Education, experience, and skills at a glance.

Education

2024 – present

PhD Researcher

KU Leuven

Knowledge graphs and multimodal ML for cultural heritage
2020 – 2022

MSc Industrial Engineering — Information Science

Ghent University (UGent)
2016 – 2020

BSc Industrial Engineering — Information Science

Ghent University (UGent)

Experience

2024 – present

PhD Researcher

KU Leuven

Knowledge graphs and multimodal ML for cultural heritage
2022 – 2024

Research Software Engineer

VITO

Data interoperability for human biomonitoring studies

Skills

Languages: Python, TypeScript, Java, SPARQL
Semantic Web: RDF, OWL, SHACL, Linked Data, Comunica
ML & Data: PyTorch, Hugging Face, pandas, Jupyter
Web: Astro, D3.js, Node.js

Selected publications

2026 Cultural heritageKnowledge graphs

ArtKB: A Multimodal Art Knowledge Base for Cultural Heritage

G. Blanco , T. Monopoli , F. D'Asaro , Ruben Peeters , X. Duan , A. Dimou , G. Rizzo

European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), pp. 58–75

@inproceedings{blanco2026artkb,
  title={ArtKB: A Multimodal Art Knowledge Base for Cultural Heritage},
  author={Blanco, G. and Monopoli, T. and D'Asaro, F. and Peeters, Ruben and Duan, X. and Dimou, A. and Rizzo, G.},
  booktitle={European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC)},
  pages={58--75},
  year={2026}
}

2025 Biomonitoring

Enhancing data interoperability in human biomonitoring studies: the HBM data toolkit

Ruben Peeters , L. R. Martin , F. Zhang , H. Willems , L. Gilles , J. Theunis , J. Bessems , et al.

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 270, 114669

@article{peeters2025hbm,
  title={Enhancing Data Interoperability in Human Biomonitoring Studies: The HBM Data Toolkit},
  author={Peeters, Ruben and Martin, L. R. and Zhang, F. and Willems, H. and Gilles, L. and Theunis, J. and Bessems, J. and others},
  journal={International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health},
  volume={270},
  pages={114669},
  year={2025}
}

2025 Cultural heritageKnowledge graphs

REEVALUATE: Framework for safe, open, collaborative and inclusive digitization and management of cultural heritage

Ruben Peeters , G. Blanco , A. Drosou , X. Duan , T. Monopoli , G. Rizzo , A. Dimou

EU Open Research Repository

@techreport{peeters2025reevaluate,
  title={REEVALUATE: Framework for Safe, Open, Collaborative and Inclusive Digitization and Management of Cultural Heritage},
  author={Peeters, Ruben and Blanco, G. and Drosou, A. and Duan, X. and Monopoli, T. and Rizzo, G. and Dimou, A.},
  institution={EU Open Research Repository},
  year={2025}
}