Laurent Mertens

Laurent Mertens is a Senior Clinical Research Associate currently employed at Simbec-Orion since June 2023, having previously held the same title at Excelya from January 2021 to June 2023. Mertens has extensive experience at IQVIA Belux, progressing from Clinical Research Associate to CRA1 to CRA2 between September 2016 and December 2020. Prior experience includes a role as a Medical Laboratory Technician at Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium from June 2011 to August 2016, specializing in the analysis of human and animal materials for diseases using molecular techniques. Mertens also worked briefly as a Laboratory Technician at DGZ (Dierengezondheidszorg Vlaanderen) in early 2011. Academic qualifications include a Master of Biomedical Sciences with a focus on Molecular and Cellular Biomedical Sciences from the University of Antwerp, alongside a FELASA C certification in Biomedical Sciences.