- Title: Prof.em., Ph.D. & dr.hon.c.mult.
- Short biography of Reinhart J.M. CEULEMANS:
Born in Wilrijk (Belgium) in 1954. Ph.D. in Biology (in 1980) and Higher Education Teaching Degree (Habilitation, in 1990), both from the University Antwerp.
- Main areas of expertise : plant ecology; bio-energy crops; global changes; biosphere-atmosphere fluxes
- Previous functions include a.o.: Full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Biology of the University of Antwerp; Visiting Professor at University of Washington (Seattle, USA), Université Paris XI-Orsay (France) and University of Ghent (Belgium); Director of the Research Center of Excellence PLECO (60 pers.) at the University of Antwerp.
- Awarded with a.o.: Scientific Achievement Award of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO, 1990); Doctor Honoris Causa of the Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic); Doctor Honoris Causa of the Université d’Orléans (France)
- Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Science and the Arts (Belgium); Corresponding member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenia); Methusalem chair (2007-2019) of the Flemish Government; Belgian Francqui Chair at the Université Catholique de Louvain (2006-2007).
- Publication output: (co-)editor of 9 books on plant responses to environmental factors and tree physiology; over 350 publications in peer-reviewed (A1) scientific journals that are cited well over 20,000 times; overall average number of citations per published article: 36; h-index of 61. Among the 20 most cited plant scientists in Europe (cfr. Lab Times).
- Over the period 1990-2018: 118 projects as main PI with a total funding of 31 M€, including ERC Advanced Research Grant ‘POPFULL’ (2009-2014; 2.5 M€) on renewable bio-energy. Co-investigator of four research projects with a total of 4 M€.
- Supervisor of 27 successfully defended Ph.D.’s. Belgian Focal Point for European Infrastructure Network ICOS.