Kevin Van Geem is a member of the Laboratory for Chemical Technology of Ghent University. Thermochemical reaction engineering in general and in particular the transition from fossil to renewable resources are his main research interests. He is a former Fulbright Research Scholar of MIT and directs the Pilot plant for steam cracking and pyrolysis. He is the author of more than three hundred scientific publications and has recently started his own spin-off company. He holds three ERC grants, a consolidator, an advanced grant and a proof of concept grant. He is involved in on-line and off-line analysis of complex petrochemical and biochemical samples using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. Chemical recycling, detailed kinetic modeling, process, scale-up, and anti-fouling technology belong to his main expertise.