Stijn Van Vooren

Stijn Van Vooren is a researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), specializing in Applied Physics and Photonics. His work focuses on theoretical physics, particularly the Dirac equation, black hole dynamics, and computational methods in nonlinear systems. He contributed to a 2019 JHEP publication analyzing cosmic censorship in higher-dimensional black hole spacetimes. His recent activities include proposing a Tier 1 compute grant and presenting research on photonic Ising machines enhanced by the Adam-optimizer, as well as exploring synergistic information transfer as early warning signs for phase transitions in complex systems.

• Education: Doctoral scholarship holder and PhD in Applied Physics and Photonics.

Research interests span quantum field theory in curved spacetime, perturbation techniques, and applications of machine learning (e.g., Adam-optimizer) in photonic systems. His conference talks and proposals highlight interdisciplinary approaches bridging theoretical physics and computational methods.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.

Grants and collaborations include a 2025 Tier 1 compute grant proposal (with Guy Verschaffelt) and participation in multi-author presentations on nonlinear dynamics and quantum systems.