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)
