Geerten Verberkmoes (1968) holds degrees in chemistry (MSc), music (BMus) and musical instrument making (MA), and has worked in the fields of chemistry education and acoustics. Currently, he is a musical instrument maker and teaches instrument making, chemistry and acoustics at the School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. In addition, he is working on a PhD (Ghent University / School of Arts, Ghent) concerning the life and instruments of the eighteenth century violin maker Benoit Joseph Boussu. His research appears in publications such as Early Music and The Galpin Society Journal.
