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CURRICULUM VITAE<br />

Maarten Hoogewijs was born on February 25th 1978 in Ghent, Belgium. After finishing<br />

secondary school at Sint-Lievens College in Ghent (Science – Mathematics) in 1996, he started his<br />

study in Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University. In 2002 he graduated as Veterinarian with great<br />

distinction.<br />

After a rotating internship he started as resident for the European College <strong>of</strong> Animal<br />

<strong>Reproduction</strong>. In October 2004, he became assistant at the department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Reproduction</strong>, <strong>Obstetrics</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Herd</strong> <strong>Health</strong>. He was also responsible for the clinical education <strong>of</strong> the students during the clinical<br />

<strong>and</strong> ambulatory work at the department. During his first five years as a vet, Maarten participated in<br />

the night <strong>and</strong> weekend work <strong>of</strong> the bovine ambulatory clinic <strong>of</strong> the department. With his colleagues<br />

from the “equine team”, he was responsible for the clinic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Reproduction</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Obstetrics</strong>, including<br />

night <strong>and</strong> weekend work. When working in the clinic he became especially interested in working with<br />

the male animal. From this clinical perspective, he started his PhD research concerning<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ardization <strong>of</strong> equine semen analysis <strong>and</strong> improvements for semen cryopreservation.<br />

Maarten is author <strong>and</strong> co-author <strong>of</strong> multiple scientific publications in national <strong>and</strong><br />

international journals, <strong>and</strong> presented his research results on several international meetings.<br />

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