Pieter Beck (previously Present) is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences (Ghent University). He studied Eastern Languages and Cultures (BA) and Philosophy (BA and MA) at Ghent University and obtained his Phd in 2019 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He is currently an FWO (Research Foundation-Flanders) postdoctoral fellow, with a project on 'Laboratory Learning: Epistemic Virtues and Teaching Practices in 19th-Century Experimental Chemistry'. He also provides teaching assistance for courses on philosophy of science and general epistemology. His research is situated in the field of integrated history and philosophy of science (IHPS). More specifically, his research deals with questions related to the nature of scientific practice, the role of experimentation, and the epistemological relevance of (science) education, with a specific focus on chemistry.
