Els Mannekens is an organic chemist and received her PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2001. She has now worked at ChemStream for 13 years as Senior Formulation Chemist and specialises in the development of UV-curable inkjet inks for both 2D and 3D inkjet printing, in the development of nano-pigment dispersions and in the synthesis of superabsorbent polymers.