Jef Hooyberghs's Biography

Jef Hooyberghs, Project Manager, Flemish Institute for Technological Research

Dr. Jef Hooyberghs received a M.S. in 1998 at the University of Leuven and obtained a PhD in Physics via FWO scholarship in 2002 at Hasselt University, Belgium. Since 2003 he is R&D employee at VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) and since 2006 professor at Hasselt University. At VITO he is currently head of the team of applied bio&molecular systems which has a research focus on biomarker discovery & detection and nano-bio interactions. His research focus is on the thermodynamics of nucleic acid interactions and the application of it in biodetection.