BB-LAB Members

I am Assistant Professor of Archaeological Science and head of the Osteoarchaeology Laboratory, studying human remains.

Bart Lambert is a Professor of Late Medieval History and a member of the HOST research group at the VUB.

Christophe Snoeck is a Research Professor in Bio-Archaeology of the VUB and head of the BB-LAB.

Frederik Tielens is Professor of Chemistry at the VUB and leads the materials modelling group.

When and where did our own genus Homo first evolve? This question unpins my ERC funded research PLIODIS.

Ralf Vandam is professor of archaeology at the VUB and chair of the MARI research group. His research focuses on long-term human and environmental histories.

Philippe Claeys is a geologist, planetary scientist and geochemist interested in documenting global changes. 

Steven Provyn is Professor of anatomy and head of the ARCS research group at the VUB.

David Verstraeten is the Lab manager of AMGC research group at the VUB.

Koen Wouters is the Project Management Officer of the BB-LAB responsible for administrative and financial optimisation of projects.

Martyna Kremer is a chemist on the ERC Starting Grant LUMIERE.

I work as a lab manager of AMGC research group at the VUB.

I am a research assistant at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, extracting biological material from ancient human remains.

I am a postdoctoral researcher exploring population movement in the low countries on the LOCO project

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel studying animal remains from archaeological sites.

I am a postdoctoral researcher working on applying isotope geochemistry to answer questions about modern and past diets.

I am a postdoc at the VUB and UGent studying the interaction between prehistoric human populations, environment and climate

I am a postdoctoral researcher who works on applying isotope geochemistry to answer archaeological questions. 

II am a postdoctoral researcher studying animal remains to understand past environment and human-animal interactions.

I am a postdoctoral researcher at VUB on the Make-Up of the Cities project. 

I am a post-doctoral researcher applying isotope geochemistry and osteology to better understand ancient populations

I am a postdoctoral researcher at UGent and VUB studying Roman archaeology in the Low Countries

Historian and archaeologist with specialization in osteological, stable isotopes and radiocarbon dating analysis

I am a PhD candidate at Université Libre de Bruxelles creating a bioavailable strontium map for Belgium.

I am a PhD candidate investigating cremation practices in the Belgian region from the Metal Ages up until today. 

I am a PhD candidate specializing in zooarchaeological and isotope analysis.

I am an archaeologist and historian trying to understand Ypres’ medieval inhabitants

I am a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel using isotopic methods to answer archaeological questions 

I am a PhD Fellow developing a high-resolution enamel isotope sampling method and investigating the Meso-Neolithic transition

I am a PhD candidate applying osteological and palaeopathological analysis on human remains from five medieval urban centres in Belgium

I am a PhD student at ULB and VUB. I am working on the mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of Namibian aerosols

I am a PhD candidate studying plant microfossils in ancient soils to understand the role of agriculture in medieval towns.

I am a PhD candidate at the VUB using isotopes to track mobility during Rapid Climate Change events in Belgian prehistory.

I am a joint PhD candidate at VUB & UGent using multi-isotopic methods to study Iron Age funerary rituals in the Balearics, Spain.

I am a joint PhD candidate at AMU and the VUB, working on mobility during the Bronze Age, using strontium analyses.

I am a joint PhD candidate at the UGent and VUB conducting anthracological research to answer archaeological questions 

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a former member of LUMIERE. I’m interested using isotope methods to answer various archaeological questions.

I am a human osteologist with a particular interest in socio-political bioarchaeology. 

I am a joint PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

I am a visiting researcher at the VUB, applying isotopic analysis to reconstruct diet and mobility in the past.

Kevin Salesse is an Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology at MUNI (Brno, Czechia). He uses multi-analytical approaches including isotope analyses to study the past.

I am a PhD candidate (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) analyzing isotopes to understand ancient border dynamics

I am a postdoctoral researcher (UG+VUB) I blend spatial archaeology with isotope geochemistry.

PhD Candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki exploring the use of fire on the human remains in Prehistoric Crete

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles working with ¹⁴C dates and Sr isotopes.

I am a postdoctoral researcher at VUB.

I am a joint PhD candidate at the VUB and ULB and and my research is on sex estimation of burnt human remains.

I am a V.U.B. PhD candidate developing isotopic proxies to reconstruct human history and development in Archeology.

I currently work for the CRUMBEL project, looking at cremation bones using  Sr isotopes, osteology and CT scans. 

 I am a FWO postdoctoral researcher working on bone diagenesis and cremated bone to understand the post-processing of the dead.

Karin is a Mediterranean archaeologist, interested in regional and supraregional interactions during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in the Eastern Mediterranean.

I am a bioarchaeologist focused on the Archaeology of Cremation, funerary taphonomy and heat-induced change in burned bone.

I am a PhD candidate for the Make-Up of the City project where I reconstruct diet and mobility with stable isotopes.

 I am a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel blending geochemistry, spectroscopy, and archaeology.

I am a PhD Researcher who works on method develoments in mass spectrometry, with a main focus on Ca-rich matrices

I am a PhD Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel using osteological analyses to investigate medieval lives.