Luc Cornet, Ph.D.
University of Liège, Belgium
Professional Experience
FNRS – Scientific Collaborator
01/10/2024 – Present
Researcher on the emergence and evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis
BCCM – Research Scientist & ULC Manager
01/10/2022 – 30/09/2024
Manager of BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria culture collection: https://bccm.belspo.be/about-ULC
Bioinformatician – Sciensano, Brussels
01/03/2020 – 30/06/2022
Principal investigator of the GEN-ERA project: https://github.com/Lcornet/GENERA
Postdoctoral Researcher – GIGA Institute, ULiège, Liège
01/08/2019 – 29/02/2020
Implementation of Nextflow–Singularity workflows on HPC mass storage
Postdoctoral Researcher – Plant Genetics Lab, Agro-BioTech, Gembloux
15/01/2018 – 30/06/2019
Researcher in plant genomics
Postdoctoral Researcher – Palaeobiology, Palaeopalynology & Palaeobotany Lab, ULiège, Liège
01/10/2017 – 31/12/2017
Tip dating (statistical phylogenetic dating) of plastid origins
Ph.D. Student – Palaeobiology, Palaeopalynology & Palaeobotany Lab, ULiège, Liège
01/10/2016 – 30/09/2017
Study of cyanobacterial fossils
Ph.D. Student – Eukaryotic Phylogenomics Lab, PhytoSYSTEMS, ULiège, Liège
01/01/2013 – 30/09/2016
Metagenomic and phylogenomic analyses of cyanobacteria
Phylogenetic analysis of plastid origins
Research Associate – Eukaryotic Phylogenomics Lab, PhytoSYSTEMS, ULiège, Liège
21/05/2012 – 31/12/2012
Phylogenetic analysis of glutamate dehydrogenase
Education
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics – ULiège, Liège
2018
Dissertation: Genomics, Metagenomics and Phylogenomics of Cyanobacteria
Master’s Degree in Organismal Biology and Ecology – ULiège, Liège
2011
Degree classification: Magna cum laude
Dissertation: A Middle Devonian Callixylon from Ronquières (study of a fossilized trunk)
Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences – ULiège, Liège
2009
Degree classification: Cum laude
Awards
2023 – Adjudant Hubert Lefebvre Award
Recognized for research in bioinformatics and phylogenomics, particularly on cyanobacteria