Patrick De Boever

Research and innovation management
Matchmaker and problem solver
Track record in health research, epidemiology, and microbiology
Expertise in molecular biology, chemical analytics, human physiology, data science

Prof. dr. ir. Patrick De Boever

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)

Visiting address:
Campus Drie Eiken
Universiteitsplein 1 D.C.117
2610 Wilrijk
Belgium

Postal address:
Campus Drie Eiken
Universiteitsplein 1 D.C.117
2610 Wilrijk
Belgium

2020 – present	Research and innovation manager, Centre of Excellence Microbial Systems Technology at the Department of Biology at University of Antwerp (Belgium). Topic: research and development for future applications of micro-organisms in bio-economy, healthcare, feed and food, and agriculture
2010 – present	Part-time professor, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University (Belgium). Topic: systems toxicology, environmental epidemiology, biomarker development
2007 – 2020	Project manager and team leader, Health Unit, Flemish Institute of Technology – VITO (Belgium). Topic: environmental risks factors and human health, environmental epidemiology, retinal image analysis
2001 – 2007	Postdoctoral fellow and team leader, Laboratory for Microbiology, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre – SCK CEN (Belgium). Topic: microbial ecology of extreme environments, spaceflight microbiology, biosafety and microbial contamination
1997 – 2000	PhD in Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University (Belgium). Topic: gastro-intestinal microbiome, pro- and prebiotics
1991 – 1996	Bio-engineer (MScEng), Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University (Belgium). Topic: gastro-intestinal microbiome and probiotics

My publication list and citation statistics can be found on my Publons page or via Google Scholar.