Reviewer
Reviewer for the ERC since 2021
Reviewer for Evaluation and Selection of COST Actions since 2006
Member of the jury for the “ISHANGO” award organized by Brussels Capital Region (2002)
Referee of promotion or Tenure
Materials Science and Engineering Department at the Guangdong Technion Institute of Technology, tenure process for Associate Professor 2024
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan 2024
King Saud University to Serve as Referee for Faculty Promotion , 2024
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) France, 2019, 2020, 2021
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA 2022
Referee of research projects:
FWO (Belgium) - Foreign expert 2014 - 2017
NSF (USA), since 2010
FONCYT (Argentina), since 2011
ANR (France), since 2011
CONICYT (Chile), since 2016
DFG (Germany), since 2016
National Science Centre (Poland), since 2018
ACS PRF (USA), since 2018
FWO panel expert WT3, Gecondenseerde Materie en Fysische Chemie" (2019 - 2024) Aspiranten & mandaten
Adviesronde FWO-deelname aan H2020 ERA-NET-COFUND, WP 2020
Member of the editorial board of “Nanomaterials” 2019 - 2024
Associated editor Frontiers in Analytical Science 2023
Auditor at the 26th Solvay Conference, Brussels October 2022
Guest editor of a special issues
Catalysis Today: “The synergistic power of theory and experiment in the investigation of catalytic processes; from characterization to reaction mechanism”. 2011 - co-guest Editor: Prof. Monica Calatayud
Nanomaterials: “Modeling of Complex Interfaces: From Surface Chemistry to Nano Chemistry”. 2019
Nanomaterials:" Theoretical Calculation and Molecular Modeling of Nanomaterials". 2021
Catalysts: “Nano-Transition-Metal Catalysts: Synthesis and Theoretical Study of Catalysts.” 2022 - co-guest Editor: Dr. Hazar Guesmi
Catalysis Today: “ Water splitting design”. 2023 - co-guest Editors: Prof. Monica Calatayud and Prof. Ionut Tranca
Referee for: Science, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Physics Letters, Surface Science, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Materials Sciences, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Catalysis Today, Theochem, Micro-Meso Porous Materials, Topics in Catalysis, Physics Letters A, Catal. Comm., Environ. Sci. Tech., Appl. Catal. A, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Modeling, ACS Nano, Applied Materials & Interfaces, Catalysis Science & Technology, J. Chem. etc…
Organization of the 2nd meeting for computational chemistry of the KVCV, 11 december 2026, Brussels, Belgium
Organizer ECASIA 2026, 2 - 7 September 2026, Brussels, Belgium
Scientific Commitee
CBOND 2026, 9 - 14 September 2026, Brussels, Belgium
Scientific Commitee
Organization of “Les journées du Groupe Français de Spectroscopie Vibrationnelle” at Université Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 20, 21 Mai 2026
Organization of the first meeting for computational chemistry of the KVCV, 12 december 2025, Brussels, Belgium - Organizer - 50 attendants
HorizonEU C4Tunates meeting, Brussels (VUB) - March 2025 - 16 attendants
Chair of the 44th session of our "Online Class Academy: Let's Talk About Kidney Stones”, January 16 2025, online.
CHITEL/QUITEL June 30th to Friday July 5th 2024, Namur, Belgium.
National scientific committee
Chairing sessions
Designing the Future: Electro-, Photo- and Thermo-chemical Water Splitting (COST conference), Brussels, Febr. 2023 - 72 attendant
Chairing sessions
EU2020 CHARISMA meeting, Brussels (VUB) - November 2023 - 30 attendants
Session chair and Organizer at the COST Conference “Designing the Future: Electro-, Photo- and Thermo-Chemical Water Splitting” (Brussels, Belgium, February 20 – 22, 2023). - 70 participants
Density Functional Theory and its Applications (DFT conference) Sept. 2022, organized by the ALGC group (VUB) Square, Brussels Convention Centre, Brussels, Belgium Organizing committee Postponed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
National scientific committee
Organization of session on Industrial applications
Organization of scientific seminars in the department of Chemistry, since 2020
Yearly organization of the “day of chemistry” - event of the department of Chemistry DSCH, VUB, since 2018
Co-organization of a workshop on DFT, Koninklijke Academie, Brussels, Mai 2018
Co-organization of a workshop on the modeling of oxides, CECAM, Paris, December 2013
Co-organization, Eulanest ERA-Net FP7 kickoff meeting Paris 12-13 November 2010
Co-responsible for the organization of a “working group meeting” COST D36/6, May 2009
Organization of a one-day workshop on modeling at the “institut des matériaux de Paris Centre”, September 2009
Organization of a one-day workshop on modeling at the Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, January 2009
Member of the organization committee of FEZA, September 2008
paper selection committee
Member of the organization committee (section youth) of the Royal Flemish Society of Chemistry of Belgium (1996 - 1998)
Member of the organization committee of the 4e VJC (Congres of the young Flemish chemists) 1998
In media
Interviewed by EOS on “AI and Chemistry”( 15 April 2022)
Documentary on Materials Modelling filmed for Kanaal Z - 27 April 2022
Auditeur at Solvay Conference, Brussels, Belgium 17 October 2022
Interview for the CHARISMA Horizon Europe Project 16 December 2022
Interview VUB magazine December 2023
Interview VUB outreach dept. on the output of the CHARISMA project, December 2024
Interview KVCV/KNCV magazine en Mens&Molecule on the use of AI in materials modelling, April 2025
VUB news - VUB-chemici klaar om de nieuwe Tier1-supercomputer volop in te zetten December 2025