Michèle has a PhD in Physics and works at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN since 1994. She started as researcher at the BR2 reactor department and prepared her PhD thesis on the study of neutron irradiated silicon. She obtained her PhD diploma from KU Leuven (Belgium) in 1998 and took up the position of scientific collaborator at the radiation protection department, where she was responsible for the Nuclear Calibrations Laboratory and participated in dosimetry research. Since 2000 she was also participating to the management of SCK CEN’s international school for Radiological Protection (isRP), and coordinated several national and international projects dealing with education and training (amongst others in collaboration with IAEA and EC).
She is now the director of SCK CEN’s Academy for Nuclear Science and Technology. The Academy coordinates all education and training (E&T) related activities of SCK CEN, going from delivering guidance to junior researchers via e.g. thesis support for Bachelor, Master and PhD students, over organization of courses, to policy support related to E&T matters.