Prof. Dr. Jan F.C. Glatz is an Emeritus Professor of Cardiac Metabolism at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. His research career has focused on cardiac energy metabolism, especially how fatty acids and other substrates are taken up and used by the heart.

• He studied chemistry and biochemistry at universities in the Netherlands (Nijmegen and Utrecht) and earned his PhD in 1983 for work on fatty acid metabolism.

• After a post‑doctoral period in human nutrition, he joined Maastricht University in 1986, where he became a key figure in cardiac lipid metabolism research.

• His work has significantly advanced understanding of how membrane transporters (like CD36) and fatty acid‑binding proteins regulate heart metabolism, with implications for cardiac disease, diabetes, and metabolic modulation therapies.

• Prof. Glatz has authored hundreds of scientific publications and has been highly cited in his field.