Christian Stevens's Biography

Christian Stevens, Senior Full Professor, Ghent University

Prof. Dr. ir. Christian V. Stevens is currently Senior Full Professor of the Department of Green Chemistry and Technology at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Ghent University). He graduated at the same department as Engineer for Chemistry and Agricultural Industries in 1988 and obtained a PhD in organic synthetic chemistry in 1992. He then performed post-doctoral work at the University of Florida USA with the late Prof. Alan Katritzky as a NATO Research Fellow. In 1994, he performed a short postdoctoral stay at the University of Alicante (Spain) with Prof. Miguel Yus and became Research Leader of the FWO-Flanders (Fund for Scientific Research) in 1995. In 2000, he took up a position at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and started the research group SynBioC. Prof. C.V. Stevens published over 340 international peer reviewed scientific papers and reviews and presented his scientific work at more than 120 international conferences. He lectured at the occasion of several international symposia (USA, Japan, India, Canada, Lithuania, China, Australia…). He holds also several patents on the synthesis and applications of heterocyclic compounds and renewable resources.