Projects
A genomic look into the evolution and biogeography of the ichthyofauna of the Albertine rift KU Leuven
The landscape we observe today is the result of ancient changes in geology and past fluctuations in climate. Just as these forces shaped landscapes, they molded the genomes of the organisms that inhabit them. Hence, the genomic record offers a glimpse into the past, equally rich as that of the geological and fossil record. However, just as the forces of time eroded away the geological record, extinctions did so for the genomic record. Hence, ...
Siluriformes of the Albertian Rift and their monogeneans: systematics, phylogeny and biogeography. Hasselt University
Neuro-endocrine control of reproduction and feeding in Octopus vulgaris KU Leuven
The octopus is renowned for possessing the most complex behavior and cognitive abilities among all invertebrates: they show problem-solving skills such as opening jars and learning behaviors after repeated exposures (Fiorito et al., 1990). Moreover, recently three octopuses’ genomes were sequenced: Octopus bimaculoides (Albertin et al., 2016), Octopus minor (Kim et al., 2018), and Octopus vulgaris (Zarrella et al., 2019), skyrocketing the ...
Indian Scientific Societies and the Globalization of Science, 1930-1990 KU Leuven
This PhD project is part of the ERC-funded research project GLOBAL ACADEMIES, which uses scientific societies as a lens to scrutinize the changing social relations between scientists at a global scale over the course of the twentieth century. The project focuses more specifically on the regulatory role of scientific societies within science (e.g. by organizing conferences, selecting speakers, allocating prizes, electing boards etc.) during a ...
Brazilian Scientific Societies and the Globalization of Science, 1930-1990 KU Leuven
This PhD project is part of the ERC-funded research project GLOBAL ACADEMIES, which uses scientific societies as a lens to scrutinize the changing social relations between scientists at a global scale over the course of the twentieth century. The project focuses more specifically on the regulatory role of scientific societies within science (e.g. by organizing conferences, selecting speakers, allocating prizes, electing boards etc.) during a ...
Raphael's Loggia of Cupid and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina: an analysis of the hermetic ideals related to alchemy KU Leuven
The progress of my dissertation in Chapter One involves a detailed and well documented analysis of the reception given the Cupid and Psyche tale, derived from the second century ‘Golden Ass’ of Apuleius, by its learned Renaissance readership. Placed among the hermetic texts considered by Italian humanists important to Christian exegesis, Apuleius’ ‘fabula’ in the’Golden Ass’ was consequently thought to contain pagan ...