Eric van Walle, Directeur-generaal SCK•CEN
Prof. Dr. Eric van Walle was appointed Director-General of SCK•CEN in 2006. In 1985, he obtained a PhD in Nuclear Physics at the KULeuven. After visiting Princeton University (USA) for 2 years, he joined SCK•CEN in 1989 to perform research on material degradation. Since 2001, he became part-time professor at the Faculty of Applied Science at the KULeuven and teaches within the Belgian Nuclear higher Education Network. Vice-chair of the Halden Reactor Programme (Norway), member of the Board of Belgonucléaire, he authors and co-authors some 250 international papers.