Researchers

Fanny Collet is a Ph.D candidate working on the impact of print exposure. She aimed at Understanding the causal role of print exposure on the neurocognitive processes of reading. To do so, she plans to use various tasks and techniques (behavioral methodes, EEG, eye tracking).

Click here to know more about the researchers who previously worked with me.

Master students

The work on the master thesis lasts two years. The first year is dedicated to the literature review and to the experimental design. During the second year, students set up the experiment, test participants, analyze the data, and write their thesis. Usually, master students working with me come from the fields of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, speech therapy studies, linguistics or educational sciences.

In 2025-26, 11 master students (2nd year) are working with me on their master thesis:

• Esra Coban (impact of print exposure and spelling) – with Fanny Collet
• Elisa Luyckx (impact of print exposure and spelling) – with Fanny Collet
• Lilou Guiriec (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Lise Castex (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Clara Armanno (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Axelle Dupuis (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Méline Lambert (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Inès Jacquet (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Lisa Vingtrois (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Zoé Falempin (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)
• Clémentine Saint Martin (impact of print exposure through graphic novel reading)

(See previous master theses)

Research internships

For master students, research internships are typically between 300 and 400 h long, and take place in the lab. Topics for the year were presented in October (presentations by labs available on the intranet of the faculty). Let me know if you’re interested in one of them. You can also contact me at any time if you’re an external student (not ULB) who wants to do a research internship in the lab.

(See previous research internships)

Joining the team

Possibilities of joining the team depend on common interests, research profile, and funding (at the Ph.D and post-doc levels). If you’re interested, feel free to email me. For Ph.D and post-doc funding, keep in mind that it’s important to be well prepared and to get in touch with me well in advance (preparing and submitting a project takes months!).

Some funding programs at the Ph.D level in Belgium:

• Each year, it is possible to apply for a mandate for a doctoral researcher at the FNRS. The deadline is typically end of February for the ASP research fellow call and end of summer for FRESH/FRIA call.
• Each year, there is a UNI call for Ph.D program. If interested, check the website (deadline is usually around March)

Some funding programs at the Post-doc level in Belgium:

• Each year, it is possible to apply for a mandate for a post-doctoral researcher at the FNRS. The deadline is typically end of January.
• You can also apply to Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions of the European Commission. The deadline is typically in September.
• For the next 5 years, the Université libre de Bruxelles has obtained 50 individual Fellowships (IF@ULB) which correspond  to the European postdoctoral programme (Marie Skłodowska Curie COFUND action) open to international postdoctoral researchers in all fields of research. The deadline is usually around mid-October.