Biography

I am an Associate Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium) associated to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences and the Rega Institute for Medical Research. I am also the Vice-dean for International Affairs for the Faculty.

My group focuses on the development of novel molecular biology tools and in harnessing directed evolution approaches to study and create novel biological systems. Previously, I worked at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, first as a Career Development Fellow (2006-2009) and later promoted to Investigator Scientist (2009-2013). Throughout that period, I worked with Dr. Phillip Holliger on the directed evolution of DNA polymerases and synthetic nucleic acids. I did my PhD in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Cambridge working with Professor David Ellar on the molecular evolution of Yersinia pestis (2001 – 2006) following my undergraduate training at the University of Cambridge in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry; 1997 – 2001).

Links

https://pinheirolab.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitorpinheiro