TUDelft (the Netherlands), Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Safety and Security Science Group; HUB-KULeuven (Belgium), Faculty of Economics and Management, CEDON.

Genserik Reniers obtained a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, and received his PhD in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp in Antwerp, both universities situated in Belgium. He founded the Antwerp Research Group on Safety and Security (ARGoSS) in 2006 at the University of Antwerp, coordinating multi- and inter-disciplinary safety and security research at the University in Antwerp. In 2007, he started as a part-time professor responsible for safety and risk teaching and research at the Campus Brussels of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Catholic University of Leuven. In 2013, he was appointed Full Professor at the University of Antwerp (in Belgium) and at the Delft University of Technology (in the Netherlands), both in a part-time capacity, and in both cases responsible for safety and risk teaching and research. His expertise is situated within the field of engineering and management of safety and security problems within the chemical and process industry.