After completing magma laude as an MD at the University of Antwerp in 2005, Dr Baets started specialist training in neurology which combined with his PhD in Neurogenetics Groups of the VIB-DMG benefiting from an FWO PhD fellowship. Since the beginning of 2019 Prof. Baets has been the medical director of the Neuromuscular Reference Center at the Antwerp University Hospital. His clinical research expertise encompasses various aspects of neuromuscular disorders including electrophysiology, clinical genetics, and muscle histopathology.
He has a vast experience in molecular genetic studies of various neuromuscular disorders, most notably Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, gene identification studies, genotype-phenotype correlation studies, muscle- and nerve histopathology, and biomarker design.
Ludo Van Den Bosch, PhD - Scientific founder / Chairman of the Advisory Board
Prof. Ludo Van Den Bosch's founding scientific discoveries in CMT, CIPN and ALS diseases, constitute the most advanced assets of Augustine Therapeutics.
Joris de Wit, PhD - Scientific founder
Joris de Wit is Professor at KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Deputy Science Director of the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research.