Filip Bouckaert

Filip Bouckaert is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven. His research focuses on neuropsychiatry, particularly late-life depression and the neurobiological effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

• Research areas include brain stimulation techniques, neuroimaging, and cognitive improvement in psychiatric disorders.
• He leads and co-promotes projects like From Stimulation to Restoration (2025-2028) and multimodal PET-MRI studies in late-life depression.
• His teaching includes courses like Advanced Psychopathology in Children and Adults and problem-solving modules in adult psychiatry.