Lies Saelens

Status: PhD researcher

Lies Saelens obtained her Master of Science in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology in 2022 at the University of Ghent. For her master’s thesis she studied the neural processing of social exclusion using electroencephalography (EEG).

In September 2022, Lies started as a PhD researcher at the University of Ghentunder the supervision of Prof. Piet Bracke, Dr. Melissa Ceuterick and Dr. Fanny D’hondt. She is currently working on the FWO project STAMINA, which is a collaboration between the research groups Hedera and CuDOS. The STAMINA project aims to understand mental health stigmatization among ethnic minority and majority adolescents in Flanders, and the role of school context.

Contact
lies.saelens@ugent.be