Christof Koolen is a postdoctoral researcher at the KU Leuven's Centre for IT & IP Law, where he studies the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for legal research. He completed his PhD on the Internet of Things, focusing on select legal implications of smart devices and digital ecosystems in the EU. Before starting his PhD, Christof interned at several law firms in Brussels. He obtained a Master of Laws from the KU Leuven in 2017 and a Magister Juris degree from the University of Oxford in 2018.