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__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)
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__Fields of Scholarship__
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__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)
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[Curriculum Vitae |User/Bals_Sara/CV]
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[Publication list|User/Bals_Sara/Publications]
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