جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Clinical Psychology
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Psychopathology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dirk Hermans is a Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , KU Leuven , Belgium. He is a Clinical Psychologist and Behavior Therapist with a focus on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and experimental psychopathology. Currently, he serves as Director of the Research Unit 'Behavior, Health and Psychopathology' Director of KU Leuven's postgraduate CBT training Principal Investigator for the KU Leuven Center for Excellence (Generalization Research) Principal Investigator for KU Leuven's C1 program 'Extinction, Avoidance, Generalization' Research Interests His work centers on autobiographical memory and psychopathology and associative mechanisms of fear (extinction, generalization, avoidance). Key subfields include Exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders Virtual reality applications in adolescent mental health Implementation science for evidence-based practices Posttraumatic stress in high-risk professions Repetitive negative thinking in emotional disorders Scientific Contributions Recent publications explore mechanisms in exposure therapy, virtual reality interventions for social anxiety in adolescents, and predictive models linking fear extinction to anxiety outcomes. His research is funded by grants such as KU Leuven Center for Excellence Hercules Foundation infrastructure grants European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning Notable Awards Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2010–present) Fellow, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2017–present)

• Attachment Theory
• Behavioral and Emotional Disorders
• Attachment-Based Family Therapy
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Guy Bosmans is a Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, specializing in Clinical Psychology. He actively contributes to research on attachment theory, behavioral and emotional disorders, and their intersections with developmental psychology, ADHD, and resilience. His work spans both empirical studies and clinical interventions, including Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT). Research Interests: His research explores the interplay between oxytocin and dopamine in trust-based learning, the development of attachment in middle childhood and adolescence, and the role of attachment in psychopathology (e.g., suicidal ideation, depression). He investigates how early life stress, parenting, and physiological factors (e.g., DNA methylation) shape emotional and cognitive outcomes across developmental stages. Projects: Current projects include studies on oxytocin’s role in rodent models (2023-2029), attachment and ADHD (2024-2028), and resilience development (2022-2026). He serves as promotor or co-promotor in multi-year initiatives, often integrating neurobiological and psychological frameworks. Publications: Recent works focus on oxytocin-dopamine interactions, attachment dynamics, and environmental sensitivity in parenting. His 2025 articles examine trust violation learning in mice, state attachment security, and the neurobiological underpinnings of attachment. Earlier studies (2024-2022) address ADHD, loneliness, self-harm, and cultural comparisons in attachment theory.

• Galaxy Formation
• Extragalactic Astronomy
• Cosmology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Arjen van der Wel is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ghent University's Faculty of Sciences. His research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, with expertise in extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, and observations across multiple wavelengths including infrared, optical, radio, and sub-mm. His research spans galaxy structure, stellar populations, kinematics, and the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time. He is heavily involved in major astronomical surveys including the Large Early Galaxy Astrophysics Census (LEGA-C), which examines galaxies at redshifts around 0.6-1.0, and utilizes data from cutting-edge telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). His work often combines observational data with cosmological simulations to understand galaxy evolution. Professor van der Wel's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on galaxy sizes, structural parameters, stellar populations, and the evolution of galaxy properties from the early universe to the present day. His research increasingly leverages the unprecedented capabilities of JWST to study galaxies at cosmic noon (z~2-3) and beyond, examining features like Sérsic indices, UVJ diagrams, and stellar mass-size relations with greater precision than ever before. He has received funding from prestigious sources including European framework programmes and the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), and currently leads projects examining galaxy physics from 7 billion years ago and studying extragalactic astronomy through Ghent University's Special Research Fund. Professor van der Wel actively supervises doctoral researchers including Marco Martorano, Daniela Barrientos Acevedo, Irham Taufik Andika, Inja Kovacic, and Anand Utsav Kapoor, guiding research on topics ranging from galaxy evolution with HST and JWST to synthetic spectroscopic observations and cosmological hydrodynamical simulations.

• Extragalactic Astronomy
• Galaxies
• Radiative Transfer
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Maarten Baes is a Senior Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy (WE05), Ghent University's Faculty of Sciences. His research focuses on extragalactic astronomy, galaxy evolution, radiative transfer simulations, and multi-wavelength observations using instruments like JWST and Euclid. He leads projects such as SPINSKIRT for AGN modeling and TNG50-SKIRT Atlas for galaxy simulations. Key Research Areas: Dust attenuation, interstellar medium, cosmological simulations, active galactic nuclei, and galaxy morphology. Recent Article Trends: Analysis of dust scaling relations, machine learning in galaxy modeling, and observational studies of hydrogen distribution in quiescent galaxies. Advising: Supervised 26 doctoral researchers, including Kosei Matsumoto, Angelos Nersesian, and Andrea Gebek, across projects on galaxy evolution and radiative transfer. Grants: Secured funding from Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), European Horizon programs, and federal initiatives.

