Hendrik Blockeel (PhD in Computer Science, 1998, KU Leuven) is a full professor ("gewoon hoogleraar") at KU Leuven. From 2007 till 2016 he was also affiliated with Leiden University. His research interests include theory and algorithms for machine learning and data mining in general, with a particular focus on relational learning, graph mining, probabilistic logics, inductive knowledge bases, and applications of these techniques in the broader field of computer science, bio-informatics, and medical informatics.