Currently I am working as Associate Research Professor at the 4BRAIN lab of Ghent University in Belgium. In 2002, I obtained a Masters degree in Biology at Ghent University. In 2007, I completed my PhD research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Ghent University. The topic of his PhD research was 'Cell Therapy for Epilepsy'. This work implicated isolation and culture of stem cells, biochemical characterization of cell clones, cell grafting in various epilepsy models, immunohistochemistry, etc... . As a postdoc, also at 4BRAIN, I studied the mechanism of action of neurostimulation therapies for epilepsy (vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation) both in animal models as in patients with epilepsy. This work involved techniques such as microdialysis and intracranial electrophysiology in rats and single-unit recording in humans. Currently my main interest is optogenetic and chemogenetic modulation of epileptic brain circuits
