Our Team

Principal Investigator

Alumni & Visitors

Over the years, many scientist from around the world have been part of our group or have spent some time visiting:

  • Jia Li

    PhD student
    (2020 - 2024)
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  • Arthur Zwaenepoel

    PhD student
    (2017 - 2022)
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  • Griet Casteleyn

    Technician
    (2020 - 2022)
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  • Polina Novikova

    Postdoc
    (2016 - 2020)
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  • Shu-Min Kao

    PhD student
    (2015 - 2020)
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  • Surendra Vikram

    Postdoc (University of Pretoria)
    (2017 - 2020)
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  • Tao Zhao

    Postdoc
    (2018 - 2020)
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  • Zhichao Xu

    Visiting Postdoc
    (2019 - 2020)
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  • Srilakshmy Harikrishnan

    PhD student
    (2015 - 2019)
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  • Thomas Van Parys

    Staff
    (2007 - 2019)
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  • Jonas Defoort

    PhD student
    (2014 - 2018)
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  • Lieven Sterck

    Postdoc
    (2002 - 2018)
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  • Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet

    Postdoc
    (2017 - 2018)
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  • Rolf Lohaus

    Postdoc
    (2013 - 2018)
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  • Yao Yao

    Postdoc
    (2009 - 2018)
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  • Arista Fourie

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2017 - 2017)
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  • Oren Tzfadia

    Postdoc
    (2014 - 2017)
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  • Phuong Le

    Postdoc
    (2015 - 2017)
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  • Pierre Rouzé

    Group Leader
    (1994 - 2017)
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  • Riet De Smet

    Postdoc
    (2011 - 2017)
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  • Rodrigo Meneses

    Visiting Master Student
    (2016 - 2017)
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  • Russell Orr

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2016 - 2017)
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  • Setareh Tasdighian

    PhD student
    (2012 - 2017)
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  • Tim Diels

    PhD student
    (2015 - 2017)
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  • Vanessa Vermeirssen

    Postdoc
    (2007 - 2017)
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  • Zaichao Zhang

    PhD student
    (2014 - 2017)
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  • Bram Verhelst

    PhD student
    (2010 - 2016)
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  • Danielle Roodt

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2016 - 2016)
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  • Ehsan Sabaghian

    PhD student
    (2013 - 2016)
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  • Evangelia Dougali

    PhD student
    (2010 - 2016)
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  • Lívia Vargas

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2016)
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  • Nicholas A. Olivier

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2015 - 2016)
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  • Ronnie de Jonge

    Postdoc
    (2012 - 2016)
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  • Xiaoguang Yu

    PhD student
    (2012 - 2016)
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  • Yao-Cheng Lin

    Postdoc
    (2006 - 2016)
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  • Alexandre Cormier

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2015)
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  • Assia Saltykova

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2015 - 2015)
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  • Guido Van den Ackerveken

    Visiting Professor
    (2015 - 2015)
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  • Kevin Vanneste

    Postdoc
    (2009 - 2015)
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  • Marc Van Goethem

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2015 - 2015)
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  • Max Alekseyev

    Visiting Professor
    (2015 - 2015)
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  • Vid Jelen

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2015)
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  • Amanda De La Torre

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2014)
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  • Bing Li

    PhD student
    (2009 - 2014)
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  • Ed Himelblau

    Visiting Professor
    (2014 - 2014)
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  • Enrique Saez Laguna

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2013 - 2014)
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  • Ken Heyndrickx

    PhD student
    (2010 - 2014)
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  • Marie Pazoutova

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2014)
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  • Michele Perazzolli

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2014 - 2014)
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  • Phuong Thi Ngoc Cao

    PhD student
    (2009 - 2014)
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  • Sebastian Proost

    Postdoc
    (2007 - 2014)
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  • Sofie Van Landeghem

    Postdoc
    (2007 - 2014)
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  • Thomas Abeel

    Postdoc
    (2005 - 2014)
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  • Alisa Postma

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2013 - 2013)
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  • Bram Slabbinck

    Postdoc
    (2010 - 2013)
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  • Cindy Martens

    Postdoc
    (2004 - 2013)
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  • Emilio Potenza

