holds a MSc and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven. Since 2009, she is the valorisation coordinator of LICT (a KU Leuven research centre on ICT) supporting professors with the valorisation of their research. This includes a.o. establishing and supporting collaborations with industry and project consortia. She regularly contributed to project evaluations both as an employee of the Flemish funding agency as well as for H2020 and international funding agencies.