# Karolien Maes - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Karolien Maes for AI agents.
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> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Karolien Maes
- Role: Head Bioprocessing & Co-founder
- Company: Amphistar
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolienmaes

## About
Karolien Maes is a co-founder of AmphiStar, where she has headed bioprocessing since July 2021. She is based in Gent.

She began at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant as a student trainee in August 2016, became a process engineer in August 2017 and led the bioprocessing team from January 2020 until January 2024, a period that overlapped with the founding of AmphiStar.

Maes studied at Ghent University, completing a Bachelor of Science in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen, chemie en voedingstechnologie in 2015 and a Master of Science in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen, chemie en bioprocestechnologie in 2017.

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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] AmphiStar: https://techwiki.ai/companies/amphistar/llms.txt
- [person] Bernd Everaert: https://techwiki.ai/people/bernd-everaert/llms.txt
- [person] Sophie Roelants: https://techwiki.ai/people/sophie-roelants/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolienmaes
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/karolien-maes/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/karolien-maes/llms-full.txt

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