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• Place & date of birth: Brasschaat, 23-10-1987
• Master Sc. Physics: University of Antwerp , 2010
• Ph.D. Physics: "Quantitative atomic resolution electron microscopy using advanced statistical techniques", University of Antwerp, 2015.

• 2010-2015: Ph.D researcher in Physics at the University of Antwerp
• 2015-now: FWO Postdoc at EMAT, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• 2017: Outstanding PhD Award in the field of Instrumentation and methods - Royal Belgian Society for Microscopy (RBSM)
• 2017: PhD Competition Award - International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA)
• 2019: Academic Award University of Antwerp: Research Board Award - Frans Verbeure

My research focuses on new developments in the field of model-based atomic resolution electron microscopy aiming at quantitative structure characterisation of nanostructures with the highest possible precision using advanced statistical techniques. My main topics of interest are: 

• Quantitative and model-based electron microscopy in 2D and 3D
• Statistical parameter estimation theory
• Statistical experimental design
• Application of quantitative methods to advanced materials

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• - VRT 2017

T. Altantzis, I. Lobato, A. De Backer, A. Béché, Y. Zhang, S. Basak, M. Porcu, Q. Xu, A. Sánchez-Iglesias, L.M. Liz-Marzán, G. Van Tendeloo, S. Van Aert and, S. Bals
Nano Letters 19 (2019) 477-481

A. De Backer, L. Jones, I. Lobato, T. Altantzis, B. Goris, P.D. Nellist, S. Bals, and S. Van Aert
Nanoscale 9 (2017) 8791-8798

A. De Backer, K.H.W. van den Bos, W. Van den Broek, J. Sijbers, and S. Van Aert
Ultramicroscopy 171 (2016) 104-116

K.H.W. van den Bos, A. De Backer, G.T. Martinez, N. Winckelmans, S. Bals, P.D. Nellist, and Sandra Van Aert
Physical Review Letters 116 (2016) 246101

Van Aert S., A. De Backer, G.T. Martinez, A.J. den Dekker, D. Van Dyck, S. Bals, and G. Van Tendeloo.
IUCrJ 3 (2016) 71-83

B. Goris, J. De Beenhouwer, A. De Backer, D. Zanaga, K.J. Batenburg, A. Sánchez-Iglesias, L.M. Liz-Marzan, S. Van Aert, S. Bals, J. Sijbers, and G. Van Tendeloo.
Nano Letters 15 (2015) 6996-7001

B. Goris, A. De Backer, S. Gómez-Graña, L.M. Liz-Marzán, G. Van Tendeloo, and S. Bals
Nano Letters 13 (2013) 4236-4241

S. Van Aert, A. De Backer, G.T. Martinez, B. Goris, S. Bals, and G. Van Tendeloo
and A. Rosenauer.
Physical review B 87 (2013) 064107

A. De Backer, G.T. Martinez, A. Rosenauer, and S. Van Aert
Ultramicroscopy 134 (2013) 23-33