Curriculum vitæ

Education

PhD in Physics · KU Leuven

October 2025–present

Surface-Enhanced IR Spectroscopy of Ultrafast EUV Chemistry in Thin Films

Research based in AttoLab and the EXLIMIT team at imec
Teaching assistant, Semiconductor Devices

MSc in Nanotechnology, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering · KU Leuven

September 2023–September 2025

Quantum Engineering, Materials and Technology track · cum laude
Thesis: Design of Nanostructured Arrays for Ultrafast Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies of EUV Photoresists
Coursework: semiconductor devices and physics; chemistry at nanometre scale; computational solid-state physics; materials and technology for quantum systems; technology of integrated systems

MSc in Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology · KU Leuven

September 2022–July 2023

Embedded hardware · magna cum laude
Thesis: Implementation and Comparison between SABCA’s Thrust Vector Control Algorithms in Software and Pure Hardware

BSc in Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology · KU Leuven

September 2019–July 2022

Graduated cum laude

Experience

Hardware Intern · Nokia Bell Labs

July 2025

Thesis Student · imec

July 2024–August 2025

Designed nanostructured arrays for ultrafast surface-enhanced spectroscopies of EUV photoresists; worked extensively in Lumerical FDTD
Cleanroom work including wafer dicing, spin-coating resists on coupons, and EUV exposure

Research Intern · imec

February–May 2024

Designed a holographic reconstruction apparatus using a phase light modulator

Thesis Student · SABCA

August 2022–May 2023

Implemented the thrust vector control algorithms used in the Vega-C rocket launcher’s Control Loop Processor as an RTL design in VHDL, targeting a Microsemi IGLOO2 FPGA
Developed onboard communication peripherals using MIL-STD-1553 and data acquisition interfaces (ADC, SPI)
Validated correctness against a cycle-accurate model of the original Control Loop Processor using SystemVerilog testbenches in ModelSim

Avionics Software Engineering Intern · ScioTeq

July 2021

Optimized and abstracted hardware test cases using C# and in-house software for an avionics display unit