Maarten Van Balen

Senior Scientist

Maarten Van Balen joined the Synapse Research team in June 2025 as a Senior Scientist. He is primarily involved in managing and supporting projects within Synapse Pharma Services and also specializes in assay development, with extensive expertise in immunoassays and flow cytometry. In this role, he is currently exploring the use of single-domain antibodies to develop innovative assays targeting a range of coagulation factors.

He holds a Master’s degree in Bioscience Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), obtained in 2004. Before joining Synapse, he spent over 18 years at Galapagos, a biotechnology company, where he was responsible for the co-development of drug discovery projects in the field of immunology.