Press kit
Gilbert Declerck, Executive Officer and Member of the Board
Gilbert J. Declerck was born in Oostende, Belgium in 1946. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Leuven in 1972. From 1973 to 1974 he worked in the IC laboratories of the Stanford University. He then moved to Leuven University (Belgium) in 1974, where he became professor in 1983. In 1984 he joined IMEC (Leuven, Belgium), as Vice-President of the Advanced Semiconductor Processing Division. He authored and co-authored over 200 papers and conference contributions. In 1993 Dr. Declerck was elected fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), awarding his leadership and contributions to metal-oxide semiconductor device physics, charge-coupled device technology and very-large-scale integration processing techniques. In 1998 Dr. Declerck was appointed Chief Operating Officer of IMEC. Since June 1999 till 30 June 2009 he was IMEC’s President and CEO. As from 1 July 2009, Gilbert Declerck is Executive Officer and Member of the Board. Dr. Declerck is Chairman of the scientific committee of MEDEA+ and member of the MEDEA+ board. He is member of several advisory boards of scientific institutes and companies.