In 2002, he succeeded Marc Zabeau as scientific director of the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology.
His research interest is on the molecular networks underpinning yield and organ growth both under standard as well as mild drought stress conditions in Arabidopsis and the C4 crop maize.
He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
He was recipient of the 1994 Körber European Science Prize.
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