CURRICULUM VITAE
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Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2016 - present
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Lab director: Dr. Leah Somerville
Education
PhD
2011 - 2015
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University.
Brain & Development Laboratory, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone.
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jiska Peper
My PhD research was part of the Braintime project. Braintime is a longitudinal study in which 300 participants between the ages of 8-25 years were scanned twice with a two-year interval. The aim of the project is to investigate three domains: cognitive control, impulse regulation and social, emotional development. My research focuses on the social-emotional aspect. I use fMRI to investigate development of the reward system. Furthermore, I assess the relationship between this development and other measures that are related to risk-taking behaviour in adolescence such as hormone levels, pubertal development, behaviour on risk-taking tasks in the lab and self-reported reward sensitivity.
A copy of my PhD thesis can be downloaded here.
Research visit as part of the PhD program
2014
Visiting PhD researcher at Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, directed by Dr. Leah Somerville Harvard University
MSc, Cum Laude
2008 - 2010
Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences, track Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam
Internships as part of the research master
2009 – 2010
Internship at the Stanford Psychophysiological Laboratory (SPL), directed by Prof. Dr.James Gross, Stanford University. The project was jointly supervised by Dr. Jens Blechert (Stanford University) and Prof. Dr. Merel Kindt (University of Amsterdam). The internship resulted in a first author publication.
2009
Internship at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Instititute (BCNI), University of Cambridge. The project was jointlysupervised by Dr. Molly Crockett (University of Cambridge) and Dr. Tobias Kalenscher (University of Amsterdam). Duration of the internship was 5 months. The internship resulted in a second author paper.
BSc Psychology
2004 - 2008
Track Brain and Behaviour , University of Groningen.
Teaching experience
* University Teaching Qualification obtained
Academic Skills Tutorial
2011 - 2015
Lecturer & Tutor
Social Emotional Development
2011 - 2015
Lecturer & Tutor
Pre-University College
2012 - 2015
Lecturer
Developmental and Educational Psychology
2013
Tutor
Thesis Supervisor
2011- 2015
MSc and BSc thesis supervisor
Scholarships and awards
VENI Grant, NWO, €250.000
Rubicon Grant, NWO, €135.000
FLUX travel award, $500
Best article award, department of psychology, Leiden University, €500
Jacobs Foundation Best Abstract Award, SRCD, $1000
LUF scholarship for visit to Harvard: $2000
Best abstract award
Donders Discussions 2014
Best blog award 2013
www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl
'Facebook depression' - The influence of social media on adolescents
>94.000 hits
Conference presentations
2017
SANS, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Poster presentation: “Social influence on risky decision-making in adolescence”
2016
Flux, St. Louis, MO, USA
Poster presentation: “Social influence on adolescent ambiguous and risky decision-making”
SRA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Talk: “A Longitudinal brain imaging approach to test adolescent specific changes in risk taking and cognitive control”
2015
NVP, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
* Session chair
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in social brain development”
SRCD meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands
Flash talk as part of the Jacobs Foundation award: “Mothers matter during adolescence”
Flux, Leiden, The Netherlands
* Session chair
Poster presentation: “Longitudinal analyisis of social brain development”
ECPD, Braga, Portugal
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk taking”
Peer relationship meeting (PRO), Groningen, The Netherlands
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
2014
Donders Discussions, Nijmegen
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
Social Brain Conference, Copenhagen
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
CNS, Boston
Poster presentation: "Adolescent reward processing: a longitudinal study"
2013
CNS, San Francisco
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses differ for self and friends"
SRCD, Seattle
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses differ for self and friends"
NVP, Egmond aan Zee
Poster presentation: “Adolescent reward processing: differential contributions of affective and social brain regions”
INS, Amsterdam
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
ESCON workshop, Ghent
Poster presentation: “Adolescent reward processing: differential contributions of affective and social brain regions”
2012
University of Maryland Summer School, College Park
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses to rewards differ for self and friends"
VNOP, Wageningen
Symposium chair
Talk "Reward processing in adolescence "
ESCAN, Marseille
Talk "Reward processing in adolescence "
2011
NVP, Egmond aan Zee
Talk " Reward Processing in adolescence"
Invited Talks
2014
UCL, London
Labmeeting Blakemore Lab
Talk: "Risks, rewards and the adolescent brain"
Harvard, Boston
Labmeeting Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab
Talk: "Risks, rewards and the adolescent brain"
Community College Leiden
Lecture: "Adolescents and development: insights from brain research"
2013
Amsterdam University College
Lecture: "The adolescent brain"
2012
LIBC, Leiden
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
LIBC Scientific Advice Board meeting, Leiden
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
Peer review
Publons Public Reviewer profile can be found here
Reviewer for:
Child Development
Cognitive Development
Development and Psychopathology
Emotion
Journal of Research on Adolescence
NeuroImage
Neuropsychologia
PLoS One
Psychological Science
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Scientific outreach & Media appearances (selected)
Selected member of Faces of science, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
Participants 'Science Battle'
Co-organizer '3 October University'
Invited guest at 'De Dokter Corrie Show'
Blogger for Leiden Psychology Blog, total 8 posts, combined hits >260.000
Public lecture 'Broodje Kennis', SPUI 25
Interview 'Psychologie Magazine'
Interview J/M Ouders
Interview Leidsch Dagblad
Interview Radio 1
Interview Jeugdjournaal
Sp!ts article
High school science project supervisor
Young Academy on Wheels
Guest teacher primary school 'Brain in adolescence'
Guest teacher biology high school
Psychology calendar - guest writer
Lecture for parents at primary school
Lecture kinderuniversiteit
Bessensap presentation
Lecture jongerencentrum "South Park", Leiden
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2016 - present
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Lab director: Dr. Leah Somerville
Education
PhD
2011 - 2015
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University.
