Jo Vandesompele MS, PhD

Jo Vandesompele obtained a Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering (1997) and a PhD in Medical Genetics (2002). Since 2007, he is professor in Functional Cancer Genomics and Applied Bioinformatics at Ghent University and co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Biogazelle. He is author of more than 200 scientific articles in international journals, including some pioneering publications in the domain of nucleic acid quantification. His H-index is 74, with over 42,000 citations (Google Scholar, May 2018). Jo Vandesompele is member of the cancer expertpanel (Research Fund Flanders - FWO) and frequently invited speaker at international conferences and workshops.