Sara Bals#


Sara Bals
Membership Number:6152
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Elected:2022
Main Country of Residence:BELGIUM
Homepage(s):https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/sara-bals/
ORCID:0000-0002-4249-8017
Twitter:@EMATSarabals




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2018 - now Full Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2014 - 2018 Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2012 - 2014 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2007 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2004 - 2007 FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2003 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
  • 1999 - 2003 Doctoral Fellowship from the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO), Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Greatest Distinction and Honours by the jury)
  • 1997 - 1999 Master in Physics, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Greatest Distinction)
  • 1995 - 1997 Bachelor in Physics, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Great Distinction)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Electron energy loss spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
  • Electron tomography
  • Transmission electron microscopy
  • Chemically tailored nanostructures
  • Nanoscience and materials science
  • Three-dimensional characterization of nanomaterials
  • In-situ characterization of nanomaterials
  • Physical chemistry of materials

Honours and Awards
  • 2021 ACS Nano Lectureship Award
  • 2020 Elected member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts: Natural Sciences
  • 2020 European Microscopy Society Award
  • 2018-2024 ERC Consolidator Grant (PE5 - Synthetic Chemistry and Materials)
  • 2017-2020 Francqui Research Professor
  • 2016 “Laureate of the Academy for Natural Sciences” awarded by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts: Natural Sciences
  • 2015 Finalist of the “Science Talent of 2015” competition, organized by New Scientist
  • 2013 - 2018 ERC Starting Grant (PE4 - Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences)
  • 2004 - 2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO)
  • 1999 - 2003 Doctoral Fellowship from the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO)

Imprint Privacy policy « This page (revision-6) was last changed on Friday, 1. July 2022, 15:36 by Kaiser Dana
  • operated by