Full Name
Chris Callewaert
Job Title
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Company
Ghent University
Speaker Bio
Dr. Chris Callewaert holds two masters and a PhD from Ghent University, Belgium. He is a postdoctoral research fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) at Ghent University, Belgium and postdoctoral research associate in the Rob Knight lab at University of California, San Diego, USA. He studies the skin microbiome and metabolome and is specialized in body odor in relation to the bacteria in the armpits, clothes and washing machines. He is the first one to try to solve body odor by replacing bacteria of smelly people with those of non-smelly people. His research led to multiple peer-reviewed publications and was presented at a multitude of international conferences. He presented a TED talk and results of his research can be found on www.DrArmpit.com.
Chris Callewaert