Bram Schalkwijk

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Promotors: Edris Mahtab, Hans Dierckx
Supervisors: Samuel Max, Laurent Coopmans
Subject: Development of a VR Application for ECMO Training with Dynamic Patient Physiology Modelling
Studied Technical Medicine
Year 2024-2025

Aaron Gobeyn

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Promotors: Prof. Hans Dierckx
Supervisors: Desmond Kabus
Subject: Detection and analysis of quasi-particles in excitable media
Studied Physics
Year 2023-2024

David Van Hee

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Promotors: Hans Dierckx, Joeri van der Veken
Supervisors: Marie Cloet
Subject: Prediction of wave break locations in the heart from extrinsic curvature calculations
Studied Biophysics
Year 2022-2021

Marie Cloet

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Promotors: Giovanni Samaey, Piet Claus, Hans Dierckx
Subject: Uncertainty quantification in cardiac excitation models

Contact details

📌 Office A342, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk
📧 Look up email address on KU Leuven Who’s Who
📚 Publications via Lirias
📑 Publications via ORCID
🌍 Profile on LinkedIn

Questions and answers

What did you study for your bachelor’s and master’s degree?

I studied Mathematics at KU Leuven Campus Kortrijk in my bachelor’s and I completed my Master in Applied Mathematics, with research option, at KU Leuven.

Why did you start a PhD in this group?

Since my bachelor’s thesis on the computation of the ECG out of a Cellular Automaton model of the heart, I was sold for the research conducted here. It’s a perfect match between mathematical methods and a life-saving, relevant biological application.

What would you say is your speciality within the research group?

In my Master’s, I chose both courses in applied mathematics, such as engineering science, plasma astrophysics and theoretical physics, and courses in pure mathematics. I think the skill I want to deploy is translating abstract mathematical concepts to useful applications and vice versa, in a way that the methods are both practical and rigorously underpinned.

What is your favorite part of doing a PhD?

I have only started, but I would say the act of doing science together. At Kulak, there are many colleages with whom I can discuss my research and my educational tasks. It’s cool to reach further with the support of your peers.

What is your least favorite part?

To be honest, I have not done anything that I did not like thus far… Besides the administration to fulfill the bureaucratic formalities, that’s mostly quite a burden!

What are your hobbies/after work activities?

I play rugby in the women’s team of Rugby RSL, the Bullets. Furthermore, I am member of the running club Dapalo in my home town. During my studies, I have been active as a volunteer in the chiro, which is a youth movement. Now and then, I still help during their activities.

In my last year of high school, I went on an exchange to Denmark with AFS. Now, I still understand Danish and other related Scandinavian languages. Which is helpful, since those countries are my favorite destination.

Master thesis at KU Leuven Kortrijk

Promotor: Hans Dierckx
Supervisor: Louise Arno
Subject: Non-linear waves in excitable networks
Studied: (applied) Mathematics
Year 2021-2022

Brecht Vandenborre

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Promotors: Hans Dierckx, Piet Claus
Supervisors: Lore Leenknegt, Dylan Vermoortele
Subject: The inverse problem of the electrogram
Studied Biophysics
Year 2021-2022

MSc Student on Hans Dierckx' Research Page