PProGRess evolved from the “Sedimentary Geology and Engineering Geology” (SGIG) research group, and therefore still holds a lot of expertise in the field of natural building stones and the assessment of their properties. PProGress researchers are skilled in many traditional research techniques, e.g. optical microscopy, grain size analysis and technological testing of natural building stones. PProGRess is part of the department of Geology at Ghent University and the Ghent University Centre for X-Ray Tomography (UGCT), where Veerle is one of the team leaders. In 2008 Veerle was one of the co-founders of the UGCT spin-off company inCT, which merged with XRE NV (now part of TESCAN XRE) with the aim to make the technology of Computed Tomography accessible to a broad audience in the industry and academic institutions.