Projects
IMPACT – Identification of Microstructures in Phosphate grains of Apollo 14 breccias and Correlation To precise U-Pb ages. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
formation of the Moon (~ 4.5 Ga) and the first basaltic mare (~3.8
Ga) remains a matter of intense scientific debate. Understanding the
timing and intensity of impact events during the infancy of the Solar
System is not only important for reconstructing the early crustal
evolution of the Moon, but also to determine the formation, evolution
...
From Onco to Cardio: AGEs as a new target for chemotherapyinduced cardiotoxicity. Hasselt University
Shared interest or mutual competition? The organization of voluntary jurisdiction in the Southern Low Countries during the late Middle Ages (1278-1433). Ghent University
Public opinion in Belgium recently began to question and criticize the relevance of its current notariate. The notary's prominent position in recording and authenticating agreements among individuals is thus at stake. Notaries nowadays are no longer considered as self-evident and, moreover, this research project argues that they have never been so throughout the course of their history. However, historiography into late medieval voluntary ...
Protein misfolding in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: opening the gates for cathepsin B and peripheral nerve demyelination. Hasselt University
Multiplicity properties of massive stars across different ages and stellar environments through high-angular resolution observations KU Leuven
With at least 8 times the mass of the Sun, massive stars are some of the most intriguing objects in the universe. They are the stellar equivalent of a giant 'factory', producing the elements that make up our planet today. Through strong stellar winds, they lose a significant amount of their mass before ending their life in a spectacular explosion: a supernova. At the end of their life, massive stars disperse the elements that they created ...
Augustine of Hippo's De civitate Dei in the Central Middle Ages (10th-12th c.): Transmission History and Reception in Theological Debates KU Leuven
My project centers on the reception and manuscript transmission of Augustine of Hippo’s De civitate Dei from the 10th century to the first two decades of the 12th. Augustine’s masterpiece has been one of the most influential works in shaping not only Christian identity, but also Western culture as such. Nonetheless, its medieval Fortleben has received less attention than it deserves. By providing the first encompassing study of its reception ...
From Onco to Cardio: AGEs as a new target for chemotherapyinduced cardiotoxicity. Hasselt University
Death and Fire: Investigating changes and specialisation in cremation practices in Belgium during the Metal Ages. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Shadow Within Nature: Epistemology and Ontology of Prime Matter in the Late Middle Ages (1250-1430) KU Leuven
The proposed research is centred on an ontological and epistemological shadow posited within nature by medieval philosophers: the shadow cast by prime matter. The project will investigate a later medieval (ca. 1250-1430) debate that lies at the heart of hylomorphism, the theory that every bodily thing is made of matter and form. Medieval thinkers postulated the existence of a basic and primordial matter of which the corporeal universe is ...