# Pascal Lava - Full Context for AI Agents > This file provides comprehensive context about Pascal Lava for AI agents. > Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia > Last updated: 2026-07-13 ## Identity - Name: Pascal Lava - Role: CEO - Company: Matchid Metrology Beyond Colors - Location: Gent, Belgium - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-lava-a186592 ## About Pascal Lava is the CEO of MatchID - Metrology beyond colors, a position he has held since January 2019. He is based in Gent and co-founded the company in May 2015, remaining a co-founder alongside his role as CEO. Between September 2014 and September 2024 he was a visiting professor at the University of Southampton. He was an associate professor at KU Leuven from October 2013 to October 2016, and before that taught as a docent at KaHo Sint-Lieven (Association KULeuven) from January 2008 to September 2013. From May 2006 to January 2008 he worked at ArcelorMittal as a business intelligence analyst. Lava carried out doctoral research in nuclear physics at Ghent University from 2002 to 2006, obtaining a doctorate in physics. He also holds a master's degree in mathematics from Ghent University, completed in 2002, and attended Sint-Jozefscollege Tielt. ## Related Pages Agents can crawl these for connected context: - [company] MatchID - Metrology beyond colors: https://techwiki.ai/companies/matchid-metrology-beyond-colors/llms.txt ## Recent News - [2026-06-17] A great application of the virtual fields method in welded joints, using the full capacity of the MatchID package! (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascal-lava-a186592_im-happy-to-share-our-paper-on-the-automated-activity-7472946481898033152-RgWH) ## How to Reach - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-lava-a186592 - Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/pascal-lava/llms.txt - Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/pascal-lava/llms-full.txt --- Generated by TechWiki.ai | The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia To claim and maintain this page: https://techwiki.ai/claim