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Biography
Archaeological Fieldwork
1991-present: annual organisation and participation in fieldwork campaigns at Sagalassos, KU Leuven
2025-present: ceramic advisor for the Kremna excavations, Burdur University
2025-present: ceramic advisor for the Seleukeia Sidera excavations, Isparta University
2006-2014: ceramic advisor for the Kinet Höyük excavations, Bilkent University
2002-2014: ceramic advisor for the Boeotia Project, Universiteit Leiden
Academic functions, councils, editorial boards
Sagalassos
1999-2013: Assistant Director of the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project fieldwork seasons, KU Leuven
2013-2023: Director of the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, KU Leuven
2014-present: Founding Member and Accountant of the Sagalassos Foundation/Sagalassos Vakfı, Turkey
International networks
1996-2011: Academic Secretary of the ROCT-international research network on Roman Crafts and Trade, supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO)
2012-2021: steering committee member of the SDEP-international research network on Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World, supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO)
2020-2024: NASSA-international research network on Agent-based modelling of Socio-ecological systems in Archaeology
2004-present: Director of the ICRATES-project (Inventory of Crafts and Trade in the Roman East)
2003-2009: external referee of the Southampton University Ma-programme in Ceramics and Lithics Analysis
2008-2012: member of the steering group of the international Port Networks project, Southampton University
2009-present: member of the scientific committee of the Sociedad de Estudios de la Ceramica Antigua en Hispania S.E.C.A.H
2009-2013: member of the sub-committee Hellenism of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
Korrespondierenden Mitglied of the Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut
Korrespondierenden Mitglied of the Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts
Associated Researcher of the Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali (IBAM-CNR, Italy)
Member of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Member of the British Institute at Ankara
Member of the University Foundation, Belgium
Member of the European Association of Archaeologists
Member of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores
KU Leuven
2007-2012 and 2016-2019: Chair of the Educational Council Archaeology, KU Leuven
2012-2019: Programme Director for Archaeology, Art History and Musicology, KU Leuven
2007-2010: Member of the Faculty of Arts Science Board, KU Leuven
2014-2016: Faculty coordinator for the external visitation to the Ba-Ma programmes in Archaeology, Art History and Musicology, KU Leuven
2020-2022: Chair of the Department of Archaeology, Art History and Musicology, KU Leuven
Founding Member of the Leuven Centre for Archaeological Sciences, KU Leuven
Founding Member and first director of the KU Leuven Institute for Cultural Heritage (HERKUL)
Research Foundation-Flanders
2014-2017: Member of the expert panel Cult3: History and Archaeology of the Research Foundation - Flanders
2017: Vice-President of the expert panel Cult3: History and Archaeology of the Research Foundation - Flanders
2018: President of the expert panel Cult3: History and Archaeology of the Research Foundation - Flanders
Editorial boards
2002-present: member of the Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie advisory board
2004-2009: member of the Babesch-Bulletin Antieke Beschaving editorial board
1997-present: correspondent of the annual ceramological bibliography of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores for the Roman East
2011-present: member of the editorial board of the Archaeopress series on Roman and Late Antique Pottery in the Mediterranean
2009-present: member of the scientific board of the Forschungen in Ephesos of the Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut
2007-2011: co-founder and editor of FACTA. A journal of Roman material culture studies
2012-present: co-founder and editor of HEROM. Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture
2020-present: editorial board member of the Routledge series on Global Perspectives on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
2019-present: editorial board member of the Journal of Ceramic Research
2018-present: scientific board member Arkhaia Anatolika. The Journal of Anatolian Archaeological Studies
2016-present: scientific board member of Colloquium Anatolicum
2022-present: scientific board member of Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien and Forschungen in Ephesos
2024-present: editorial board member of the Süleyman Demirel University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences