Curriculum Vitae

Current position

Assistant Professor - (tenured) - Clinical, Neuro-, Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam

Previous positions & Education

Postdoctoral researcher - Department of Clinical, Neuro-, Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam

(2017-2019)

Postdoctoral researcher - Donders Institute Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen

(2012-2016)

PhD Cognitive Neuroscience - University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Psychiatry, University Utrecht

(2008-2012)

MSc Psychology - Research Master Psychology, University of Amsterdam

(2005-2007)

Awards & Grants

VU Amsterdam - Research grant (2023), PI - 300.000 euro

Stichting tot Steun VCVGZ - Research grant (2020) , PI - 164.045 euro

Ammodo Science Award for Groundbreaking Research - Team award (2020), co-PI - 1.200.000 euro

Institute for Brain and Behavior Amsterdam - Research grant (2019), PI - 5.000 euro

IBRO travel award - Developing brain in health and disease meeting (2019) - 500 euro

Radboudumc - Radboud Galilei Scholarship for talented postdoctoral researchers - 10.000 euro

Teaching & Mentoring

University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) - obtained (2017)

Senior Teaching Qualification (STQ) - obtained (2022)

Restructuring MSc Thesis trajectory - VU Amsterdam (present)

Coordinator and lecturer MSc course, Neuro-Imaging, VU Amsterdam (present)

Coordinator and lecturer Research Master course, Trends in Brain and Behavior, VU Amsterdam (present)

Coordinator and lecturer MSc course in Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam (2017-2020)

Supervisor MSc & BSc students - thesis and research projects, VU Amsterdam

Supervisor PhD students:

  • Maartje M.A. Overhaus, Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam - co-promotor (2023 - present)

  • Miriam Hollarek, Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam - co-promotor (2017 - present)

  • Reubs J Walsh, Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam - co-promotor (2017 - 2023) - Defense in 2023, currently postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto.

  • Isabella C. Wagner, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen - Defense in 2017, currently assistant professor at the University of Vienna

    co-promotor (2012-2017)

  • Hester Sijtsma, Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam - Defense in 2023, currently postdoctoral researcher at the VU Amsterdam

    (2017- 2023)

  • Esther Hanssen, Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam - Defense in 2019

    (2017- 2019)

Academic Services

Member of core team Young NeurolabNL - a national initiative to support young researchers in the field of brain, cognition and behavior.

Member of Editorial Board Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Cognitive Neuroscience section

Adhoc reviewer for international journals - Biological Psychiatry; Cerebral Cortex; Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Hippocampus; JAMA Psychiatry; Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Journal of Psychiatric Research; Human Brain Mapping; Neuroimage; Neuropsychologia; PlosOne; Psychiatry Research