Dries Vansteenkiste is a Bioscience Engineer holding a PhD in forestry sciences and wood technology with a +25 years track record in tree growth modelling, feedstock quality assessments and biomaterial R&D.

His applied R&D experience and data-mining skills paved the road for the development of the ROOTS platform of BioGrowth Development which can be tailored to perform risk assessments, mass and energy balances, techno-economic feasibility analyses and provide decision support in investment cases.