BACKGROUND
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Pharmacist/Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences graduated maxima cum laude
2001, Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
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Doctor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
2006, Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
Title of PhD thesis: “Effects of hydroxamate histone deacetylase inhibitors on the expression of connexins in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes”
Promoters: Prof. Vera Rogiers and Prof. Tamara Vanhaecke
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Laboratory Animal Science Specialist Category C
2008, Universiteit Gent-Belgium
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European Chemical Risk Assessor
2011, European Toxicology Risk Assessment Training Program
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Former
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2001-2006: Doctoral Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders-Belgium at the Laboratory of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
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2006-2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders-Belgium at the Laboratory of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
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2011-2016: Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
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2016-2020: Associate Professor at the Laboratory of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
Current
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Since 2013: Visiting Professor at the Department of Pathology in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the University of São Paulo-Brazil
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Since 2021: Professor at the Laboratory of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
TEACHING
Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium
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Lecturer of the course “Medical Terminology” to Bachelor students in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Lecturer of the course “Pharmaceutical Physico-Chemistry” to Bachelor students in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel-Belgium
Lecturer of the course “Toxicology in Drug Discovery and Development” to Bachelor students in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques
Universidade de São Paulo-Brazil
Lecturer of the course “Comparative and Experimental Hepatology” to Postgraduate students in Veterinary Sciences