Ilse De Looze is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University. With years of dedicated research in astrophysics, she has become a leading international expert in interstellar dust and galaxy evolution. She obtained her PhD from Ghent University in 2012. She has led and contributed to several major European and Belgian research initiatives, including the "Origin of Cosmic Dust in Galaxies" funded by the European Research Council, and "The resolved lifecycle of metals and dust in nearby galaxies" supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). She is an active contributor to several ALMA Large Programs (REBELS, CRISTAL, PHOENIX), and JWST programs of supernova remnants (e.g., Cassiopeia A, SN1987A, Kepler, Crab Nebula), nearby galaxies (e.g., NGC891, M51) and high-redshift galaxies (e.g., JWST-REBELS, JWST-CRISTAL). She has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in leading international astronomy journals, including Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. In addition to her research, she is actively engaged in international academic exchanges, delivering many invited talks at global astronomy conferences, and has made significant contributions to international collaboration and progress in interstellar dust and galaxy evolution studies.