About

I am a predoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders - Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) based at University of Antwerp (UA), completing my PhD under the supervision of Wendy Lowen.

Research interests

Operads // Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry // Deformation Theory

My interests lie at the intersection of algebraic topology, noncommutative algebraic geometry and homotopical algebra. I study all kinds of higher structures and their deformations theories, with a main focus on applying combinatorial and homological methods. This includes operads and their variations, higher categories and prestacks, deformation complexes, Koszul duality and Gerstenhaber-Schack cohomology.

PhD project (October 2019 - Present)

under the supervision of Wendy Lowen.

“Operadic Approaches to Deforming Higher Categories and Prestacks”

Funding
I was hired as part of the ERC Project “Foundations for Higher and Curved Noncommutative Geometry” with principal investigator Wendy Lowen. Thereafter, I was awarded a 1-year umbrella grant by University of Antwerp (UA) and succesfully applied for a 4-year PreDoc grant with Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).

Grants

FWO Travel grant (2023)
FWO PreDoc grant (2021 - 2025)
UA umbrella grant (2020 - 2021)


Education

2017 - 2019
Master in Pure Mathematics
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Fall Semester 2018-2019 spent at Université Paris Diderot VII (Paris) as part of Erasmus program
University of Antwerp (UA)
2013 - 2017
Bachelor in Mathematics
  • 2015 - 2017 Continuation at Free University Brussels
  • 2014 - 2015 Gap year in Berlin
  • 2013 - 2014 First year at University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp (UA), Free University Brussels (VUB)
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