Sophie Roelants

Sophie Roelants is co-founder and chief operating officer of AmphiStar, a position she has held since April 2024. She is based in Gent.

Roelants co-founded AmphiStar in July 2021 and served as its chief executive officer until May 2024, when she moved to the role of chief operating officer. She has also sat on the company's executive board since August 2021.

Before that she worked at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, where she was an R&D project coordinator from January 2015 to May 2024 and, from September 2019, innovation manager for biosurfactants in a joint role with UGENT. She was a postdoctoral scientist at Ghent University from July 2013 to May 2024, having completed a PhD there between January 2009 and June 2013.

She studied at Ghent University from 2004 to 2007, obtaining a master's degree in bioengineering sciences with a specialisation in cell and gene biotechnology, and also studied at Delft University of Technology.