Peter Carmeliet
Vascular Medicine
KU Leuven
About
Peter Carmeliet works in Vascular Medicine affiliated with KU Leuven.
Peter Carmeliet is a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, and serves as the group leader of the Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology. He is also affiliated with the Center for Biotechnology at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. His research primarily investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms of blood vessel formation in health and disease.
Research focus
AngiogenesisVascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) SignalingEndothelial Cell MetabolismArteriogenesisHypoxia-Mediated Vascular Responses
Impact
1,359 pubs · 153,595 cites · h-index 188
Training
MD
KU Leuven
1984
PhD
KU Leuven
1989
Affiliations
Work Experience
Group Leader, Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism
VIB - KU Leuven Department of Oncology · 1996 - Present
Full Professor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven · 2000 - Present
Director, Vesalius Research Center (now Center for Cancer Biology)
VIB · 2008 - 2015
Adjunct-Director, Center Transgene Technology & Gene Therapy
University of Leuven · 1996 - 2008
Part-time Professor
Aarhus University · 2021 - 2023