I obtained my master’s degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the Ghent University in 2021. During my thesis I worked in the Pauwels lab on the combination of doubled haploid breeding and multiplex gene editing in maize. Later that year, I joined the group of Dirk Inzé and Hilde Nelissen where I worked on the BREEDIT ERC project, with a focus on genotype-phenotype correlation in multiplex edited maize lines. In 2022, I obtained an FWO PhD fellowship and joined the Pauwels lab again. The main focus of my PhD is to improve regeneration in maize with the goal to expand the number of transformable maize inbred lines, while also developing gene editing strategies.

I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Montpellier in 2023. Throughout my studies, I gained expertise in confocal microscopy, R programming, enzyme kinetics, calcium signaling, and the use of WinRhizo software, as well as fieldwork experience in tropical ecosystems. In 2023, I began the Erasmus Mundus Master's program in Tropical Ecology (TROPIMUNDO MSc). As part of my master's thesis, I joined F. Van Breusegem’s research unit to study plant-to-plant communication. My project aims to compare chemical and electrical above-ground communication in tobacco and tomato plants, focusing on both intra- and inter-species interactions.