Biographical sketch Ann Huysseune
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Ann Huysseune (° 1957, Belgium)
She was appointed as a faculty member at Ghent University in 1995. She is currently full professor and head of the biology department, with a staff of 200 people. Her own research group (Evolutionary Developmental Biology) has currently 6 Ph.D. students, undergraduate students, one full-time and two part-time technicians
Her research interests are focused on the development, structure and evolution of the skeleton, with particular attention for teeth. She uses various teleost fish and other non-mammalian species to study evo-devo aspects of skeletal tissues and skeletal elements. Current studies focus on the dermal skeleton (including the teeth) and on the vertebral column.
She was organiser or co-organiser of several meetings and workshops (e.g. Second Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Ghent, 2008) and member of a scientific committee many times. She attended around 55 international congresses (15 times invited speaker), presented seminars at over 15 foreign universities or research institutes and published more than 60 peer reviewed papers.