Personal Born in Dendermonde on November 13th, 1977.
Degrees -Licentiate (master) in Philosophy, Free University of Brussels (2001)
- Licentiate (master) in Comparative science of culture, University of Ghent (2002)
- PhD in Philosophy of Science, Free University of Brussels (2008)
Research areas Philosophy of biology, evolutionary epistemology, the origin of life, culture and language
Grants and scholarships - Research assistant of the fund for scientific research, Flanders, affiliated to the Centre for logic and philosophy of science, Free university of Brussels (01.10.2002 - 30.09.2007)
- Pre-doctoral Research Fellow for the Konrad Lorenz Institute, Altenberg, Austria (01.02.2008-30.04.2008)
-Post-doctoral Research Fellow for the Fund for Science and Technology, Portugal, affiliated to the Centre for Philosophy of Science of the Universidade de Lisboa (01.02.2008-30.06.2009)
- Marie Curie Outgoing Research Grant - Outgoing phase: The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA (01.07.2009-30.06.2010); Return phase: Centre for logic and philosophy of science, Free University of Brussels (01.07.20010-30.06.2011)
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E-mail Nathalie.Gontier{at}vub.ac.be
