The Fulbright Commission is proud to announce the list of the 2016-2017 Belgian and Luxembourg Fulbright Grantees who will study, research, or lecture in the United States as well as the U.S. grantees who will study in Belgium and Luxembourg.
During the upcoming academic year, the Belgian and Luxembourg grantees will study and do research in 11 different U.S. states. Among the recipients of a Fulbright scholarship are 10 Belgian students, 4 Luxembourgish students, 1 Belgian journalist and 7 Belgian research scholars. The research scholars and graduate students were selected from the following Belgian institutes of higher education: Universite catholique de Louvain UCL), Ghent University, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), and the University of Antwerp. The other home institutions include: Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, University of Buckingham, European University Institute and Johns Hopkins University – SAIS Europe.
In addition, two people were selected as Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA): one will teach Dutch, the other French in the U.S. during the 2016-2017 academic year.
We are also pleased to announce that this year 1 Belgian student will attend the U.S. Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship.
On the U.S. side, 3 U.S. scholars and 8 students have received Fulbright grants to do research and study in Belgium. Furthermore, 1 U.S. scholar will take up the NATO Chair position and we will welcome 4 English Teaching Assistants to Belgium as well as 4 English Teaching Assistants to Luxembourg.
Congratulations to all recipients!
2016-2017 Belgian Fulbright Grantees to the U.S.
| Name | Category | Home Institution | Host Institution | Academic Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Olivier Pereira | Research Scholar | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Rice University | Computer Science |
| Dr. Alain Jonas | Research Scholar | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) | Materials Science |
| Dr. Frederic Peyskens | Research Scholar | Ghent University | Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) | Physics |
| Dr. Raphael Jungers | Research Scholar | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | Engineering |
| Dr. Jonathan De Roo | Research Scholar | Ghent University | Columbia University | Chemistry |
| Dr. Mieke Vandenbroucke | Research Scholar | Ghent University | University of California - Berkeley | Anthropology |
| Dr. Stefaan Slembrouck | Research Scholar | Ghent University | Fordham University | Linguistics |
| Barbara Moens | Journalism Grant | De Tijd | University of Missouri School of Journalism | Journalism |
| Sarah Benzidi | Master's student | Universite Libre de Bruxelles | Harvard Law School | Law |
| Lucy Catteau | Visiting Student Researcher | Universite Catholique de Louvain | University of California, San Diego | Medical Sciences |
| Pauline De Decker | Master's student | Universite Libre de Bruxelles | West Virginia University College of Law | Law |
| Dorian Feron | Master's student | Universite Libre de Bruxelles | Columbia Law School | Law |
| Arnaud Jacqmin | Master's student | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Columbia Law School | Law |
| Astrid Lecomte | Master's student | Johns Hopkins University - SAIS Europe | Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | International Relations |
| Gil Malengreaux | Master's student | Ghent University | Georgia Institute of Technology | Engineering |
| Sam Proesmans | Master's student | University of Antwerp | Columbia University | Public Health |
| Heleen Raes | Master's student | Ghent University | The George Washington University | Forensic Psychology |
| Jasmine Rayée | Master's student | Ghent University | Columbia Law School | Law |
| Joke De Lille | Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant | Howest, University College West Flanders Bruges | University of Minnesota | Secondary Education Dutch/Eng |
| Alysson Lepeut | Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant | Universite Catholique de Louvain | Grinnell College | Linguistics |
| Bouchra Zaidouni | Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship | Haute Ecole EPHEC | University of Tennessee - Chattanooga | International trade |
2016-2017 Luxembourgish Fulbright Grantees to the U.S.
| Name | Category | Home Institution | Host Institution | Academic Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Mirkes | Master's student | Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya | New York University | Music |
| Catherine Schiltz | Master's student | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | University of California, Berkeley | Architecture |
| Nasreen Shah | Master's student | University of Buckingham | The George Washington University Law School | Law |
| Patrice Wangen | Visiting Research Student | European University Institute | The George Washington University | International Relations |
2016-2017 U.S. Fulbright grantees to Belgium
| Name | Category | Home Institution | Host Insitution | Academic Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Solveig Argeseanu | Research Scholar | Emory University | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Public Health |
| Katherine Hartmann | Research Scholar | Ohio State University | EORTC | Genetics |
| Dr. Jonathan Jacobs | Research Scholar | Institute of Development Research | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Biology |
| Dr. Gale Mattox | NATO Chair | U.S. Naval Academy | German Marshall Fund of the United States | Political Science |
| David Morton | PhD Student | University of Central Florida | Ghent University | Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Sean Sapp | PhD Student | University of Notre Dame | Ghent University | Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Brendan Tomoschuk | PhD Student | UC San Diego | Ghent University | Psychology |
| Stephanie Zgouridi | U.S. Student | University of California, Berkeley | University of Leuven (KUL) | European Studies |
| Kevin Bird | Research Student | University of Missouri-Columbia | Ghent University | Biology |
| Doyle Calhoun | Research Student | Boston College | University of Leuven (KUL) | Linguistics |
| Savannah Kounelis | Research Student | University of Notre Dame | University of Leuven (KUL) | Biology |
| Lydia Walker | Research Student | University of Tennessee- Knoxville | Royal Library of Belgium | History, Cultural and Intellectual |
| Erin Brau | English Teaching Assistant | New York University | Université de Mons | English Teaching Assistantship |
| Meghan Briggs | English Teaching Assistant | University of San Francisco | Thomas More University College | English Teaching Assistantship |
| Brandy Miller | English Teaching Assistant | Lewis and Clark College | Brussels Secondary Schools | English Teaching Assistantship |
| Bryant Powell | English Teaching Assistant | Murray State University | University of Antwerp | English Teaching Assistantship |
2016-2017 U.S. Fulbright grantees to Luxembourg
| Name | Category | Home Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Ahearne | English Teaching Assistant | Arizona State University |
| Julianna Frangos | English Teaching Assistant | Drexel University |
| Carly Peruccio | English Teaching Assistant | Bates College |
| Athena Turek-Hankins | English Teaching Assistant | University of Nevada |
