Veermesch Joris

Curriculum

Education

1988

Ir. Bioengineer University of Gent, Belgium 1988-1993 Ph.D in Chemistry, Nebraska, USA Positions

1993-1999 Postdoctoral fellow, KU Leuven

1999-2001 Groupleader genomics in Aventis CropScience, Ghent, Belgium 2001- Director Cytogenetics unit, Center of Human Genetics, UZ Leuven

2004-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven

2007-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven

2008- Coordinator Genomics Core, UZ-KU Leuven

2009- Part time full Professor, Department of Human Genetics KU Leuven

2013- Full Professor, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven

2016- Chair Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven Memberships and affiliations

2008-2010 President-elect of the Belgian Society of Human Genetics

2008- Elected board member of International Standards on Array CGH Consortium (ISCA)

1997- Scientific board member of European Cytogenetics Association

2007- Teaching at the European Genetic Foundation

2011 Board member of the International Society of prenatal Diagnosis

2012-2015 Scientific board member of European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction (ESHRE) Board member of Molecular Cytogenetics, Cytogenetics and Genome research, Prenatal diagnosis. (Founding) Member of the steering committee of the European Cytogenetics external Quality Control Founder of a spin-off company Cartagenia (www.cartagenia.com)