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27.05.1980). Certificate of Distinction.
3. Award 'Paul Van Oye' 1985 (Brussels, 21.12.1985). Awarded by the Royal Belgian
Academy.
4. Award Lucien De Coninck 2001, (Ghent, 25.03.2001).
5. Van der Leeuw – chair , University of Amsterdam (NWO, 2003-2004).
6. Scritture d’Acqua, Scienza-tecnologia, IX Edizione 2004 (Parma, Italy)
National and International Projects
• FKFO-MI 1990-1994 Co-PI (partim Ostracoda) of the project Speciation in selected
animal groups of Lake Baikal (“Soortvorming bij bepaalde diergroepen van het
Baikalmeer”), in collaboration with the Limnological Institute Irkutsk, Russia.
• EU-Human Capital and Mobility – networks 1994-1996 Contract Number:
ERBCHRXCT/93/0253; Periode: 1.1.1994-31.12.1996. General coordinator; title:
“Evolutionary Ecology of reproductive modes in non-marine ostracods”. The network
consisted of 6 labs from Belgium (Brussels), Austria (Mondsee), Italy (Parma), Spain
(Madrid) en U.K. (Greenwich and Leeds). (Total Budget: 434,000.- ECU)
• INTAS 1995-1998 Co-PI (partim Ostracoda) of the INTAS (EU) project 94-4465
“Habitat segregation in benthic invertebrates of Lake Baikal: a contribution to
evolutionary ecology”. Project in collaboration with the Limnological Institute, Irkutsk-
Russia; Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk-Russia; Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany; Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg-Germany; The Natural History Museum,
London-UK; Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse-France; Universita degli studi di Milano,
Italy; University of Helsinki, Finland.
• FKFO-MI 1995-1999 Co-PI (partim Ostracoda) of the project “Phylogeny and ecology
of invertebrates of Lake Baikal” (“Fylogenie en ecologie van Invertebraten in het
Baikalmeer”); in collaboration with the Limnological Institute, Irkutsk.
• VLINA 1997-1998 Co-PI of the project “Recovery of natural values in standing
freshwater bodies: structure and functioning of the microbial loop in the trophic cascade
in certain model systems” (“Het herstel van natuurwaarden in stilstaande zoete wateren:
onderzoek naar de struktuur en het functioneren van de microbiële lus in de trofische
cascade in enkele modelsystemen”).
• BASF 1997-1998 Scientist in charge of the project: “The effects of reproductive mode
and multiple invasions on speciation of ancient lake ostracods: comparative molecular
genetics of Baikalian Cytherissa” (postdoc grant of Dr I. Schön with BASF-
Aktiengesellschaft and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
• EU-INCO/DC 1998-2002 Co-PI of the EU-project “The trophic ecology of the demersal
fish community of Lake Malawi/Niassa, Central Africa” (10 partners). IC18-CT97-0195
(DG 12-CDPE)
• GEF Tanganyika 1997-1998 Consultant contracts on invertebrate biodiversity with
Marine Resources Assessment Group Ltd. (London, UK).
• EU-Marie Curie Fellowship, Biotechnology 1999-2001 Scientist in charge of postdoc