Steven Van Cruchten is full-time tenured professor in the Department of Veterinary Sciences within the Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences of the University of Antwerp. After obtaining his degree of DVM at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ghent University) in 1999, he started his PhD research in reproductive morphology at the same university. After his PhD defense (July 2004), he was recruited as a toxicologist by Janssen Pharmaceutica in Beerse, Belgium. In this function, he elaborated his knowledge on toxicity issues with pharmaceuticals in animal models. In January 2008, he took the opportunity to join another pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, as a Toxicology Project Leader in Sweden, overviewing the complete preclinical development of several compounds. S. Van Cruchten returned to Belgium in January 2011 to commence at the University of Antwerp. He is President of the European Teratology Society and editorial board member of several journals.