Luc Vereeck graduated in 1984 as a master in motor rehabilitation and physiotherapy at the Catholic University of Leuven and worked as a physiotherapist at the neurology and neurosurgery departments of the Antwerp University Hospital. Since 1998 he has been active as a lecturer in neurological rehabilitation at the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. In 2008 he obtained a PhD in medical sciences from the University of Antwerp and successfully defended his thesis titled 'Evaluation and treatment of patients with a vestibular disorder. A physiotherapeutic approach'. Since 2000, he has been involved as an implementer and/or promoter in various research projects in the field of vestibular rehabilitation. He has authored or co-authored over 50 articles in this domain. He is currently involved in a large longitudinal follow-up study in patients with an acute vestibular problem to identify factors that may predict chronic vertigo.