Prof. Dr. Ir. Stefan Van Baars (1968) studied Civil Engineering at the Delft University of Technology and has specialised in two fields: Geotechnical Engineering and Hydraulical Engineering. He obtained his PhD degree in 1996 in Delft Summa Cum Laude. This research has been extended with a post-doc research at the University of Sydney.
After Sydney, Stefan Van Baars worked for the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Public Works on bored tunnels, then for the Dutch contracting company Strukton on pile foundations and building pits and returned in 2001 to the faculty of Civil Engineering of the Delft University of Technology as an assistant professor. In 2010 he was appointed as full professor at the University of Luxembourg.