Robrecht Raedt obtained his M.Sc. degree in Biology at Ghent University (Belgium) in 2002. In 2007, he completed his PhD research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Ghent University. He worked as a post-doc at 4BRAIN, focusing on unraveling the mechanism of action of neurostimulation therapies for epilepsy. Currently, he is an Associate Research Professor at Ghent University. Since January 2018, he has been appointed the Department Head of the Animal Facility at the Faculty of Medicine at Ghent University.