Team
Contact
The GUM has a multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic employees. Although they each have their own area of expertise, we don't think in boxes. We cooperate closely with each other, other colleagues within Ghent University and external partners.
Management
Marjan Doom
Director of GUM
Chantal Dugardin
Hortulana of the Botanical Garden
chantal.dugardin@ugent.be
Freddy Mortier
Director of the Academic Heritage & Archives Entity
freddy.mortier@ugent.be
Business operations & support services
Willem Dedobbeleer
Business operations & exploitation
willem.dedobbeleer@ugent.be
Hanne Provoost
Volunteering & group bookings coordinator
hanne.provoost@ugent.be
Bernadette Lagae
Administration
bernadette.lagae@ugent.be
Leen Eynikel
Reception staff member
leen.eynikel@ugent.be
Marleen De Meyer
Reception staff member
Marleen.DeMeyer@ugent.be
Michiel Moors
Technical and logistics employee
michiel.moors@ugent.be
Jo Vansteenkiste
Collections
Kristel Wautier
Collection policy coordinator
kristel.wautier@ugent.be
Patrick Monsieur
Conservation & restoration coordinator - Conservator Archeology Collection
patrick.monsieur@ugent.be
Tom Debruyne
Collection photographer
T.Debruyne@ugent.be
Greet Vaderhaegen
Public
Michaël Marien
Evelien Willockx
Public programme
evelien.willockx@ugent.be
Alexander Jonckheere
Exhibitions production manager
alexander.jonckheere@ugent.be
Annelies Lust
Educational activities
annelies.lust@ugent.be
Lyvia Diser
Scientific employee
lyvia.diser@ugent.be
Academic research & education
Botanical Garden
Paul Goetghebuer
Jan De Langhe
Expert - Identification, control and inventory of dendrological collections
Jan.De.Langhe@pandora.be
+32 9 264 50 73
Emily Veltjen
Laboratory technician - DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, microsatellites, alignment
Emily.Veltjen@ugent.be
Jel D'Hollander
Fern gardener - Peperomia, Acanthaceae, Araceae, Gesneriaceae, rock garden
Jel.dhollander@ugent.be
+32 9 264 50 74
Ritchy De Kraey
Gardener - Begonias, carnivorous plants, bulbous plants, systematic collection of eudicots, water features
Ritchy.Dekraey@UGent.be
+32 9 264 50 74
Olivier Dubois
Herbert Evrard
Gardener - Public greenhouses
Herbert.Evrard@UGent.be
Anneke Herman
Gardener - Kalanchoe, Pelargonium, Hoya, Peperomia, 'plants and people'
Anneke.Herman@UGent.be
+32 9 264 50 79
Marc Libert
Gardener - Propagation of woody crop plants and perennials, systematic collection of monocots
marc.libert@ugent.be
+32 9 264 50 79
