Alexander Maria Christiaan Lemmens, born in 1955 in Heerlen, received a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). From 1987 to 1992 he worked at the University of Zambia as manager of the Technology Development and Advisory Unit (TDAU). In 1992 he started to teach Technology Assessment at TU/e. From 1996 to 2011 he was director of the Eindhoven Energy Institute and later involved in the KIC InnoEnergy. In the period 2002 to 2011 he was educational director for several BSc and MSc programs in different departments. In June 2011 he was appointed dean of the TU/e Bachelor College. In 2013 he was appointed full professor holding a chair on Academic Science and Engineering Education.