Tom Van De Wiele MSc, PhD

Tom Van de Wiele obtained an MSc degree in Bioscience Engineering from Ghent University in 2000 and a PhD degree in Applied Biological Sciences with Willy Verstraete - Ghent University - and Steven Siciliano - University of Saskatchewan - as supervisors. The FWO Flemish Science Foundation provided a postdoc fellowship and he started research work at LabMET (Laboratory Microbial Ecology and Technology) on host-microbe interactions with particular focus on microbial metabolic potency towards a.o. alimentary pollutants and plant bioactives.
He was a visiting scientist at Ohio State University and worked together with dr. Nick Basta (OSU), dr. Jack Creed (EPA) and dr. Karen Bradham (EPA) on arsenic metabolism by human gut microbiota. In 2010, he became assistant professor at Ghent University where he started the Host-Microbe Interaction Technology research group, developing mucosal in vitro technology. He was tenured in 2015 and currently holds a position as associate professor at the Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology from the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University.