIS IN THE LABORATORY BIOLOGY OF MARINE ORGANISMS AND BIOMIMETICS (UNIVERSITY OF MONS, BELGIUM) - Title: « Extraocular photoreception in metazoans: an integrated study on the bioluminescent ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis » - Thesis supervisors: Prof. Patrick Flammang & Prof. Jérôme Mallefet (UCL) 2009-2015: MASTER’S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY OF ORGANISMS AND ECOLOGY (UNIVERSITY OF MONS, BELGIUM) EMPLOYMENTS Oct 2023 - present: Postdoctoral Researcher at UMONS Oct 2019 – Sep 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher from the F.R.S.-FNRS Oct 2017 – Sep 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Mons (F.R.S-FNRS, PDRWISD Grant) Oct 2016 – Sep 2017: F.R.S-FNRS Scientific collaborator at the University of Mons Feb 2016 – Oct 2016: Research Assistant at the University of Mons (European FP7 project) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (BBSRC grant) Dec 2013 – Dec 2014: Research Assistant at the University of Mons (European FP7 project) Oct 2013 – Nov 2013: Research Assistant at the University of Mons Jan 2010 – Oct 2013: Doctoral fellowship (F.R.S.-FNRS) Oct 2009 – Jan 2010: Doctoral fellowship (FRIA, F.R.S.-FNRS)