Lab Alumni
Staff Scientists
Lotte Vanheer (2023 - 2026)
Mario di Matteo (2009 - 2022)
Next position: Associate Director, Discovery Project Leader, GSK, Wavre, Belgium
Postdoctoral Fellows
Heleen Van Acker (2019 - 2023)
Next position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, Belgium
Emanuele Berardi (2019 - 2023)
Ludovica Arpinati (2022)
Federico Virga (2021)
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
Nina Flerin (2018 - 2020)
Next position: Grant manager, Oncoradiomics, Liège, Belgium
Ana Oliveira (2015-2020)
Next position: Project Developer, Innovayt, Porto, Portugal
Mohamed Benkheil (2019-2020)
Next position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Montis BioScience, Belgium
Manuel Ehling (2014-2020)
Next position: Project manager in the scientific facilities, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
Emanuele Berardi (2018-2020)
Next position: researcher Department Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven KULAK, Kortrijk, Belgium
Marie-Aline Neveu (2019-2020)
Next position: Senior Postdoctoral Scientist, Flamingo Therapeutics, Belgium
Mathieu Pecqueux (3/2017-9/2019)
Next position: Physician, University Hospital Dresden
Rosa Martin Perez (10/2014 - 10/2018)
Next position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, Belgium
Pegah Rouhikhorasani (03/2016 - 08/2017)
Next position: Medical writer, XPE Pharma & Science, Waver, Belgium
Anne-Theres Henze (05/2011-02/2017)
Next position: Medical writer, XPE Pharma & Science, Waver, Belgium
Giusy di Conza (11/2011 - 09/2016)
Next position: Staff scientist, Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Andrea Casazza (05/2011 - 12/2014)
Next position: Staff scientist, CoBioRes NV, Leuven, Belgium
Alexander Hamm (02/2011-12/2012)
Next position: Resident surgeon and senior postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of general, visceral and transplant surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Lorenzo Veschini (07/2011- 09/2012)
Next position: Postdoctoral research fellow (International Postdoc Program,Marie Curie Cofund) at the cardiovascular development & repair and vascular biology and inflammation department, CNIC Madrid, Spain
Estelle Delamarre (12/2009-12/2010)
Next position: European and national project engineer, University of Lille, France
Sandra Costa (09/2009-10/2010)
Next position: Auxiliary Invited Researcher at the Life and health sciences research institute (ICVS), Minho University and ICVS/3B's PT Government Associate laboratory, Braga, Portugal
Yukiji Takeda (05/2008-06/2010)
Next position: Assistant Professor, The first department of internal medicine, Nara medical University, Nara, Japan
Carmen Roncal (2008-2009)
Next position: Research Associate, Center for applied medical research, University of Navarra, Spain
PhD Students
Silvia Rivis (2019 - 2026)
Tommaso Scolaro (2019 - 2025)
Next position: postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven, Laboratory of Cell Stress and Immunity, Leuven, Belgium
Samantha Pretto (2018 - 2024)
Next position: postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven, ADVANTAGE: Advanced Disease Modelling, Targeted Drug Discovery and Gene Therapy, Leuven, Belgium
Sotiria Pinioti (2018 - 2023)
Next position: postdoctoral fellow at VIB-KULeuven Center for Cancer Biology, Lab of Cell Death Research and Therapy, Leuven, Belgium
Carla Riera Domingo (2017-2023)
Next position: Scientist at imec, Leuven, Belgium
Federica Cappellesso (2018-2023)
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at VIB-VUB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
Ward Celus (2016-11/2021)
Next position: Scientist Biology, Montis Biosciences, Belgium
Federico Virga (2018 - 2021)
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at Mazzone Lab
Chiara Varamo (2018 - 2021)
Next position: Staff scientist, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium
Pawel Jacek Bieniasz-Krzywiec (10/2014 - 11/2019)
Next position: Investment Fellow at M Ventures (Merck), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ricardo Amorim (2016 - 08/2019)
Next position: Staff scientist, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium
Ana Oliveira (2016 - 2019)
Next position: postdoctoral fellow @Mazzone lab
Min Shang (2015 - 06/2019)
Next position: Research professor, Shanghai hospital, China
Mathias Wenes (10/2010 - 09/2016)
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at the Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Sofie Deschoemaeker (09/2010-10/2015)
Next position: Scientist at Normoxys/Droia
Veronica Finisguerra (03/2009-02/2015)
Next position: postdoctoral fellow at the Duve Institute, Ludwig Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium
Rodrigo Leite de Oliviera (10/2007 - 09/2012)
Next position: EMBO postdoctoral fellow at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visiting Scientists
Andrea Biscardi (2026), PhD student
Pietro Fazzari (2023), Professor
Martina Lanza (2023), PhD student
Marta Manco (2020-2022), postdoctoral fellow
Bruna Sorroche (2022-2023), Postdoctoral fellow
Giovanna Carra (2022), Postdoctoral fellow
Ummi Ammarah (2020-2022), PhD student
Donatella Ponti (2019-2021), visiting scientist
Mariantonia Braile (2020), PhD student
Sarah Costa Granja (2019-2020), Postdoctoral fellow
Cristina Viera (2020), PhD student
Eduarda Leite Gomes (2019-2020), PhD student
Marina Serra (2019 & 2020), PhD student
Alberto Griffa (2019), PhD student
Isabella Giacomini (2019), PhD student
Alessio Menga (2019), Postdoctoral fellow
Daniela Taverna (2018), Professor
Rosa Trotta (2018), PhD student
Ana Oliveira (2016-2017), PhD student
