Gerben Menschaert

TLDR

Gerben Menschaert is a co-founder of Biolizard, a Ghent-based bioinformatics and data science company that emerged from his academic work in computational genomics at Ghent University.

Overview

Menschaert co-founded Biolizard in 2018 alongside fellow Ghent University professor Wim Van Criekinge and biotech entrepreneur Jan Van den Berghe. Biolizard has grown to 60 employees and posted 249% revenue growth in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Belgium 2025.

Connections

Co-founded Biolizard with Wim Van Criekinge and Jan Van den Berghe. The company is based in Ghent and led by CEO Liesbeth Ceelen.