Paul Devos received a M.Sc. degree in physics (1987) and in physical engineering (1989) from Ghent University, Belgium. In 1996 he received his PhD degree in physics from EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) after conducting research about mechanical and magnetic energy dissipation in ceramic superconductors. After taking positions in industry, he became a professor at Ghent University College (2002) and Ghent University (2013), teaching in the fields of Digital Electronics, Embedded Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Biomedical Electronics and Process Instrumentation. Since 2015 he has been part of the WAVES research group. His experience and current interests are in multidisciplinary research topics such as (bio-)acoustics, soundscapes, biomedical instrumentation and signal processing.