Pieter Wuytens

Pieter Wuytens serves as the Director of Engineering and Business Development Director at LIGENTEC SA since December 2021. Prior experience includes roles at imec from September 2017 to November 2021, such as Chief of Staff supporting corporate operations and strategy, and R&D Innovation Manager focusing on systems and photonic IC design for biosensing and datacom applications. Pieter also held positions as a Doctoral Researcher at Universiteit Gent, where research on nanophotonic technology for life-science applications culminated in a PhD dissertation. Early career experience includes an internship at O.S.G. Bvba involving data analysis and software development for EEG/ECG signals. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Photonics Engineering and Cell and Gene Biotechnology from Ghent University, a Master's in Photonics from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a Bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from the same institution.