Luc Van den hove (1 March 1960, Turnhout) is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IMEC,[1] Europe's largest independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics and digital technologies.
[11] At the age of 24,[12] Van den hove joined IMEC in its founding year in 1984 and worked as a researcher in silicide and interconnected technologies.
[16] By integrating iMinds into IMEC, the research center could focus on developing disruptive technologies and solutions for the health, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy, education and infotainment sectors.
As of 2019, IMEC has attracted 65 million euro in funding from The Netherlands to create a research venture to develop technologies focused on making farming and food manufacturing sustainable.
[30][31] At the end of May 2015, IMEC and Johns Hopkins University announced the launch of a joint venture, miDiagnostics, which aimed at developing medical chips and diagnostic devices that will assist doctors and patients in getting quick diagnoses.
[34][35] In 2017, IMEC designed and fabricated the world’s first miniature neural probe for simultaneous recording of multiple brain regions at neuronal resolution.
[37] In 2019, The New York Times reported IMEC's Neuropixels technology is widely recognised as the most advanced method of gathering data from brain cells.