Johan Aps is currently Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia, where his post includes Discipline Lead of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Director of the DClinDent Dentomaxillofacial Radiology programme, and Divisional Head of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences. He obtained his dental degree (1993), his Certificate in Paediatric Dentistry and Dentistry for Special Needs Patients and Narcodontia (1997) and his PhD (2002) from Ghent University, Belgium. In 2008 he obtained a Masters degree in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology from the University of London, United Kingdom. He has worked before in private dental practice in Belgium (1993 - 2004), Ghent University and Ghent University Dental Outpatient Hospital in Belgium (1993 -2012), and at the School of Dentistry of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA (2012 - 2018). Johan is also an Associate Editor for the Official Journal of the International Association of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology (IADMFR), and reviewer and/or editorial board member for several other peer-reviewed journals. He has published several scientific papers, and book chapters and has presented his work at numerous international scientific meetings. Being dual trained in paediatric dentistry and dental and maxillofacial radiology, and a recipient of several scientific and teaching awards, make him a frequently asked  speaker at scientific meetings.