Prof. Wim De Malsche obtained a degree in Bioengineering in 2004 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a doctoral degree in 2008 in Applied Physics at the Mesa+ Institute for Nanotechnology (UTwente, NL) and in Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the topic of miniaturized analytical separation systems. He (co)founded the spin-off company PharmaFluidics based on his PhD research in 2010 and held (part-time) positions as CEO (2010-2014), CTO (2015-2017) and as director (2014-2018). Since 2015 he is full-time faculty member (currently Professor) at both the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Bioengineering Sciences Department at the VUB, leading the µFlow group (around 15 researchers). His research is centered around microfluidics and microreactors with a focus on enhancing mass transport and novel separation principles.

Prof. Wim De Malsche obtained a degree in Bioengineering in 2004 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a doctoral degree in 2008 in Applied Physics at the Mesa+ Institute for Nanotechnology (UTwente, NL) and in Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the topic of miniaturized analytical separation systems. He (co)founded the spin-off company PharmaFluidics based on his PhD research in 2010 and held (part-time) positions as CEO (2010-2014), CTO (2015-2017) and as director (2014-2018). Since 2015 he is full-time faculty member (currently Professor) at both the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Bioengineering Sciences Department at the VUB, leading the µFlow group (around 15 researchers). His research is centered around microfluidics and microreactors with a focus on enhancing mass transport and novel separation principles.

Govert Somsen is full professor of Biomolecular Analysis/Analytical Chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He obtained his doctorate in Amsterdam, and subsequently was assistant and associate professor at the University of Groningen and Utrecht University in The Netherlands. His main expertise is on hyphenated concepts in separation science directed to the characterization of (bio)polymers and (bio)active compounds. His group made significant contributions to the development, optimization and application of coupled analytical techniques combining selective liquid-phase separations with mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy and bioactivity assays. He is (co-)author of over 200 papers in these fields, and editor of Journal of Chromatography B.