Professor Margriet Van Bael (*1972) is a professor in experimental solid state physics and has served as vice dean for education at the Faculty of Science since 2022. She obtained her licentiate degree in physics in 1994 and her doctoral degree in sciences - physics in 1998. After her doctorate, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). In 2006, she was appointed BOF-ZAP professor at KU Leuven. She has been a full professor at KU Leuven since 2020.