Science communication and outreach activities

Simon Geirnaert, Nicolas Heintz, Thomas Strypsteen, Lennert Beeckmans, Helene Huts, Lore Van Santvliet, Maarten Vanmarcke, Tim Hermans
June 9, 2025
Nerdland Festival 2025
Nerdland Festival 2025

With the BIOMED research group at KU Leuven, we participated for the first time in the Nerdland Festival, the largest science festival of the Benelux, by organizing an EOG-experience.

Simon Geirnaert, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand, Nicolas Heintz, Iris Van de Ryck
June 6, 2025
600 Years KU Leuven & Knack
600 Years KU Leuven & Knack

Celebrating the 600-year anniversary of our university KU Leuven, our research was featured in the promotional campaign, including in the Belgian news magazine ‘Knack’.

Simon Geirnaert, Boushra Dalile
May 6, 2025
Podcast KarakterCast
Podcast KarakterCast

Winning the Research Council Award at KU Leuven, I was invited to talk about my research on the podcast ‘KarakterCast’ of Academische Stichting Leuven.

Simon Geirnaert, Nicolas Heintz, Elisabeth Heremans, Lennert Beeckmans, Helene Huts
October 25, 2024
Kinderuniversiteit (Children's University)
Kinderuniversiteit (Children's University)

Since a few years, we organize a workshop for children in the context of the Kinderuniversiteit where they program a game to steer a fish with their eye gaze.

Simon Geirnaert, Rob Zink
September 1, 2022
A 2-min overview of my PhD
A 2-min overview of my PhD

Rob Zink and I made this short overview of my PhD research.

Simon Geirnaert
November 30, 2021
Science blog about neuro-steered hearing devices
Science blog about neuro-steered hearing devices

I wrote this science blog about neuro-steered hearing devices in EOS (popularizing science magazine Flandres), BioVox (Beligan life sciences community), and Leuven.AI Stories (available in Dutch and English).

Simon Geirnaert
September 7, 2021
3-minute pitch about my auditory attention decoding research (in Dutch)
3-minute pitch about my auditory attention decoding research (in Dutch)

During my PhD, I developed this 3-minute pitch (in Dutch) about my research in the context of SciComm-initiative ‘Wetenschap Uitgedokterd’/‘Science Figured Out’