Christian StevensProf. Dr. Christian Stevens, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, Belgium. Prof. Dr. Ir. Christian V. Stevens is professor at the Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (hent University). He graduated at the same department as bio-engineer in chemistry in 1988 and obtainded a PhD in 1992 as fellow of the National Fund for Scientific Research. During his PhD he also worked as a research assistant of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA with Prof. C.E. McKenna. After his PhD at Ghent University under the direction of Prof. N. De Kimpe, he did post-doctoral work at the Center for Heterocyclic Compounds at the University of Florida, USA under the direction of Prof. A. R. Katritzky as a NATO Research Fellow. He became group leader in the group of Prof. Katritzky in 1993. He returned as a postdoctoral fellow of the National Fund for Scientific Research. In 1994, he also made a short postdoctoral stay at the University of Alicante (Spain) under the direction of Prof. M. Yus. In 1995, he became group leader of the National Fund for Scientific Research and became guest professor in 1997 at Ghent University. In 2000, he became professor at the current Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and developed the research group SynBioC of which he is the director. He became full professor in 2014. Member of the Editorial Board: Green Chemistry; Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry; Arkivoc; Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (Biofpr, Wiley); Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. Member of the International Advisory Board: European Journal of Organic Chemistry; Journal of Flow Chemistry. Series Editor: Wiley series on Renewable Resources. Read More Read Less