Veerle Volckaert graduated from Ghent University as a Master in Veterinary Medicine in 2010. She continued working at the university, doing an internship, followed by a residency at the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI). She received the diploma of specialist of the ECVDI in 2015 and finished a PhD in nuclear medicine at Ghent University in 2016. Veerle Volckaert is currently working as a radiologist in the United Kingdom.