Martine Baelmans is vice rector for Education Policy, also responsible for Innovation and entrepreneurship at the KU Leuven in Belgium. She is a full professor in thermodynamics and thermal-fluid sciences at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the same university. Within the division Applied Mechanics and Energy Conversion she is the head of the research group on thermal-fluid engineering. Research topics range from fundamental turbulence research and plasma edge physics in nuclear fusion reactors to application oriented thermal design in telecom systems, power electronics and power transformers. She is member of the board of Melexis NV, SCK-CEN, ACCO CV. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Belgium (KVAB). Martine Baelmans obtained a MSc and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at KU Leuven.