R&D Program Manager at Materia Nova, Mireille Poelman graduated in chemistry at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1994. She further carried out a PhD in the same department in the field of electrochemistry and interfacial chemistry. 

In 2002, Mireille Poelman integrated Materia Nova as a researcher in the department of materials science and electrochemistry. In 2006 Mireille Poelman became scientific coordinator of the department of materials science at Materia Nova and starting 2014 she is R&D program manager of the surface treatment activity.

Mireille Poelman is participating in many projects with industrial partners and regional or European (Era-Net & Cornet) funded. She coordinated CLEANSKY, H2020 CHOPIN and STELLAR projects and is now coordinator of Horizon Europe BIO-SUSHY project.