Dr. Wim Scheenen studied biology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, now Radboud University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Science with a specialization in Comparative Endocrinology.

During his scientific career as an Assistant Professor in Cellular Neurobiology (1997-2017), he revised the M.Sc. Medical Biology curriculum as the Education Coordinator of the education institute Bioscience, and later, as Director of this institute, he led the curriculum revision of the B.Sc. Biology.

As head of the Education Center from 2017-2022, he was responsible for all educational support of the faculty of Science. During that period, he was one of the co-founders of the university-wide management team Education and Student Affairs (MESA). As head of the Education Center, he participated in the Radboud Platform Internationalisation and several ad hoc platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since January 2023, he has been the education project manager at Radboud University for NeurotechEU, involved in shaping the M.Sc. Neurotechnology at Radboud University and leading the alignment of the education programmes of the NeurotechEU partners, including coordinating the development of the European Master in Neurotechnology.