Philippe Vereecken

Prof. Dr. Philippe M. Vereecken obtained a PhD in physical chemistry from Ghent University in 1998. After a stay at The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) as a postdoctoral researcher, he worked at IBM Research (Yorktown Heights, New York) as research staff member (RSM) for several years.

In 2005, he joined imec’s nanomaterials group. In 2010, he was appointed part-time Professor at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven. That same year he kicked off imec’s energy-storage activities. 

Currently, Dr. Vereecken is Scientific Director Electrochemical Storage at imec. Next to the R&D on next-generation battery-cell technology, his work also involves electrochemical hydrogen production and CO₂ reduction.