Nele Van Wyngaerden

Nele Van Wyngaerden
© Nele Van Wyngaerden
Nele Van Wyngaerden
PhD Student
Room 416, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 8335321
F: +49 251 8339772
n.vanwyngaerden@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:
  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 09/2022  PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
    09/2019 - 07/2022 Master of Science in Chemistry at Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; M.Sc. Thesis on Design of a hybrid organic-inorganic catalyst for amide bond formation reactions, Supervisors: Dr. Francisco de Azambuja and Prof. Dr. Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt
    08/2021 - 09/2021 Research Internship at Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften; research topic on Cloning, expression and purification of a TraO variant from a Type IV Secretion System from Gram-positive bacteria; Supervisors: Tamara Berger and Prof. Dr. Walter Keller
    09/2020 - 06/2021 Voluntary Scientific Researcher at Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; research topic on Chemical synthesis of small peptide-based linkers for post-translational modification of nanobodies targeting ovarian cancer biomarkers; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Geert-Jan Graulus
    02/2020 - 07/2020 Research Internship at Nelson Labs Europe (Sotera Health Group); research topic on Irradiatiative Degradation of Polymers and Polymer Antioxidants compared to Chemical Oxidation; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank De Smedt
    09/2016 - 07/2019 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Hasselt University; B.Sc. Thesis on Fluorescence lifetime imaging of HIV-1 integrase at single virus level; Supervisors: Dr. Nagma Parveen and Prof. Dr. Jelle Hendrix
  • Volunteering Work

    10/2021 - 08/2022 Archery coach at KHM De Herderin Leuven, Belgian champion in 2017 & 2018
    09/2020 - 06/2022 Swimming Teacher | Pump’n Dance
    10/2014 - 08/2022 Event Organizer at KHM De Herderin Leuven
  • Skills and Experience

    Languages Native speaker of Dutch; advanced intermediate knowledge of English; able to communicate in French at high-school level
    Communication skills Clear and effective communication due to experience working in several different research environments
    Digital skills Well-versed in the Microsoft Office software package; xxperience with common scientific software including ChemDraw, Endnote, MATLAB, TopSpin, and MestReNova
    Specific work-related skills
    • Capable of working independently in sensitive chemical environments in strict accordance with safety protocols
    • Skilled in working in a Biosafety lab of levels 1 and 2
    • Experience with E.coli bacteria, HeLa cells, and genetically modified HIV viruses
    • Familiar with molecular biology techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, restriction digestion ligation , protein expression, SDS-PAGE, and Western Blotting
    • Experience with liquid-liquid extractions, refluxing, and affinity chromatography and silica column chromatography
    • Well acquainted with carrying out reactions under inert atmosphere using a Schlenk line
    • Experience with using an ÄKTA Avant for preparative protein purification, GC-MS, LC-Orbitrap, ATR-FTIR, and with confocal laser scanning microscopy