Peter Carmeliet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Carmeliet

physician, professor

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1959

Place of Birth: Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: physician, university teacher

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Peter, Baron Carmeliet (Dutch: ['pe?t?r 'k?rm?li?t]) (born 1959) 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).
In 2016, Carmeliet identified neuron-producing stem cells in the brain.Carmeliet was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.