We were delighted to learn that in June several Wiener-Anspach Alumni were appointed to the following academic positions.

Six of them have obtained a FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship:

David Bauman (PhD in Biology and 2018-2020 Postodoctoral Fellow in Oxford) with a project entitled “Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate and neighbourhood effects across the tropics: A functional and phylogenetic approach” (David recently granted us an interview about his research).

Luis Couto Mendonça (PhD in Engineering Science and Technology and 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow in Oxford) with a project entitled “Self-healing and fast charging of lithium-ion batteries through advanced control based on an electrochemical model including thermal and aging dynamics”.

Julie Dainville (PhD in Languages, Literature and Translation Studies  and 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow in Oxford) with a project entitled “In Rhetor’s classroom: rhetorical teaching in Greco-Roman Egypt”.

Michael Jabbour (PhD in Engineering Science and Technology and  2018-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow in Cambridge) with a project entitled “Entropic inequalities and information capacities of optical quantum channels”.

Alicia Van Ham-Meert (PhD in Sciences and 2014-2015 Postgraduate Fellow in Oxford) with a project entitled “Stained glass windows from Stavelot – provance, production and environmental impact”.

Simon Watteyne (PhD in History and 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow in Oxford) with a project entitled “The emergence of Belgian, Dutch and Luxemburgish tax havens (1890-1940)”.

Four Alumni were appointed to a permanent academic position:

Sophie Bauduin (PhD in Chemistry and 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow in Oxford) has been appointed Lecturer at the ULB Faculty of Sciences of ULB (“chaire non-profilée”)

Ahmed Hamila (PhD in Political Science, 2016-2017 Doctoral Fellow in Oxford and 2020-2021 Postdoctoral Fellow in Cambridge) has been appointed Assistant Professor in Sociology of Migrations at the Université de Montréal.

Wels Jacques (PhD in Political and Social Sciences and 2017-2018 Postdoctoral fellow in Cambridge) has been appointed as FNRS Research Associate at ULB with a project entitled “The impact of transitions to retirement on the health and quality of life of older workers: a comparative and longitudinal approach”.

Nicolas Ruytenbeek (PhD in Languages, Literature and Translation and  2013-2014 Doctoral Fellow in Cambridge) has given up his FNRS Research Fellowship following his appointment as Assistant Professor in Digital and Multilingual Communication at the KULeuven Faculty of Arts.

Congratulations to all of them!