Brain & Development Laboratory, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone.
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jiska Peper
My PhD research was part of the Braintime project. Braintime is a longitudinal study in which 300 participants between the ages of 8-25 years were scanned twice with a two-year interval. The aim of the project is to investigate three domains: cognitive control, impulse regulation and social, emotional development. My research focuses on the social-emotional aspect. I use fMRI to investigate development of the reward system. Furthermore, I assess the relationship between this development and other measures that are related to risk-taking behaviour in adolescence such as hormone levels, pubertal development, behaviour on risk-taking tasks in the lab and self-reported reward sensitivity.
A copy of my PhD thesis can be downloaded here.
Research visit as part of the PhD program
2014
Visiting PhD researcher at Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, directed by Dr. Leah Somerville Harvard University
MSc, Cum Laude
2008 - 2010
Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences, track Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam
Internships as part of the research master
2009 – 2010
Internship at the Stanford Psychophysiological Laboratory (SPL), directed by Prof. Dr.James Gross, Stanford University. The project was jointly supervised by Dr. Jens Blechert (Stanford University) and Prof. Dr. Merel Kindt (University of Amsterdam). The internship resulted in a first author publication.
2009
Internship at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Instititute (BCNI), University of Cambridge. The project was jointlysupervised by Dr. Molly Crockett (University of Cambridge) and Dr. Tobias Kalenscher (University of Amsterdam). Duration of the internship was 5 months. The internship resulted in a second author paper.
BSc Psychology
2004 - 2008
Track Brain and Behaviour , University of Groningen.
Teaching experience
* University Teaching Qualification obtained
Academic Skills Tutorial
2011 - 2015
Lecturer & Tutor
Social Emotional Development
2011 - 2015
Lecturer & Tutor
Pre-University College
2012 - 2015
Lecturer
Developmental and Educational Psychology
2013
Tutor
Thesis Supervisor
2011- 2015
MSc and BSc thesis supervisor
Scholarships and awards
VENI Grant, NWO, €250.000
Rubicon Grant, NWO, €135.000
FLUX travel award, $500
Best article award, department of psychology, Leiden University, €500
Jacobs Foundation Best Abstract Award, SRCD, $1000
LUF scholarship for visit to Harvard: $2000
Best abstract award
Donders Discussions 2014
Best blog award 2013
www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl
'Facebook depression' - The influence of social media on adolescents
>94.000 hits
Conference presentations
2017
SANS, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Poster presentation: “Social influence on risky decision-making in adolescence”
2016
Flux, St. Louis, MO, USA
Poster presentation: “Social influence on adolescent ambiguous and risky decision-making”
SRA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Talk: “A Longitudinal brain imaging approach to test adolescent specific changes in risk taking and cognitive control”
2015
NVP, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
* Session chair
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in social brain development”
SRCD meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands
Flash talk as part of the Jacobs Foundation award: “Mothers matter during adolescence”
Flux, Leiden, The Netherlands
* Session chair
Poster presentation: “Longitudinal analyisis of social brain development”
ECPD, Braga, Portugal
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk taking”
Peer relationship meeting (PRO), Groningen, The Netherlands
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
2014
Donders Discussions, Nijmegen
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
Social Brain Conference, Copenhagen
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
CNS, Boston
Poster presentation: "Adolescent reward processing: a longitudinal study"
2013
CNS, San Francisco
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses differ for self and friends"
SRCD, Seattle
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses differ for self and friends"
NVP, Egmond aan Zee
Poster presentation: “Adolescent reward processing: differential contributions of affective and social brain regions”
INS, Amsterdam
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
ESCON workshop, Ghent
Poster presentation: “Adolescent reward processing: differential contributions of affective and social brain regions”
2012
University of Maryland Summer School, College Park
Poster presentation: "Developmental patterns of neural responses to rewards differ for self and friends"
VNOP, Wageningen
Symposium chair
Talk "Reward processing in adolescence "
ESCAN, Marseille
Talk "Reward processing in adolescence "
2011
NVP, Egmond aan Zee
Talk " Reward Processing in adolescence"
Invited Talks
2014
UCL, London
Labmeeting Blakemore Lab
Talk: "Risks, rewards and the adolescent brain"
Harvard, Boston
Labmeeting Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab
Talk: "Risks, rewards and the adolescent brain"
Community College Leiden
Lecture: "Adolescents and development: insights from brain research"
2013
Amsterdam University College
Lecture: "The adolescent brain"
2012
LIBC, Leiden
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
LIBC Scientific Advice Board meeting, Leiden
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
Peer review
Publons Public Reviewer profile can be found here
Reviewer for:
Child Development
Cognitive Development
Development and Psychopathology
Emotion
Journal of Research on Adolescence
NeuroImage
Neuropsychologia
PLoS One
Psychological Science
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Scientific outreach & Media appearances (selected)
Selected member of Faces of science, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
Participants 'Science Battle'
Co-organizer '3 October University'
Invited guest at 'De Dokter Corrie Show'
Blogger for Leiden Psychology Blog, total 8 posts, combined hits >260.000
Public lecture 'Broodje Kennis', SPUI 25
Interview 'Psychologie Magazine'
Interview J/M Ouders
Interview Leidsch Dagblad
Interview Radio 1
Interview Jeugdjournaal
Sp!ts article
High school science project supervisor
Young Academy on Wheels
Guest teacher primary school 'Brain in adolescence'
Guest teacher biology high school
Psychology calendar - guest writer
Lecture for parents at primary school
Lecture kinderuniversiteit
Bessensap presentation
Lecture jongerencentrum "South Park", Leiden
