Nele Van Wyngaerden
Curriculum Vitae
since 09/2022 PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) 09/2019 - 07/2022 Master of Science in Chemistry at Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; M.Sc. Thesis on Design of a hybrid organic-inorganic catalyst for amide bond formation reactions, Supervisors: Dr. Francisco de Azambuja and Prof. Dr. Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt 08/2021 - 09/2021 Research Internship at Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften; research topic on Cloning, expression and purification of a TraO variant from a Type IV Secretion System from Gram-positive bacteria; Supervisors: Tamara Berger and Prof. Dr. Walter Keller 09/2020 - 06/2021 Voluntary Scientific Researcher at Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; research topic on Chemical synthesis of small peptide-based linkers for post-translational modification of nanobodies targeting ovarian cancer biomarkers; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Geert-Jan Graulus 02/2020 - 07/2020 Research Internship at Nelson Labs Europe (Sotera Health Group); research topic on Irradiatiative Degradation of Polymers and Polymer Antioxidants compared to Chemical Oxidation; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank De Smedt 09/2016 - 07/2019 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Hasselt University; B.Sc. Thesis on Fluorescence lifetime imaging of HIV-1 integrase at single virus level; Supervisors: Dr. Nagma Parveen and Prof. Dr. Jelle Hendrix Volunteering Work
10/2021 - 08/2022 Archery coach at KHM De Herderin Leuven, Belgian champion in 2017 & 2018 09/2020 - 06/2022 Swimming Teacher | Pump’n Dance 10/2014 - 08/2022 Event Organizer at KHM De Herderin Leuven Skills and Experience
Languages Native speaker of Dutch; advanced intermediate knowledge of English; able to communicate in French at high-school level Communication skills Clear and effective communication due to experience working in several different research environments Digital skills Well-versed in the Microsoft Office software package; xxperience with common scientific software including ChemDraw, Endnote, MATLAB, TopSpin, and MestReNova Specific work-related skills - Capable of working independently in sensitive chemical environments in strict accordance with safety protocols
- Skilled in working in a Biosafety lab of levels 1 and 2
- Experience with E.coli bacteria, HeLa cells, and genetically modified HIV viruses
- Familiar with molecular biology techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, restriction digestion ligation , protein expression, SDS-PAGE, and Western Blotting
- Experience with liquid-liquid extractions, refluxing, and affinity chromatography and silica column chromatography
- Well acquainted with carrying out reactions under inert atmosphere using a Schlenk line
- Experience with using an ÄKTA Avant for preparative protein purification, GC-MS, LC-Orbitrap, ATR-FTIR, and with confocal laser scanning microscopy