Education

• 2009 – PhD in Geography – UCLouvain. Forest Transition in Vietnam : Evidence, Theory and Social-Ecological Feedbacks. Supervisor : prof. Eric F. Lambin. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/28718
• 2003 – DEC & DEA en Sociologie (postgraduate level) – UCLouvain – high honors.
• 2001 – PostGraduate Diploma in Human Ecology – Free University of Brussels (VUB) – high honors.
• 2000 – Licence en Sciences Géographiques (master level) - UCLouvain – high honors.

Professional appointments

• Oct 2016 – present, F.R.S.-FNRS & Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (Belgium) – Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Research Associate & Professor
• Oct 2011 – Oct 2016, F.R.S.-FNRS & Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (Belgium) – Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Chargé de recherches (postdoctoral researcher)
• 2010 – Sept 2011, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (Belgium) – Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM). PostDoctoral Researcher, project Redd-Alert : www.redd-alert.eu
• 2004 – 2009, UCLouvain (Belgium) - Laboratory of remote sensing and land change. Teaching and Research assistant, PhD student.
• 2001 – 2003, UCLouvain (Belgium) - Department of anthropology and sociology. Research assistant. Social interactions and space appropriation in urban neighbourhoods and public parks, with prof. Bernard Francq. Funded by the belgian Funds for Scientific Research and the Brussels Institute for Environmental Management.

Honours and awards

• 2018, Highly Cited Researcher, Cross-Field, Clarivate Analytics - 2018
• 2018 - 2019: Chair of the Science Committee of the 2019 Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme
• 2013, Certification of Excellence in Reviewing, for outstanding reviewer, from Global Environmental Change
• 2011, Nominé du Doctoral Thesis Award for Future Generations 2011 de la Fondation pour les Générations Futures
• 2008, Laureate of the belgian French Community research grant travel contest.