Welcome!

I am an evolutionary biologist interested in sex chromosome evolution, sexual selection and speciation. I am a postdoc in the Ma group and a 10% professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, working on sex chromosome evolution.

News

I will be in SMBE in Copenhagen (28 June - 2 July). If you will be there and would like to meet, please get in touch.

June 2026

The site has received an redesign. The Research pages have been compacted and are being updated. Lab protocols are easier to find in the updated Resources page.

Congratulations to our Students, Julie, Sebastian, Maeliss and Gabriele who submitted their theses.

Marzieh's Master thesis is part of a Publication which is currently in review.

April 2026

My team won the prestigious Belgian Nobel Minds award in the 2026 Belgian worm meeting quiz.

Award

The lab was represented by 3 members in the 2026 Belgian worm meeting, who all presented posters.

Award