Elise Verstraeten

Elise Verstraeten is a PhD student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), affiliated with the Electronics and Informatics and the Water and Climate departments. Her research is conducted in collaboration with HYDRIA, responsible for wastewater collection and treatment in Brussels. She applies data analysis and machine learning to study combined sewer overflows.

Elise holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from UCLouvain (2013-2018) and a complementary Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence at the KU Leuven (2018-2019).

Before starting her PhD in November 2024, she worked in GIS support services at Esri Belux (2019-2020) and as a research assistant at UCLouvain and VUB (2020-2024). Her research focused on data-driven techniques for groundwater quality assessment and integrated urban rainwater management.

PhD research