Dr Neyns is the member of seven national and international scientific societies including, the Belgian Medical Society of Medical Oncology ESMO, and ASCO. He has been the recipient of several competitive research grants, and has considerable clinical trial experience as a Principal Investigator for more than fifteen academia sponsored clinical trials for patients with advanced melanoma, glioma and colorectal cancer; including clinical trials with a proprietary autologous dendritic cell therapy (TriMixDC) and first-in-human phase I clinical trials with intratumoral injection of autologous myeloid dendritic cells. Dr Neyns has an extensive publication record as the (co-)author of over hundred forty primary manuscripts published in peer review medical journals (incl. N Engl J Med, Lancet Oncol, and the J Clin Oncol), and has been invited speaker at several international congresses. His current research interests broadly include the immune- and targeted therapy of melanoma and the treatment of patients with malignant glioma with a strong emphasis on conducting academia sponsored trials.