Peter, Baron Carmeliet (; born 1959) is a Belgian physician and professor at the

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

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). He is also Adjunct Director of the '' VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven''. Among his research interests are

vasculogenesis Vasculogenesis is the process of blood vessel formation, occurring by a '' de novo'' production of endothelial cells. It is sometimes paired with angiogenesis, as the first stage of the formation of the vascular network, closely followed by angio ...

angiogenesis Angiogenesis is the physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels, formed in the earlier stage of vasculogenesis. Angiogenesis continues the growth of the vasculature by processes of sprouting and splitting ...

, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In 2016, Carmeliet identified neuron-producing stem cells in the brain. Carmeliet was elected a foreign member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 2017. By the number of citations, he is the most cited author of

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Awards

* 2002:

Francqui Prize The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize named after Émile Francqui. Normally annually since 1933, the Francqui Foundation awards it in recognition of the achievements of a scholar or scientist, who at the start ...

on Biological and Medical Sciences. * 2005: Interbrew-Baillet Latour Health Prize, together with

Désiré Collen Désiré, Baron Collen (born in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, 21 June 1943) is a Belgian physician, chemist, biotechnology entrepreneur and life science investor. He made several discoveries in thrombosis, haemostasis and vascular biology in many of wh ...

. * 2010: Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine. * 2018: Heineken Prize for Medicine

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Peter Carmeliet, K.U. Leuven

Peter Carmeliet, VIB
1959 births Living people Belgian cardiovascular researchers Flemish scientists KU Leuven alumni Academic staff of KU Leuven Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Winners of the Heineken Prize {{Belgium-scientist-stub