Wilmar Schaufeli (1953) graduated as clinical psychologist from Groningen University (1978), The Netherlands, where he worked as assitent professor till 1988. In that year he received his PhD (cum laude): "Unemploymnet and psychological health". From 1988-1994 he was employed as associate professor at Nijmegen University, The Netherlands, and since 1994 he is full professor for Work- and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. From 2000-2005 he was scientific director of the national research institute "Psychology and Health". From 2008 till 2011 he was senior consultant at Schouten & Nelissen and from 2102 till 2013 he was Scientific Research Director at 365, a leading Dutch Occupational Health Service. Sice 2014 he is also affiliated as a distinguished research professor at the KU Leuven (Belgium).