Stephen Depuydt

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Stephen Depuydt (°28 november 1981) graduated from Ghent University in 2004 as a Bio-Engineer (Cell and genebiotechnology) magna cum laude. After completion of his studies, he started his PhD studies at the faculty of Sciences of UGhent and the VIB in the field of Plant Biotechnology. In November 2008 he obtained his PhD degree under supervision of Prof. Holsters and dr. Vereecke with a dissertation that dealt with the molecular biology of the Rhodococcus fascians – plant interaction. After this, he moved on (as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow) to the département de biologie moléculaire végétale of Prof. Hardtke at the university of Lausanne, further specializing in developmental plant biology and plant hormone interactions. In 2012 he subsequently rejoined UGent as an FWO postdoc in the group of Prof. Goormachtig, starting up research towards mode of action of a novel plant hormone. Since august 2014 he works as a Professor at Ghent University and Ghent University Global Campus where he heads the lab of Plant Growth Analysis. He teaches several courses in plant and molecular biology and plant physiology. Since 2018 he is appointed as director of Education for the Ghent University Global Campus. For his PhD studies and postdoctoral research stays he obtained several grants, a.o. a prestigious Marie-Curie Outgoing International Postdoctoral Fellowship, an EMBO short term fellowship and an FWO (National Research Foundation Flanders) postdoctoral fellowship. He is (co-)author of several publications in high-impact journal and relevant books and has presented his research on both national and international important conferences, for one of which he was awarded a prize as presenting author.

Email: Stephen.Depuydt@ghent.ac.kr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenDepuydt