Hugo J. De Clerck PhD

Hugo De Clerck is a graduate of the Rijksuniversiteit Gent's orthodontic program, he received his Ph.D. in 1986 and he maintains a private practice in Brussels. He received the European Research Essay Award in 1988. He has been Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Orthodontics at the Université Catholique de Louvain from 1989 to 2006. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the former President of the Belgian Orthodontic Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His main research interests are in skeletal anchorage, biomechanics, and orthopedics. He lectured extensively on these topics throughout the world.