Jan graduated in 2018 from Ghent University in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drug Development specialising in biopharmaceutics. He undertook his Masters research in Microbiology during an Eramus+ exchange with St George’s, University of London. He obtained the title of pharmacist upon graduation in 2018.
He undertook a PhD under supervision of Prof. Hannah Batchelor and Dr Richard Horniblow in oral paediatric biopharmaceutics. For his PhD project, Jan characterised various gut parameters that influence drug absorption, including fluid within the colon (using MRI) or quantifying drug transporters and metabolising enzymes via LC-MS/MS. Then, Jan investigated how these parameters affect drug absorption in children using in silico PBPK modelling.
His research interests include paediatric physiology, oral drug absorption and metabolism via PBPK modelling, biopharmacy and age-appropriate medicines for the paediatric cohort. Jan is student member of the APS and won the Young Scientist Award at the 12th and at the 13th EUPFI conference.
Jan joined the CNPI in January 2023 as Project Leader for ADILA and ADILA-associated projects.
https://www.mdpi.com/1318982 - Quantification of Fluid Volume and Distribution in the Paediatric Colon via Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Goelen et al.
https://doi.org/10.5920/bjpharm.1166 - Goelen, J. & Horniblow, R. D. & Batchelor, H., (2022) “Method development for quantification of DMET-proteins in the paediatric intestinal tract via LC-MS/MS using a QconCAT technique”, British Journal of Pharmacy 7(2).