University studies

Sept 1992: Licencié en Sciences Physiques (B.Sc.), Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.

Sept 1992: Agrégé de l'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.

Nov 1996: Docteur en Sciences (Ph.D.), Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.

Positions

• Oct 1992 - Sept 1994: IRSIA Ph.D. Researcher, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.
• Oct 1994 - Mar 1996: FRIA Ph.D. Researcher, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.
• Dec 1996 - Nov 1997: Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton-CNRS II (Orsay), France.
• Oct 1998 - Sept 2001: Postdoctoral Researcher of the FNRS, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.
• Oct 2001 - Sept 2004: University of Maryland Research Associate, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
• Oct 2004 - Sept 2006: Research Associate (Return Grant of the Belgian Federal Science Policy), Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium.
• Oct 2006 - : FNRS Research Associate, Université de Mons - UMONS, Belgium.

Scientific awards and memberships

• Annual award of the Belgian Royal Academy (1997).
• Aldolphe Wetrems award of the Belgian Royal Academy (2002).
• Member of the International Astronomical Union (since 2000).

Research interests

• Study of electronic structures of neutral and ionized atoms;
• Investigation of allowed (E1) and forbidden (E2, M1) radiative transitions;
• Determination of radiative lifetimes;
• Analysis of experimental spectra obtained by Fourier transform spectroscopy;
• Hyperfine structure;
• Study of the fine structure and the radiative properties of the rare-earth atoms and ions;
• Astrophysical applications of some atomic data;
• Global properties of complex atomic structures (unresolved transition arrays ...);
• Non-radiative decay processes (Auger, Coster-Kronig, ...);
• Other atomic processes such as photoionization, electron impact, dielectronic recombination, charge transfer, ...;
• Hollow atoms;
• IR; visible; UV; EUV; X-rays.

Publications

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