Other

This page contains contributions to various other elements of my professional life, including teaching at the university level, technical support roles and general science outreach.

Teaching

• KU Leuven:
  • Algemene natuurkunde I (General physics I); Teaching assistant exercise sessions. Fall 2022, Spring 2025.
  • Algemene natuurkunde II (General physics II); Lab assistant. Fall 2023, Fall 2024.
  • Fysica 1: mechanica en golven (Physics 1: mechanics and waves); Lab assistant. Spring 2024.
• Kunde:
  • Physics tutor at Kunde; Developed course material and helped prepare students for the Flemish medical entry exam. August 2022 - July 2024.

Technical Support

• KU Leuven:
  • System administration Guru; Volunteered in support of the Institute of Astronomy’s system administration team. Provided assistance to institute students and staff with regards to software/library compilation and installation (Fortran/C/C++/Python), as well as access to the institute’s SLURM HPC cluster. July 2024 - March 2025.

Event Organisation

• Conferences:
  • Solvay-Torino XV Workshop on AGB Stars (LOC): LOC member for the fifteenth edition of the Torino Workshop, jointly organised by Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), KU Leuven and the Solvay Institutes. Responsible for conference website design and maintenance.

Outreach

• Macquarie University:
  • Astronomy Open Night 2026; Operated a manual Dobsonian telescope to show Open Night visitors the Moon and Saturn at the Macquarie University Observatory. September 19, 2026
  • Association for Astronomy; Volunteered for the Association for Astronomy (AfA) in public and private outreach sessions at the Macquarie University Observatory. June 2026 - now
  • Astronomy Open Night 2025; MCed and presented during the Astronomy Open Night short talks program. September 27, 2025
  • Experience Macquarie Days 2025; Partook in a panel discussion and Q&A session to present the life and work of astrophysicists at Macquarie University. April 16 2025
• KU Leuven:
  • 600 years KU Leuven: Mapping the Universe; Gave a public outreach presentation on the space- and ground-based astronomical facilities that KU Leuven’s Institute of Astronomy is involved with. Given in the context of the university’s 600th anniversary. February 15 2025
  • Summer of Science 2024; Designed and taught a full-day course on optical interferometry in the context of Experimental Techniques in Gravitational Wave Physics (EXPTECH). July 30 2024
• Miscellaneous:
  • Class on star and planet formation; Designed and gave a small astronomy class on star formation for 5th year students at elementary school 'De Twijg' (Wijgmaal, Belgium). June 20 2023