Charlotte Vandenberghe

Expertise academic project managementresearch and innovation funding advicesustainability in educationinter-and transdisciplinary research collaborationsorganization of outreach eventsscientific writing and communicationbiodiversity and ecologyquantum science and engineering Mission As an academic manager at EPFL, I contribute today to the University's three main missions which are education, research and innovation, in the strategic domains of sustainability and quantum science:1. as educational coordinator of the minor "Engineering for Sustainability", in collaboration with the "Sustainability in Education" team - website minor and website sustainability in education.2. as project manager by launching and supporting activities to promote the bachelor and master studies in "Environmental Sciences and Engineering (SIE)" in close collaboration with the "Education Outreach Department (SPE)" - website3. as research and innovation manager at the "Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) Center" by supporting the center's initiatives, managing the QSE grants, and creating an innovation seed grant program - website Working days 80% Education PhD research in Ecology | 2003 – 2006 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne EPFL Post graduate project (Erasmus) in Ecology | 2002 – 2002 Wageningen University B.Sc. and M.Sc. Biology-Zoology | 1997 – 2001 Ghent University Professionals experiences Project officer 2021–2024 ENAC Dean's Office - EPFLProgram manager international research funding 2014–2021 Research Office EPFLProgram coordinator 2010–2014 Swiss National Competence Center for Biomedical Imaging (NCCBI)Researcher and lecturer Research on the role of subordinate plant speciesLecturer: "Ecology and Biodiversity" - Bachelor course (BA3) 2008–2011 EPFL and Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLPostdoctoral fellow (SNF) 2007–2007 The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, ScotlandPhD research assistant 2003–2006 EPFL and Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL