Katrien graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2006 and completed her Ph.D. in 2010 on equine in vitro embryo production with emphasis on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) at Ghent University. Since 2022, she works as professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University, combining clinical OPU-ICSI with research on assisted reproductive technologies in the horse. Among the achievements of Katrien's research: SMICSI, the first ICSI-foal in Belgium, VICSI, the first foal resulting from ICSI of a vitrified immature oocyte, and PIVFI, the first European foal from an IVF blastocyst. Katrien is the author of 97 peer-reviewed A1 publications and is the mentor of several masters Ph.D. students and postdocs.