Katrien Poelaert | Senior Scientist
Ziphius NV

Dr. Katrien Poelaert is a veterinarian by training and obtained her PhD in Veterinary Sciences in 2019 at the Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ghent University, Belgium) under the supervision of Prof. Nauwynck, focussing on the pathogenesis of equine herpes viruses. She was granted a fellowship of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) to start a post-doctoral research project at Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Temple University, USA) focusing on measles virus spread and dormancy in the central nervous system. After this stay in the USA, she joined the research group of Prof. van Kuppeveld at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) to study the neuropathogenesis of non-polio enteroviruses (Enterovirus D68). In October 2021, she joined Ziphius (Zwijnaarde, Belgium), a biotech company focused on saRNA technology, where she holds a position as Senior Scientist and head of the Preclinical Department