Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Lena Decuyper serves as the Program Manager for Public Projects at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant since June 2020, where strategic alignment of publicly funded projects with private B2B partnerships and bioeconomy needs takes precedence. Prior to this role, Lena was a Project Acquisition Coordinator at the same organization, coordinating the Horizon Europe project REPurpose. Previous experience includes a role as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University and Qpinch, focused on optimizing a catalytic system for chemical heat pumps, and a PhD researcher at Ghent University specializing in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, with research on beta-lactam inhibitors for resistant bacteria. Lena's educational background includes a Doctor of Applied Biological Sciences from Ghent University, alongside master's and bachelor's degrees in Chemistry and Bioscience engineering from Ghent University and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier.