Bruno van Pottelsberghe is Full-Time Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) and Senior Research Fellow at Bruegel, a Brussels-based Think-Tank. As holder of the Solvay S.A. Chair of Innovation he teaches courses on the economics and management of innovation and intellectual property. For his research activities, he is also affiliated to ECARES and CEB (ULB). His research interests focus on the effectiveness of science and technology policies, patent policies, regulations and innovation. He has so far supervised about 12 Ph.D. research fellows. Bruno van Pottelsberghe was Chief Economist of the European Patent Office (EPO) from 2005 to 2007, is Advisor to the President and Rector of the ULB for technology transfer issues since 2004, and is Dean of the SBS-EM since 2011.