Dr. Ceulemans graduated in 2010 as medical doctor at the KU Leuven in Belgium. He started his training in general surgery at the University Hospitals Leuven and in parallel performed a PhD at the KU Leuven under supervision of professor Jacques Pirenne. His thesis (2017) focused on diagnosis and modulation of intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury in basic research models and immunological manipulation of clinical intestinal transplantation. Dr: Ceulemans published the results of his research in more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals. At the same time, he got strongly involved in the transplant community as board member of the Young Professionals in Transplantation workgroup (YPT; 2014-2017) and as board member of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Association (IRTA-TTS; 2017-2021). Over the last years, he has been granted several awards for his scientific contributions including the Horlait-Dapsens scholarship and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) biology club award. At the same time Dr. Ceulemans developed a specific interest in lung transplantation. After his graduation as general surgeon, he performed a fellowship in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation (2018) at the University Hospitals Leuven under supervision of professor Paul De Leyn and professor Dirk Van Raemdonck. His main topic of interest is ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) and its potential as platform for reconditioning and immunomodulation. In 2019 Dr. Ceulemans performs a 6-month research and clinical fellowship at the UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Switzerland under supervision of professor Walter Weder where he investigates a rat model of EVLP and the potential of genetic manipulation. After this fellowship Dr. Ceulemans returns to Leuven where he will dedicate his career to the experimental and clinical lung transplantation program.