Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Born in Duffel, Belgium, on 19 May 1956.
Married to Mieke Bervoets since September 1977.
2 children: Nathalie (26 November 1984), Wim (24 November 1986).
Fellow of IEEE and IEE.

Education

• 'Burgerlijk Werktuigkundig-Elektrotechnisch Ingenieur' (Master in electromechanical engineering, option electrical energy), Cum Laude (GO 84%), 1974-1979 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (http://www.kuleuven.be)
• 'Doctoraat' Toegepaste Wetenschappen (PhD in engineering) 'Summa Cum Laude, December 1984 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Speciaal Doctoraat (Special PhD). from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, May 1989
• Habilitierung from the RWTH in Aachen, July 1993 (http://www.rwth.de)

Positions

• Research Assistant of the KULeuven, in research group Electrical Energy in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the K.U.Leuven, 1/10/1979-30/9/1985 (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be)
• 'Postdoctoraal Onderzoeker' (Postdoctoral Research Fellow) of the 'Fonds voor Wetenschappelijke Onderzoek' 1/10/1985-30/9/1993 (http://sun.fwo.be)
• Von Humboldt Fellowship, 01/10/1988-30/09/1989 (http://www.humboldt-foundation.de)
• Professor McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 01/10/1989-30/09/1990 (http://www.mcmaster.ca)
• Professor at the Electric Energy Division of the Electrical Engineering Department (since 01/10/1991, full professor since 01/10/1995), head of division since 1993 (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/electa).
• Head of electrical engineering department (01/09/1999-31/08/2003)
• Chairman of the board of directors of Elia, the Belgian Transmission System Operator (since 01/06/2002) (http://www.elia.be)
• Visiting professor at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, since 01/10/1999 (http://www.ic.ac.uk)