Prof. Dr. Dagmar R. D’hooge is the Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering (MaTCh) Department Chair of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University. His research emphasizes on the design of polymerization, polymer processing and polymer recycling. The functional material design and process intensification is performed up to industrial scale, using advanced in-house developed multi-scale modelling tools in combination with experimental validation. He performs research in chemical engineering, materials science, polymer science, and mechanics/rheology. A goal is to further develop advanced polymer applications and circularity in team format.