About us

The PhD and PostDoc Society is open to every PhD and PhD candidates: French and English speakers from all disciplines and levels of experience. It aims to provide resources and support for all PhD-related things, helping you to be more efficient and progress with peace of mind. Furthermore, we share tips and tricks regarding the newest tools to find relevant literature; paper writing methods; graph design for communication efficiency; time management strategies and tools; scientific communication; mental health management for young researchers, and much more (and even some small scale social events to relax after work :)).

You can get involved with any or all the activities we offer, get in touch

About the Society: we benefit from the material and human support of multiple bodies at ULB (e.g. Doctoral Unit, the Libraries) but, at the core, we are an organically formed group of motivated and volunteering PhDs from multiple faculties at ULB.

"By PhDs for PhDs" is an approach that guarantees the relevancy of the material we provide.

If you want to get involved in the decision-making, reach us here

Team

Bettignies Yves

President

Yves is wrapping up his PhD on Urban energy use predictors at the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles

Morgane de Toeuf

Head of Data Division

Mogane studies the soil microbiomes of legume-cereal intercrop and the barriers and levers of their adoption in Wallonia

Elizabeth Kujath

Head of Proofreading Division

Elizabeth is doing her PhD focusing on describing a language of the Bantu family, located in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Erica Lopedote

Head of Social Event Division

Erica Lopedote is a Ph.D. student in the CREST group, service Aéro-thermo-mécanique (ATM). Her doctoral research focuses on Electric Space Propulsion, particularly on electrospray thrusters for SmallSats, and their optimization

Kyla Serres

Head of Social Event Division

Kyla is a PhD student at the Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), she studies the emergence of certain arboviral diseases by adopting a holistic approach that thoroughly examines the climatic and environmental factors contributing to their dynamics.

Lucie Couset

Head of P&PS house

Lucie explores the application of machine translation to audiovisual texts. She is particularly interested in the performance of large-language models when translating humour, and in the impact of machine-generated subtitles on viewer experience.

Yahroun Hermans

Head of IT Division

Yahroun works on ultra-fast image-based modelling of historical (stone)masonry structures for preservation of cultural heritage.

Dr Andrea Rozo

Support of Division, Data division

Andrea is a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology, specializing in (biomedical) data analysis, AI, and digital health. Passionate about advancing medical operations, access to healthcare in resource‑limited areas, and health monitoring technologies.

Dr Asif Baloch

Admin

Asif Khan is a Ph.D. at the Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies (CREST). His research focuses on the characterisation of porous media and the development of innovative manufacturing techniques for porous structures, with a particular emphasis on thermal engineering applications in space.

Marie Joe Kfoury

Admin

Marie-Joe is doing research on language acquisition in the context of deafness and second language learning as a MSCA fellow (H2020)

Dr Anne Sophie Crosetti

Admin, Contributor

Anne-Sophie Crosetti est postdoctorante Chargée de Recherche à l'Université libre de Bruxelles, financée par le FNRS. Elle a réalisé sa thèse en sociologie en tant qu'aspirante du FNRS sur la prise en charge de la planification familiale, de l'avortement et de la contraception par des groupes catholiques en Belgique durant la "révolution sexuelle", dans le cadre de l'action de recherche collective et interdisciplinaire "Sex&Pil". Elle est diplômée en sciences sociales de l’École Normale Supérieure de Paris et en sciences politiques de l’Université Paris VIII. Elle a également étudié en tant que research graduate student à l’Université de Cambridge. Son projet de recherche porte sur les mouvements "pro-vie" en Belgique, en France et en Irlande, dans une perspective internationale et socio-historique. Ses recherches se situent plus généralement au croisement de la sociologie du genre, des sexualités et du religieux.

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