    PhD student
    (2012 - 2013)
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  • Keith Adams

    Visiting Professor
    (2013 - 2013)
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  • Yvan Saeys

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2013)
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  • Elisabeth Wischnitzki

    PhD student
    (2007 - 2012)
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  • Michiel Van Bel

    Postdoc
    (2006 - 2012)
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  • Pedro Pattyn

    PhD student
    (2006 - 2012)
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  • Sara Movahedi

    PhD student
    (2008 - 2012)
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  • Steven Timmermans

    PhD student
    (2011 - 2012)
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  • Ying He

    PhD student
    (2007 - 2012)
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  • Cedric Simillion

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2011)
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  • Guy Baele

    Postdoc
    (2003 - 2011)
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  • Ida van Jaarsveld

    Visiting Master Student
    (2010 - 2011)
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  • Jens Hollunder

    Postdoc
    (2008 - 2011)
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  • Klaas Vandepoele

    Professor
    (1999 - 2011)
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  • Marijn Vandevoorde

    Staff
    (2010 - 2011)
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  • Nathalie Pochet

    Postdoc
    (2007 - 2011)
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  • Sandra Botelho

    PhD student
    (2009 - 2011)
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  • Stefanie De Bodt

    Postdoc
    (2000 - 2011)
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  • Xin-Ying Ren

    Other
    (2009 - 2011)
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  • Alessandro Cestaro

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2009 - 2010)
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  • Anagha Joshi

    PhD student
    (2006 - 2010)
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  • Eric Bonnet

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2010)
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  • Jeffrey Fawcett

    PhD student
    (2006 - 2010)
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  • John S. Taylor

    Visiting Professor
    (2010 - 2010)
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  • Kenny Billiau

    Staff
    (2006 - 2010)
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  • Tom Michoel

    Postdoc
    (2004 - 2010)
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  • Ben Mahy

    Other
    (2006 - 2009)
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  • Dirk Gevers

    Postdoc
    (2003 - 2009)
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  • Esther-Kristin Lather

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2008 - 2009)
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  • Grigoris Amoutzias

    Postdoc
    (2007 - 2009)
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  • Hsing-Fang Lee

    Volunteer
    (2008 - 2009)
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  • Jonathan Gordon

    Postdoc
    (2008 - 2009)
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  • Steven Maere

    Postdoc
    (2006 - 2009)
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  • Tine Blomme

    PhD student
    (2004 - 2009)
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  • Walter Sanseverino

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2008 - 2009)
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  • Ann Bostyn

    Secretary
    (2001 - 2008)
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  • Ricardo Pinto

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2008 - 2008)
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  • Rubén Armañanzas

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2008 - 2008)
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  • Steven Robbens

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2008)
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  • Francis Dierick

    Staff
    (2003 - 2007)
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  • Roeland Merks

    Postdoc
    (2005 - 2007)
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  • Tine Casneuf

    Postdoc
    (2003 - 2007)
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  • Bernhard Gschloessl

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2005 - 2006)

  • Isis Bonet

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2006 - 2006)
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  • Jan Wuyts

    Postdoc
    (2002 - 2005)
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  • Jeroen Raes

    Postdoc
    (2000 - 2005)
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  • Jia Ding

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2004 - 2005)

  • Kobe Florquin

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2005)
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  • Utz Pape

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2004 - 2005)
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  • Matyas Cserhati

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2004 - 2004)
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  • Olivier Leleu

    Visiting Postdoc
    (2004 - 2004)

  • Sven Degroeve

    Postdoc
    (2001 - 2004)
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  • Wouter De Vos

    PhD student
    (2002 - 2003)
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  • Anna Yssel

    Postdoc (University of Pretoria)
    (2018 - )
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  • Eylem Aydoǧdu

    Postdoc
    (2015 - )
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  • Gareth Linsmith

    PhD student
    (2017 - )
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  • Inês Modesto

    Visiting PhD Student
    (2017 - )
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About us

The Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics group is a center of excellence in the fields of gene prediction and genome annotation, comparative and evolutionary genomics, and systems biology. The team is involved in many international genome projects and has a particular interest in genome evolution and gene and genome duplication events.

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