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From left to right: Ernst Dorfi and Franz Kerschbaum from the astronomical institute in Vienna, and myself. Picture taken by Kunio Noguchi at IAU symposium 177 on ``the carbon star phenomenon'', in Antalya, Turkey, May 1996.

From left to right: Maria-Rosa Cioni from Leiden Observatory, myself and Franz Kerschbaum from the astronomical institute in Vienna. Taken at IAU symposium 192 on ``stellar populations in the Local Group'' in Capetown, September 1998.

My office at the MPA. Picture taken in January 2000 by Lindsay King with her new digital camera. No more glasses because of a LASIK eye operation in August 1999.

Flanked by Chris Lidman (left) and Pascal Fouque. Picture taken in December 2002 at the workskop on ``Stellar candles for the extragalactic distance scale'' in Concepcion, Chile.

In the pleasant company of Mathias Schultheis and Susanne Höfner. Dinner party at the workshop ``Future directions in AGB research, on the occasion of the retirement of Harm Habing'' in Leiden, The Netherlands, 10/11-april-2003. Picture taken by Ian Glass (SAAO).

Conference dinner at the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand on the occasion of IAU Colloquium 193 ``Variable stars in the Local Group'' (6-11 July 2003). To the left of me are Franz Kerschbaum and Giuseppe Bono.

VT-2004 at the institute in Leuven on June 8, 2004. Next to me colleagues Joris Blommaert and Conny Aerts. Picture taken by Katrien Uytterhoeven.

With Michael Feast (left), and Leuven graduate student Djazia Ladjal (right) at the conference ``Why galaxies care about AGB stars'' in Vienna, August 7-11, 2006.

Myself, Maurizio Salaris, Achim Weiss (front row, right to left), happy co-organisers of ``The Giant Branches'' workshop at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, May 11-15, 2009, and most of the other participants.

workshop poster

People involved in the GAIA project at the ROB; from left-to-right Ronny Blomme, Eric Van Hemelryck, Yves Fremat, Jan Cuypers, Alex Lobel, Thierry Pauwels, Peter de Cat, and myself (March 2010)

ELSA GAIA Meeting in Sevres, June 2010


Triathlon in Karlsfeld, Germany (July 15, 2001)

After the Leuven "student" half-marathon (October 16, 2002)

During the Leuven "student" half-marathon (November 17, 2005)

Sprint to the finish at the 6 km Easterjogging in Erps-Kwerps (17 April 2006)

Suffering on one of the climbs in Heze on a blistering warm day (13 May 2006)

A disappointing run in Tervuren at the 16 km Furaloop (1 April 2007)

Sprint to the finish at the 6 km Easterjogging in Erps-Kwerps (9 April 2007)

20e Lentejogging in Veltem-Beisem (8 May 2010)

Teusserjogging in Bertem (5 September 2010)