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Edo Ronald (Ron) de Kloet studied biochemistry at Utrecht University, where he completed his doctoral training in 1972 under the supervision of David de Wied. He subsequently undertook postdoctoral training with Bruce McEwen at Rockefeller University (1973–1974). Ron de Kloet began his academic career at the Rudolf Magnus Institute in Utrecht, serving as Associate Professor of Neuropharmacology. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Medical Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), a joint institute of Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC).

From 2005, he is an academy professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Following his 2009 retirement, he became an emeritus professor at LACDR, Leiden University and the Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands.