PhD-jury 2022

VITO's PhD jury

Please find the jury dates and deadlines for online registration of your candidature and file submission in the table overview below. Only if you are selected and contacted by the VITO co-promotor (who is mentioned below the job description), you will be invited to prepare your PhD file.

Overview planned PhD juries Deadline candidate application Deadline file submission
31/01/2025 28/11/2024 10/01/2025
28/03/2025 31/01/2025 7/03/2025
21/05/2025 26/03/2025 28/04/2025
26/09/2025 09/07/2025 5/09/2025

 

Each PhD student who is supervised by VITO researchers and/or is (co)financed by VITO, must be evaluated by the VITO PhD jury before starting the PhD. This jury consists of VITO researchers who are also active as professor at a university, supplemented by independent experts from the academic and industrial world.

The jury evaluates whether the applicant is qualified to carry out his/her PhD successfully, with attention for:

  • the alignment of the PhD project with the VITO research strategy,
  • the high-quality elaboration of the PhD project.

The jury members

Jef Hooyberghs

Chair: Prof. dr. Jef Hooyberghs

  • PhD in Physics, UHasselt
  • Master in Physics, KU Leuven

Professor – Hasselt University
Data Science Institute
Campus Diepenbeek, 3590 Diepenbeek (BE)
jef.hooyberghs@uhasselt.be

Paul Janssen

Em. Prof. dr. Paul Janssen

  • Master in Mathematics, KU Leuven
  • PhD in Statistics, KU Leuven/UHasselt

UHasselt, Campus Diepenbeek
Agoralaan Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek (BE)
paul.janssen@uhasselt.be

Luc Peeters

Dr. Luc Peeters

  • Master in Chemistry, UAntwerpen
  • PhD in Science, UAntwerpen

R&D Manager
Performance Polymers Solutions Vehicle
Kaneka Belgium N.V.
Nijverheidsstraat 16, 2260 Oevel (BE)
luc.peeters@kaneka.be

Piet Seuntjens

Prof. dr. ir. Piet Seuntjens

  • Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries Engineering, UGent
  • PhD in Sciences, UAntwerpen
  • Postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zürich

Visiting Professor – UAntwerpen en UGent
Innovation Manager at VITO
Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol (BE)
piet.seuntjens@vito.be

Bruno Van Mele

Em. Prof. dr. ir. Bruno Van Mele

  • Master in Chemical Engineering, VUB
  • PhD in Applied Sciences, VUB

Research Group Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science
Department Materials and Chemistry, VUB
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels (BE)
bvmele@vub.be

Luc In't Panis

Prof. dr. Luc Int Panis

  • Master degree in Biology UAntwerpen
  • PhD in Sciences, UAntwerpen

Visiting Professor - UHasselt
Staf Directie Walter Eevers bij VITO
Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol (BE)
luc.intpanis@vito.be
luc.intpanis@uhasselt.be

Inge Mertens

Prof. dr. Inge Mertens

  • Master in Biochemistry, KU Leuven
  • PhD in Biochemistry, KU Leuven

Research Professor (hoofddocent) – University of Antwerp
R&D Professional at VITO Health
Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol (BE)
inge.mertens@vito.be

Ronnie Belmans foto vierkant

Em. Prof. dr. ir. Ronnie Belmans

  • PhD in Elektrotechniek, KU Leuven
    Habilitierung, RWTH Aachen
  • Master in Elektrotechniek, KU Leuven

Professor – KU Leuven
Dept. ESAT – Afd. Electa
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 b 2445
3001 Heverlee
E-mail: ronnie.belmans@kuleuven.be

Jan Luyten

Dr. ir. Jan Luyten

  • Master in Engineering Sciences: Chemical Technology, KU Leuven
  • PhD in Engineering Sciences: Chemical Technology, KU Leuven

Principal Scientist Recycling and Extraction Technologies
Umicore, Corporate Research & Development
Watertorenstraat 33, 2250 Olen (BE)
Jan.Luyten@eu.umicore.com

Katja Loos foto

Prof. dr. Katja Loos

  • PhD in Chemistry, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
  • Master in Chemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Professor – University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
University of Groningen
Nijenborgh 3, 9747 AG Groningen (NL)
E-mail: K.U.Loos@rug.nl

Foto Iris Cornet

Prof. dr. ir. Iris Cornet

  • PhD in Engineering, KU Leuven
  • Master in Bioscience engineering, Biotechnology, VUB

Professor – University of Antwerp
Faculty of Applied Engineering, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Research group BioWAVE_Industrial Biotechnology
Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen
E-mail: iris.cornet@uantwerpen.be

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