I started my scientific career in 1993 in the lab of Prof. Dr. Joël Vandekerckhove. From the beginning I was directly involved in the development of highly sensitive technologies for the identification and characterization of proteins using mass spectrometric techniques.
Currently, my main scientific goal is to further develop a repertoire of novel non-gel technologies to map as many building blocks as possible of complex protein mixtures (proteomes) and to apply such techniques to relevant biological processes such as protein processing. These technologies are patented and are used by a spin-off company, Peakadilly for the discovery of biomarkers.
I currently manage a team of nine scientists and six technicians which are all focusing their work in this non-gel proteome analytical research area.