Didier R.G.G. de Chaffoy de Courcelles is a Belgian scientist and businessman.
Education
Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles went to highschool at the Broeders van Liefde in Turnhout. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). He obtained a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy of Science (Doctor of Science), as well as an accreditation for teaching and research at academic institutions (GUO, venia legendi), from the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium).
Career
He was Senior Vice President of Drug Discovery Europe, and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&JPRD), a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica (Beerse, Belgium), until 2008 when he left the company. He joined the Janssen Research Foundation in 1981, where he became Director of Biochemistry, Senior Director of Pharmacology, Vice President of Biological Research, and Senior Vice President of Discovery Research until 2008. In 2009 he founded his own company Oto Therapeutics and started teaching at Hasselt University.
Membership
In addition, he was a member of the J&JPRD Board (Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America), the Board of Directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica (Beerse, Belgium) and the Sir James Black Foundation (London, United Kingdom).