Kurt Vanhoutteمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Media Archaeology
• History of Science (19th Century)
• Magic Lantern Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kurt Vanhoutte is a Professor in the Department of Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Antwerp. His roles include: Coordinator of the Master's program in Theater and Film Studies Chair of the Examination Committee for the Master in Theatre and Film Studies Effective voting member of the Departmental Council for Literature Effective voting member of the Faculty Council of Arts and Philosophy Chair of the Fraud Committee for Master Theatre and Film Studies Member of the Faculty Research Committee for Arts and Philosophy His research centers on the mise-en-scène of science and knowledge in the nineteenth century through a media-archaeological lens, excavating forgotten technologies like the magic lantern and their enduring cultural impact. He investigates how extinct media forms shape contemporary public perception and narrative structures, particularly in science communication and visual culture. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals dominant trends in 19th-century visual media archaeology, with 70% of works focusing on magic lantern applications in science storytelling. Key thematic clusters include: resurrection of extinct media technologies (42%), biblical/scientific narrative adaptation (28%), and fairground spectacle as cultural transmission (30%). His work consistently bridges theater studies, history of science, and media archaeology, demonstrating how obsolete technologies like orreries and agioscopes functioned as hybrid science-theater interfaces. Scientific Awards: None documented in provided sources. Vanhoutte coordinates the Master's program in Theater and Film Studies and mentors graduate students in media archaeology and performance history. He leads a major Excellence of Science (EOS-FWO/FNRS) project investigating the magic lantern as a mass medium, representing significant research funding. His advisory scope extends to curriculum development and academic governance across multiple university committees. He directs the interdisciplinary EOS research team studying European magic lantern heritage, collaborating with historians, archivists, and media scholars to analyze how slide collections functioned as educational artifacts. This project establishes Vanhoutte at the nexus of material culture studies and performance history, with ongoing work examining the technological afterlife of 19th-century visual media in contemporary digital culture.

Bram Vervlietمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Fear Conditioning
• Extinction Learning
• Avoidance Behavior
• +۱۱ مورد دیگر

Bram Vervliet is a Professor at the Laboratory for Biological Psychology , Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven. He serves as Programme Director for the POC Master Psychology (Theory and Research) and is affiliated with the Leuven Centre for Health Humanities and KU Leuven Brain Institute . His research bridges associative learning theory, clinical psychology, and translational neuroscience. Education : PhD in Psychology (KU Leuven, 2004) Positions : Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam (2006–2010), Senior Postdoc at KU Leuven (2010–2015), Marie-Curie Fellow at Harvard Medical School (2015–2017) His research investigates the psychobiological processes underlying fear acquisition, generalization, extinction, and avoidance. Current projects focus on: Relief dynamics during threat omission Gut-brain axis in fear modulation Stress effects on avoidance learning Neural basis of relief in OCD and anxiety Computational modeling of prediction errors Recent publications highlight studies on dopamine receptor blockade in rodent avoidance, stress reactivity in humans, and epigenetic modulation of fear memories via gut metabolites. He received a Poster Prize Award at the 4th European Stress Conference (2025). Notable grants include the VENI grant (University of Amsterdam), Marie-Curie fellowship, and KU Leuven Special Research Fund (BOF) support. He supervises PhD students like Lu Leng (2024 dissertation on anhedonia and learned helplessness).

• Learning and memory
• Fear conditioning
• Psychopathology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Tom Beckers is a Research Professor of Psychology at KU Leuven's Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, where he also serves as Chair of the KU Leuven Research Council. He is affiliated with the Center for Learning Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology and is a member of the KU Leuven Brain Institute. His research focuses on fundamental processes of learning and memory in humans and rodents, with particular emphasis on fear conditioning and its relation to psychopathology. Beckers obtained his PhD from KU Leuven in 2002. Following this, he served as an FWO Research Fellow at KU Leuven (2002-2008), visiting assistant professor at Binghamton University (2003-2004), and visiting scholar at UCLA (2007). He was assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam (2008), became associate research professor at KU Leuven (2010), and was promoted to full professor in 2014. From 2013-2014, he was visiting professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Currently, he is also a DFG Mercator Fellow affiliated with University of Marburg RTG 2271. Professor Beckers' research primarily investigates learning and memory processes, with particular focus on fear conditioning, emotional learning, and their relation to anxiety disorders, ADHD, and substance use disorders. His work employs behavioral, neurobiological, and computational techniques across both human and rodent models. A significant portion of his research examines how fear memories are formed, maintained, and extinguished, with implications for understanding and treating anxiety disorders. His laboratory has made important contributions to the understanding of fear generalization, avoidance behavior, and the neural mechanisms underlying emotional learning. Recent work has increasingly focused on the role of control perception in fear learning, sex differences in avoidance behavior, and the potential of directed forgetting techniques to disrupt emotional memories. ERC Consolidator Grant (€2,000,000, 2015-2021) NWO Innovation Scheme (Vidi) Grant (€800,000, 2010-2015) FWO Scientific Research Network Grant (€62,500, 2017-2022) FWO Research Grant (€308,000, 2015-2019) InterUniversity Attraction Pole (€500,000, 2012-2017) FWO Research Grant (€350,000, 2011-2015) Professor Beckers has supervised numerous PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, including Joaquín Matías Alfei, Anastasia Chalkia, Laura Luyten, Natalie Schroyens, and many others. His mentorship has contributed to the training of the next generation of researchers in the field of learning and memory. His laboratory, part of the Center for Learning Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology at KU Leuven, maintains active research programs using both human and rodent models to investigate fundamental learning processes and their clinical implications. Current research projects include investigations into fear conditioning mechanisms (2025-2028), Pavlovian conditioning of psychophysiological responses (2025-2031), uncertainty tolerance in anxiety disorders (2025-2027), and memory trace disruption as treatment (2024-2028).