Kristin De Meyer received the degree in Electrical Engineering in 1974 and the Ph. D. degree in 1979, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ( KUL).

From November 1979 through November 1980 she was granted an IBM World Trade Post Doctoral Fellowship and worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA on the development of EAROM's using Si-rich oxides. At the end of 1980 she returned to the KUL as a Senior Research Assistant of the NFWO, and from October 1982 as a Research Associate of the NFWO. With the foundation of IMEC, her activities moved from the KUL to IMEC, where she initially remained Research Associate of the NFWO . Since October 1989 she is a regular employee of IMEC. From 1985 through 1992 she was in IMEC head of the group on Process and Device Modeling and Simulation, working on process optimization techniques, parameter extraction, analytical and numerical device modeling and computational physics. Also Statistical Process Control Activities (SPC) were monitored through her group. From January 1993 through December 2002 she was in charge of deep submicron MOS technology and exploratory field effect devices. From January 2003 she became Strategic Coordinator of Doctoral Research in IMEC. Since October 1986 she is also a part-time Professor at the KUL.

Kristin De Meyer was the coordinator for IMEC in the ESPRIT 962 EVEREST ,STORM , NOVA, ULTRA, VAHMOS2000 ( prime ), FASEM and ULIS projects, in the IST SIGMUND ( prime), SATURN ( SOI ) projects and currently in the Marie Curie EST EDITH project. She was also involved in the ESPRIT ACCESS program, ADEQUAT, ACE and in IST HUNT. She also managed the HCM-SUSTAIN network on deep submicron silicon technology with 21 partners from academia and research institutes. She is currently editor of the IEEE Electronic Device Letters and member of the ITRS working Groups on Process Integration, Devices and Structures ( PIDS) and Emerging Research Devices (ERD).

She is member of the Flemish and of the Belgian Federal Council for Science Policy.

She authored or co-authored over 250 publications and organized summercourses ,the SISPAD 98 conference and the ULIS 2004 workshop.