Jeroen De Kooning (1987, Kapellen, Belgium) is assistant professor in sustainable mechatronics at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University. He received the Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in electromechanical engineering from Ghent University, Belgium, in 2010 and 2015 respectively. In 2022, he was a visiting professor at the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. His research focus is to make mechatronic systems more sustainable in manufacturing and energy applications. This is achieved by employing the Industry 4.0 concept of Digital Twins, founded upon state of the art techniques in modelling, identification, sensing and control. He is a member of the Dynamical Systems and Control (DySC) research group and the FlandersMake@UGent MIRO core lab within the Motion Products cluster. He is a senior member of the IEEE.