Meet our team

Scientific and Technical staff

Christian Burlet

Geologist/PhD student
Mineralogy & Raw Materials

Atefe Choopani

Geologist/PhD student
Hydrogeology & Geohazards

Tine Compernolle

Senior Researcher
Environmental Economist, Geological Economics

Marleen De Ceukelaire

Senior Geologist
Conservator Geology Collections

Pierre-Yves Declercq

Senior Geologist
GIS, Remote Sensing & Geohazards

Sophie Decrée

Senior Geologist
Geochemistry & Mineralogy

Xavier Devleeschouwer

Senior Geologist
Sedimentary Geology & Geohazards

Eric Goemaere

Senior Geologist
Archaeometry & Ornamental stones

Thomas Goovaerts

Geologist
Mineralogy & Lab/Field technician

Vanessa Heyvaert

Director (ai)
Senior Geologist
Quaternary Geology & Geohazards

Thierry Leduc

Senior Geologist
Labs and equipment manager
Bruno_portrait

Bruno Meyvis

Geologist
GIS & GeoEnergy

Estelle Petitclerc

Senior Geologist
Geothermal Energy

Kris Piessens

Senior Geologist
GeoEnergy

Gabriel Pinto

Geochemist

Juliane Scheder

Physical Geographer
Geohazards

Giorgia Stasi

Geologist/PhD student
Mineralogy & Geophysics

Alejandra Tovar

Geologist
Hydrogeology & Geothermal Energy

Yves Vanbrabant

Senior Geologist
Mineralogy & Geothermal Energy

Sophie Verheyden

Senior Geologist
Quaternary geology & Climate Change

Jan Walstra

Senior Geologist
Geomodelling, Remote sensing & Geohazards

Kris Welkenhuysen

Senior Geologist
GeoEnergy & Geothermal Energy

Scientific collaborators

Léon Dejonghe

Senior Geologist

Roland Dreesen

Senior Geologist

Michiel Dusar

Senior Geologist

Max Engel

Senior Geologist

Herman Goethals

Senior Geologist

Eric Groessens

Senior Geologist

David Lagrou

Senior Geologist

Administrative staff

Carine De Saedeleer

Administration

Fabienne Desmet

Administration & accounting

Karine Wuyts

Administration