Lab Alumni

Lab alumni 2021-2025

Name	Last known position
Abhishek Subramanian Postdoc 2018-2022	Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT), India
Alessandra Pasut Postdoc 2019-2024	Single-cell multi-omics application scientist, BD Biosciences - Waters & Affiliate researcher of the Carmeliet lab
Anh-Co Khanh Truong PhD student 2018-2024	CAR-T Operations Senior Expert, Legend Biotech
Anne Cuypers PhD student 2019-2024	Research assistant, Sint-Trudo Hospital, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Anwar Khan Research assistant 2022-2024	PhD student, Laboratory for Cytogenetics and Genome Research KU Leuven, Prof. Joris Vermeesch, Leuven, Belgium
Laura de Rooij Postdoc 2018-2022	Principal Investigator CeMM, Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Lisa Becker Postdoc -2026	Assistant Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Essen
Masoomeh Rahimpour Postdoc 2022-2025	Staff scientist at VIB CCB BioIT expertise center; Computer Vision Expert & Computational pathology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
Mila Borri PhD student 2018-2023	Postdoctoral Researcher, Paquet Lab, LMU Klinikum München, Germany
Paula Saavedra Garcia Postdoc 2021-2024	Current position unknown
Pooya Zakeri Postdoc 2022-2024	Associate Professor, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway
Sébastien Dumas Postdoc 2017-2022	Junior Professor (Inserm Chair), INSERM, Toulouse, France

Exceptional Lab alumni (from before 2021)

Name Selected list	Last known position
Andreas Pircher Postdoc 2015-2017	Deputy Director at Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Anna Kuchnio PhD 2009-2015	Associate Director, Oncology Drug Discovery, Johnson & Johnson, Innovative Medicine, Beerse, Belgium
Anna Rita Cantelmo Postdoc 2013-2018	Young Group Leader Inserm Institute Pasteur of Lille, France & consultant (10%) for the PeCar lab (since 2024)
Anne Angelillo-Sherrer Postdoc -2000	Full Professor and Deputy Head of the European Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center (EHCCC), University Hospital Bern, Switzerland Deputy Director, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern
Annelies Quaegebeur PhD 2009-2014	Consultant Neuropathologist and Research Director of Cambridge Brain Bank at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Group Leader, department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK Group Leader, Laboratory for Neuropathology, KU Leuven
Bart Ghesquière Postdoc 2012-2014	Group Leader of the Laboratory of Applied Mass Spectrometry Head of the Metabolomics Expertise Center at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
Diether Lambrechts PhD student 1999-2003; Postdoc 2003-2008	Director at the VIB-KU Leuven, Center for Cancer Biology, Group Leader of the laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Francesco Bifari Postdoc 2013-2016	Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
Frederik De Smet PhD 2003-2011	Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven, Belgium
Guy Eelen Staff Scientist 2012-2022	VP of Research & Development, Droia Labs Leuven
Joanna Kalucka Postdoc 2014-2019	Associate Professor, Aarhus Institute of Advance Studies, Department of Biomedicine, Denmark
Katrien De Bock Postdoc 2009-2013	Full Professor and Group Leader at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Deputy head of Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Massimiliano Mazzone Postdoc 2006-2008	Professor at Department of Oncology, KU Leuven Group Leader of the Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
Richard Cubbon Postdoc -2014	Associate Professor of Cardiology, The University of Leeds, UK
Sonja Loges Postdoc 2007-2010	Director, W3 Professor, Department of Personalized Oncology & DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Mannheim/German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Schmidt Postdoc 2007-2012	Professor for Surgical Oncology (Onkologische Chirurgie) at Uniklinik Köln, Leitender Oberarzt (Chief Consultant), Germany
Ulrike Harjes Postdoc 2015-2017	Senior Editor at Nature Medicine, Springer Nature, London, UK

Name

Selected list

Last known position

Andreas Pircher

Postdoc 2015-2017

Deputy Director at Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Anna Kuchnio

PhD 2009-2015

Associate Director, Oncology Drug Discovery, Johnson & Johnson, Innovative Medicine, Beerse, Belgium

Anna Rita Cantelmo

Postdoc 2013-2018

Young Group Leader Inserm Institute Pasteur of Lille, France & consultant (10%) for the PeCar lab (since 2024)

Anne Angelillo-Sherrer

Postdoc -2000

Full Professor and Deputy Head of the European Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center (EHCCC), University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Deputy Director, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern

Annelies Quaegebeur

PhD 2009-2014

Consultant Neuropathologist and Research Director of Cambridge Brain Bank at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Group Leader, department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK

Group Leader, Laboratory for Neuropathology, KU Leuven

Bart Ghesquière

Postdoc 2012-2014

Group Leader of the Laboratory of Applied Mass Spectrometry

Head of the Metabolomics Expertise Center at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium

Diether Lambrechts

PhD student 1999-2003; Postdoc 2003-2008

Director at the VIB-KU Leuven, Center for Cancer Biology, Group Leader of the laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Francesco Bifari

Postdoc 2013-2016

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy

Frederik De Smet

PhD 2003-2011

Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven, Belgium

Guy Eelen

Staff Scientist 2012-2022

VP of Research & Development, Droia Labs Leuven

Joanna Kalucka

Postdoc 2014-2019

Associate Professor, Aarhus Institute of Advance Studies, Department of Biomedicine, Denmark

Katrien De Bock

Postdoc 2009-2013

Full Professor and Group Leader at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Deputy head of Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Massimiliano Mazzone

Postdoc 2006-2008

Professor at Department of Oncology, KU Leuven

Group Leader of the Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium

Richard Cubbon

Postdoc -2014

Associate Professor of Cardiology, The University of Leeds, UK

Sonja Loges

Postdoc 2007-2010

Director, W3 Professor, Department of Personalized Oncology & DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Mannheim/German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas Schmidt

Postdoc 2007-2012

Professor for Surgical Oncology (Onkologische Chirurgie) at Uniklinik Köln, Leitender Oberarzt (Chief Consultant), Germany

Ulrike Harjes

Postdoc 2015-2017

Senior Editor at Nature Medicine, Springer Nature, London, UK