Biography
1. IDENTITY • Family name : LUMAKA ZOLA • Last name : Aimé • Place and date of birth : BONGA-YASSA, October 4th, 1977 • Marital status : Married to MUNDYO SAKINA Bijou • Nationality : Congolese/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) • Home and Mail address: Halfmaartstraat 14, bus 00.01, 3000 Leuven, Belgium • E-mail address: aime.lumaka@unikin.ac.cd • Mobile phone: +32 465 724 502 2. EDUCATION • 31/08/2015 : PhD degree in Biomedical sciences, focus on MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS. University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium) • 2011 – 2015: Doctoral training in Biomedical Sciences, focus on MOLECULARL AND DEVELOPMENTAL GENTICS. University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium), Research title: Genetic etiological study of Intellectual Disability in D.R.C • 2012: INTERUNIVERSITY CERTIFICATE IN HUMAN GENETICS, University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium) • 2012: Master English course, Leuven Language Institute (ILT), University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium). • 2012: Specialization in Pediatrics, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Grade: Grande Distinction. • 2005: Medical doctor degree, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Grade: Distinction. • 1996: Secondary school in Biochemistry. • 1989: Primary School in Kinshasa 3. Publications in internationally reviewed academic journals
1: Boemer F, Josse C, Luis G, Di Valentin E, Thiry J, Cello C, Caberg JH,
Dadoumont C, Harvengt J, Lumaka A, Bours V, Debray FG. Novel Loss of Function
Variant in BCKDK Causes a Treatable Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 18;23(4):2253. doi: 10.3390/ijms23042253. PMID:
35216372; PMCID: PMC8878489.