MSc (1993) and PhD (1997) from Ghent University (Belgium). First associate professor at DTU Chemical Engineering (2005-2012), then Professor in Industrial Fermentation Technology ("The Novozymes professor") since 2013. Head of the Process and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS) since 2014. CEO of Bioscavenge ApS, a startup with focus on resource recovery on industrial process streams, since 2017. Chairman of the board of Helix Lab – Kalundborg since 2020.
The focus of my research work is the modeling, development and optimisation of industrial fermentation, pharmaceutical, food production and resource recovery processes. Current research with focus on large-scale fermentation, mathematical modelling, investigation of mass transfer issues across scales, application and development of computer-aided tools for elucidation of (bio)process kinetics, Process Analytical Technology (PAT), continuous production, resource recovery, process modelling and simulation.