Erik C. Neyts is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is the head of the research group MOSAIC (Modelling and Simulation in Chemistry). He obtained his Ph.D. in 2006 on molecular dynamics simulations of thin amorphous carbon films. Since then, he has used both DFT and classical simulation techniques to study nanomaterials, surface processes, catalysis, plasma-catalysis, and more recently, astrochemistry. He has (co-)authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers. His teaching involves courses on general chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, surface processes, and astrochemistry.