Fabiola Moretti (2016), visiting professor
Alessio Menga (2016), Postdoctoral Fellow
Erika Palmieri (2016), PhD student
Shannon Graver (2014), PhD student
Steven Grover (2013 & 2014), PhD student
Elena Magrini (2010), post-doctoral fellow
Lab Technicians
Arianna Zanolli (2025-2026)
Next position: Lab technician at Ilaria Elia lab, KU Leuven, Belgium
Elisabeth Vandeputte (2021-2023)
Next position: Lab technician at Jan Remsik Lab, VIB-KU Leuven for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
Dana Liu (2021-2023)
Next position: Lab technician at Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
Ewoud Degreef (2022-2023)
Jens Serneels (Labmanager) (2009-2022)
Next position: Lab Manager Life Science Technologies, imec, Leuven, Belgium
Julian Diender
Next position: Lab technician at VIB - KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
Sander Willox (2015-2021)
Next position: Lab technician at ViroVet, Leuven, Belgium
Amalia Tzoumpa (2018 - 2021)
Next position: PhD student, University of Valencia, Spain
Eduarda Gomes (2020)
Next position: PhD student at Max Delbrück Center, Lab of Molecular Immunology and Gene Therapy, Berlin, Germany
Fran Prenen (2019-2020)
Next position: PhD student at Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
Brecht Ghesquiere (2019-2020)
Next position: Lab technician at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Eline Achten (2019-2020)
Next position: Lab technician at Montis Bioscience, Heverlee, Belgium
Roel Kroes (03/2011-12/2018)
Next position: Lab technician at Biocartis, Mechelen, Belgium
Sinead Boyle (09/2015-10/2018)
Next position: Research associate at argenx, Gent, Belgium
Yannick Jönsson (12/2010 - 02/2015)
Next position: Project engineer at Pfizer, Belgium
Tom Janssens (10/2006 - 07/2010)
Next position: Lab technician, Thrombogenics, Leuven, Belgium
Master Students from KU Leuven
Emma Deprost (2024-2025)
Marie-Pauline Orban (2020-2021)
Morgane Cogels (2019-2020)
Chrysanthi Iliadi (2019-2020)
Ine Tassaert (2018-2019)
Jonas Grieten (2016-2017)
Sinead Boyle (2015-2016)
Simon Appelmans (2015-2016)
Mateusz Antoszewski (2015-2016)
Sofie De Groote (2014-2015)
Ward Celus (2014-2015)
Lise Boon (2013-2014)
Kimberly Lagaisse (2013-2014)
Bob Meeusen (2013-2014)
Pieter Ruytinx (2013-2014)
Stefanie Hendrikx (2012-2013)
Evelyne Tack (2011-2012)
Sofie Deschoemaeker (2009-2010)
Koen Debackere (medical intern, 2009-2012)
Erasmus Students & master students from other universities
Tommaso Marchesi (2026, University of Milano)
Irene Arlotti (2026, University of Milano)
Alessandro Imperatrice (2026, University of Trento)
Alba Creus (2026, University of Lleida, Spain)
Arianna Zanolli (2025, Univerity of Padova, Italy)
Giorgia Maspero (2024-2025, University of Turin, Italy)
Giulia Volpato (2024, University of Verona)
Lucia Rodriguez Barba (2023, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Jairo Lommen (2022-2023, Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Arno Dewilder (2023, AP Hogeschool Antwerp, Belgium)
Antonio Gómez García de Leon (2022-2023, Universidad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain)
Serena Di Iasio (2022, University of Perugia)
Himal Sharma (2021-2022, Maastricht University)
Francisco Landum (2021, Instituto Superio Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal)
Nezka Zupan (2020, Robert Gordon University, UK)
Mohamed Mahmoud Saad (2019, Université d’Évry-Val-d'Essonne, France)
Carla Fernandez Lozano (2019, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Lorenzo Archetti (2018-2019, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Rute Tavares (2018-2019, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Lilia Lamrous (2018-2019, Univerity Paris Sud, France)
Roser Alba Rovira (2018, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Jelena Gabrilo (2018, University of Split, Croatia)
Alvaro Gonzalez Merino (2018, University of Valencia, Spain)
Pietro Ortelli (2017-2018, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Lena Burchhart (2017-2018, IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria)
Joao Ferreira Faria (2016-2017, University of Porto, Portugal)
Cèlia Serrano Gatell (2016-2017, University of Lleida, Spain)
Beatriz Pérez González (2016-2017, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Sarai Garriga edo (2016-2017, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Ilaria Esposito (2016-2017, University of Milan, Italy, in collaboration with Prof. Hans Prenen)
Marcos Vasquez Duran (2016-2017, University of Navarra, Spain)
Veronica Sedda (2016-2017, University of Sassari, Italy)
Federica Cappellesso (2016-2017, University of Padua, Italy)
Federica Diofano (2015-2016, University of Pavia, Italy)
Federico Virga (2015-2016, University of Torino, Italy)
Sarah Trusso Caferello (2015-2016, University of Messina, Italy)
Carla Riera Domingo (2015-2016, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Valeria Mollica (2015-2016, University of Messina, Italy)
Andrea Mariancini (2015-2016, University of Milan, Italy)
Tanja Rothgangl (2015-2016, FH Krems, Austria)
Diogo Sousa (2015-2016, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal)
Luke Cregan (2013-2014, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Hossameldin Mosa (2013-2014, Erasmus Mundus Program Gent, Belgium)
Marco Mambretti (2012-2013, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
Nicklas Bassani (2011-2012, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
Rocco Stirparo (2011-2012, University of Pisa, Italy)
Gabriele Manzella (2011-2012, University of Pisa, Italy)
Martin Pejcinovski (2011-2012, University of Skopje, Macedonia)