• Education: Master and PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences • Current position: Full Professor of Pharmacology, Head of the Laboratory of Physiopharmacology, University of Antwerp • Research topic: Fundamental research on intimal thickening, atherosclerosis, and atherosclerotic plaque stability. • Major achievements: Characterization of a rabbit collar model for rapid induction of atheroma-like lesions; Development of strategies for the selective clearance of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques via drug-induced cell death as a novel approach for plaque stabilization; Unravelling the role of autophagy in atherosclerosis; Pharmacological modulation of autophagy in atherosclerosis; Development and validation of a novel mouse model of atherosclerotic plaque rupture • Teaching: Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and pharmaceutical care, Internships • Scientific awards: Galenus Award for Pharmacology (1991), Merck Sharp & Dohme Award (1992), Bekales Prize (1998), Sanofi-Aventis Award (2007), AstraZeneca Care for People Award (2010). • Supervisor of 23 PhD students • Total number of publications (April, 2021): 254 • Selected expert positions: Board member of the European Vascular Biology Organisation (EVBO); Member of Evaluation Committee MED6 of the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (2013-2019); Spokesperson of the Consortium of Excellence Infla-Med; Board member of the Research Council of the University of Antwerp (2016-2020)