Peter Carmeliet

Peter, Baron Carmeliet (Dutch: [ˈpeːtər ˈkɑrməlit]; born 8 December 1959)^[1] is a Belgian physician and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). He is also Adjunct Director of the VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven. Among his research interests are vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).^[2][3][4] In 2016, Carmeliet identified neuron-producing stem cells in the brain.^[5]

Peter Carmeliet
Born	8 December 1959 (1959-12-08) (age 65)
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	KU Leuven
Awards	Ernst Jung Prize Heineken Prize for Medicine
Scientific career
Fields	angiogenesis
Institutions	KU Leuven VIB
Doctoral students	Diether Lambrechts

Carmeliet was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.^[1][6] By the number of citations, he is the most cited author of Nature Medicine.^[7]

Awards

• 2002: Francqui Prize on Biological and Medical Sciences.^[8]
• 2005: Interbrew-Baillet Latour Health Prize, together with Désiré Collen.^[9]
• 2010: Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine.^[10]
• 2018: Heineken Prize for Medicine^[11]