Frederik Leys was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1975. He obtained his Master degree in Physics from the University of Ghent in 1998. In the same year, he joined the Department of Solid State Physics at the University of Antwerp, where he enjoyed the privilege to collaborate with Professor Norman March. His Ph.D. research focussed on relativistic density functional theory in the local density approximation and linear response theory applied to liquid metals and high temperature superconductors. In 2003, Frederik Leys obtained his Ph.D. in Exact Sciences from the University of Antwerp. In the same year, he joined the Epitaxy research group of the Inter-University Micro Electronics Center (IMEC), where he works under the scientific guidance of Dr Matty Caymax, one of the pioneers of chemical vapor deposition of group-IV elements for advanced CMOS applications. His current research interests include low-temperature epitaxy, Vapor Phase Doping, hetero-epitaxy and alternative precursors. In June 2008, Frederik Leys will take up the position of advisor for the industrial valorisation in Flanders of IMEC’s expertise in the field of nanotechnology, biosensors and organic electronics.