Prof. Dr. Gert Desmet

Gert Desmet has a Master’s degree and PhD in chemical engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium, where he currently is a full professor. His research mainly focuses on the miniaturization and automation of separation methods, as well as on the investigation and the modeling of flow effects in chromatographic systems. He has been the author or co-author of more than 450 peer-reviewed papers. He currently is the Deputy-director of the Solvay Institute for Chemistry, is an Associate Editor for the journal "Analytical Chemistry" and was the recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant. He is also a member of the permanent scientific committee of the international HPLC and ISC conference series.