Academic Education and Degrees:

• • Degree in Biological Sciences (Option: Biochemistry) - UNamur, 1982
  • PhD D Thesis in Sciences (Physiology and Biochemistry) - UNamur, 1990
  • Specialized Diploma in Biosafety Management HEP Rennequin Sualem, in collaboration with the Scientific Institute of Public Health (ISP), 2006
  • IFBA Certification “Biosafety Professional” - July 2016

Scientific expertise:
Molecular and Cell Biology (including the use of lentiviral vectors)
Present Professional Position: Biosafety Officer (since 2005)

Teaching experience of Biosafety:

• Annual training of UNamur students and staff
• Invited instructor for staff training in Biosafety at the Biotech Analis
• Coordinator and instructor of a 5-days Biosafety course – in French -for professionals at UNamur
  (6 editions: Sept 2014, January 2016, March and December 2017, Sept 2018 and Sept 2019)
• Invited Instructor at the 5-day international course “Basic Principles of Biosafety” (Ghent - Sept 2015; Antwerp – Sept 2019)
• Instructor of a 3-days biosafety course at the National University of Rwanda (February 2016)
• Instructor of a 5-day biosafety course for master students of the St Xavier’s College Kolkata (September 2016)
• Instructor at the 2019 EBSA pre-conference courses (course M – Disinfection and Disinfectants)

Involvement in Biosafety associations:

• Regular member of BBP (Belgian Biosafety Professionals) and EBSA since 2006
• BBP steering team member for 6 years
• EBSA council member in 2017 and 2018
• ETWG member since April 2018