Previous members
The original team
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Joni Vanneste
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Once a PhD student at the Ludo Van Den Bosch lab (VIB), started her first post-PhD job as consultant at Trilations.
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Donya Pakravan
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Was a PhD student at the Van Den Bosch lab (VIB) during her time at the optimist
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Matthias Koch
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Was a PhD student at the Chavez-Gutiérrez lab (VIB) when he co-founded The Optimist
Previous optimist members
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Hava Izci
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A PhD student at the lab of gynecological oncology (Department of Oncology KU Leuven) back in her Optimist days
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Simone Marcigaglia
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Used to be a PhD student at the Haesler Lab (NERF)