Frederik obtained academic degrees in micro-electronics engineering and medicine. In 2004, he joined the group of Prof. Puers at ESAT-MICAS (KU Leuven, Belgium) as a research assistant, focusing on micromachining process development, polymer MEMS and microfluidics. After obtaining the PhD degree, he obtained a prestigious research fellowship of the FWO, which allowed him to focus on researching neural implants for interfacing with the brain at high resolution. From 2017 - summer 2020 he was research expert on micro- and nanofabrication technology at the newly founded KU Leuven Nanocentre. He was also instrumental in expanding the lab through attracting new collaborations and grants for a total of over 10 million €.

He is a visiting researcher at the MNS group and at the NERF institute (Neuroelectronics Research Flanders, Imec, Belgium). Frederik is (co) author of over 100 papers that appeared in peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings, has over 1500 citations and an h-index of 21 according to Google Scholar. He is also co-founder and board member of LIMNI, the Leuven Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnology.

Currently, he is CEO and co-founder of ReVision Implant, a start-up company developing the first high-resolution visual prosthesis. He is also CTO and co-founder of Keylika, which focuses on metallorganic drugs and co-optimized delivery technologies with a first application in resolving iron deficiency, and a alumnus of YC S2022.

Experience

• CTO (2022 - present)

  Keylika (San Francisco Bay Area)

• Co-Founder & CEO (2020 - present)

  ReVision Implant

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2010 - 2020)

  Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven

Education

• PhD, Microelectronics (1998 - 2003)

  Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven