!!!Joseph Octave Indekeu \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='indekeu_joseph_small.jpg' alt='Michael Huth' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2015 - 2016 Sabbatical year (MIT, Stellenbosch, Hanoi, Okayama, Paramaribo, Cabo Verde) * 2011 - 2015 Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at KU Leuven * 2007 - 2009 Representative of the Academic Personnel of the Sciences and Technology in the Academic Council of KU Leuven * 2005 - 2007 Spokesperson for Science Communication at KU Leuven * 2005 - 2006 Vice-President of Educational Policy at KU Leuven * 2002 - 2005 Representative of the Faculty of Sciences in the Education Council of KU Leuven. * 2002 - 2003 President of the Belgian Physical Society * 2001 - present Full Professor at KU Leuven * 1994 - 2000 Research Director, National Fund for Scientific Research, KU Leuven * 1985 - 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow at RU Leiden and TU Delft, the Netherlands * 1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * 2013 Academy Prize for Science Outreach: Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts ([http://www.kvab.be/owc/owc-laureaten-2013.aspx]) for a Quantum Physics cabaret, which is available as a web video (with English subtitles): [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXWyIz0l7YBtqNvvieIo6FkAa5Yq-3L6V] * 1994 - present Four Teaching Awards given by the students of physics, mathematics and informatics at KU Leuven * 1990 Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts * 1986 Laureate of the inter-university travel grant contest * 1983 Fulbright Scholar, Commission for Educational Exchange between the USA and Belgium * 1983 Honorary Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation * 1980 Prize of the Order of King Leopold, Belgium * 1975 National Laureate of the Davidsfonds Essay Contest \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Indekeu_Joseph_Octave/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Indekeu_Joseph_Octave/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Indekeu_Joseph_Octave/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] -->[Other information|User/Indekeu_Joseph_Octave/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit jindekeu}][{ALLOW upload jindekeu}][{ALLOW comment All}]