ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

2001 Post graduate studies in Microbiology.
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
Subject : Bioenergetics of bacterial bioluminescence.

2000 Certificate of "Safety Assessor of Cosmetics in the EU".
Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium.

1991 Diploma of “Agregation” (ability to teach to high school & college students). Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium.

1973 Master degree in Botany.
University of Liège (ULg), Belgium.


EXPERIENCE:

2008 Co-founder and President of Biorius sprl.

2002 Founder and CEO of Safe Biocare sprl.

2000 Consultant
Technical & Regulatory Consulting
Cosmetics & Toiletries, Food/Dietary Supplements…

2000-2004 Professor of Ecology & Microbiology.
"Haute Ecole Paul-Henri Spaak / Haute Ecole Lucia de Brouckère", Brussels, Belgium.

1992- Professor of organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and quality control of cosmetics (Technical College / Bachelor level).
“Roger Lambion Institute” Institut Roger Lambion, Brussels, Belgium.

1988-1990 Consultant in water quality testing.

1983-1987 Professor of natural sciences.
“Ecole Nationale d’Enseignement Supérieur”,
Moroni, Comoros (Africa)

1979-1982 Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Associate expert.
Plant genetic resources scientist, Rome (Italy) and Aleppo (Syria). Missions in Nepal and Jordan.

1975-1977 Commission of the European Communities (Euratom). Research fellow.
Wageningen (The Netherlands).
Research: toxicology of heavy metals.

1974-1975 University of Namur (Belgium).
Plant Sciences Department.
Assistant.



PUBLICATIONS:

BOURGOIS J.-J., BRONCHART R., DELTOUR R. and De BARSY Th., 1977.
Ultrastructural and Histoautoradiographic Study of Benomyl Action on Microconidia of Fusarium oxysporum in germination.
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 7, 97-106.

ERSKINE W. and BOURGOIS J.-J., 1979.
Wheat and Barley in Nepal. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 39, 19-22.

RIFAE R., BOURGOIS J.-J. and WITCOMBE J.R., 1981.
Aegilops and Wild Wheats in Syria. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 45, 2-7.

WITCOMBE J.R., BOURGOIS J.-J. and RIFAE R., 1982.
Germplasm Collections from Syria and Jordan.
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 50, 2-8.

BOURGOIS J.-J., 1989.
Tephrosia vogelii, une plante ichtyotoxique utilisée pour la pêche aux Comores.
Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 133, 81-86.


BOURGOIS J.-J., DEBY C., COYETTE J. and SLUSE F.E.,1994.
Reducing power of respiratory substrates and bioluminescence in Photobacterium phosphoreum and Vibrio harveyi in “Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. Fundamental and Applied Aspects”. AK Campbell, LJ
Kricka & PE Stanley eds. John Wiley & Sons, 548-551.


BOURGOIS J.-J., SLUSE F.E., BAGUET F. and MALLEFET J., 2001.
Kinetics of light emission and oxygen consumption by bioluminescent bacteria.
Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 33, 353-363.