CURRICULUM VITAE
A short version of my CV can be found below
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Academic Positions
Assistant Professor
2018 - present
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2016 - 2018
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Lab director: Dr. Leah Somerville
Education
PhD
2011 - 2015
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone.
MSc, Cum Laude
2008 - 2010
Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences, track Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam
BSc Psychology
2004 - 2008
Track Brain and Behaviour , University of Groningen
Grants & Scholarships
VENI Grant, NWO, €250.000
Rubicon Grant, NWO, €135.000
FLUX travel award, $500
LUF scholarship for visit to Harvard: $2000
Awards
Young Talent Prize, Dutch Neuroscience Meeting (2018)
Jacobs Foundation Best Abstract Award, SRCD (2015)
Best article award, department of psychology, Leiden University (2015)
Best abstract award, Donders Discussions (2014)
Best blog award (2013) www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl
'Facebook depression' - The influence of social media on adolescents >96.000 hits
Conference presentations (selected)
Dutch Neuroscience Meeting, Lunteren, NL (2018)
* Young Talent Prize
Talk: "Adolescent risky decision making: identification of relevant factors"
Harvard/MIT semi-annual Women in Psychology symposium (2018)
Flash Talk: "Developmental trajectories of social influence on risky and ambiguous decision making"
FLUX, Portland, OR, USA (2017)
Flash talk: "Developmental trajectories of social influence on risky and ambiguous decision making"
SRA, Baltimore, MD, USA (2016)
Talk: “A Longitudinal brain imaging approach to test adolescent specific changes in risk taking and cognitive control”
NVP, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands (2015)
* Session chair
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in social brain development”
SRCD meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands (2015)
Flash talk as part of the Jacobs Foundation award: “Mothers matter during adolescence”
ECPD, Braga, Portugal (2015)
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk taking”
Peer relationship meeting (PRO), Groningen, The Netherlands (2015)
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
Donders Discussions, Nijmegen (2014)
* Best abstract award
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
Social Brain Conference, Copenhagen (2014)
Invited talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
INS, Amsterdam (2013)
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
VNOP, Wageningen (2012)
* Symposium chair
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
ESCAN, Marseille (2012)
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
NVP, Egmond aan Zee (2011)
Talk: "Reward Processing in adolescence"
Peer review
Publons Public Reviewer profile can be found here
Teaching experience
University Teaching Qualification obtained (2015)
Lecturer, work group teacher and coordinator for various courses including:
To download a full version of my CV click here
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor
2018 - present
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2016 - 2018
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Lab director: Dr. Leah Somerville
Education
PhD
2011 - 2015
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone.
MSc, Cum Laude
2008 - 2010
Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences, track Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam
BSc Psychology
2004 - 2008
Track Brain and Behaviour , University of Groningen
Grants & Scholarships
VENI Grant, NWO, €250.000
Rubicon Grant, NWO, €135.000
FLUX travel award, $500
LUF scholarship for visit to Harvard: $2000
Awards
Young Talent Prize, Dutch Neuroscience Meeting (2018)
Jacobs Foundation Best Abstract Award, SRCD (2015)
Best article award, department of psychology, Leiden University (2015)
Best abstract award, Donders Discussions (2014)
Best blog award (2013) www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl
'Facebook depression' - The influence of social media on adolescents >96.000 hits
Conference presentations (selected)
Dutch Neuroscience Meeting, Lunteren, NL (2018)
* Young Talent Prize
Talk: "Adolescent risky decision making: identification of relevant factors"
Harvard/MIT semi-annual Women in Psychology symposium (2018)
Flash Talk: "Developmental trajectories of social influence on risky and ambiguous decision making"
FLUX, Portland, OR, USA (2017)
Flash talk: "Developmental trajectories of social influence on risky and ambiguous decision making"
SRA, Baltimore, MD, USA (2016)
Talk: “A Longitudinal brain imaging approach to test adolescent specific changes in risk taking and cognitive control”
NVP, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands (2015)
* Session chair
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in social brain development”
SRCD meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands (2015)
Flash talk as part of the Jacobs Foundation award: “Mothers matter during adolescence”
ECPD, Braga, Portugal (2015)
Talk: “Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk taking”
Peer relationship meeting (PRO), Groningen, The Netherlands (2015)
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
Donders Discussions, Nijmegen (2014)
* Best abstract award
Talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
Social Brain Conference, Copenhagen (2014)
Invited talk: "Gambling for self, friends and antagonists: differential contributions of reward and affective neural regions"
INS, Amsterdam (2013)
Talk: “Reward processing in adolescence: a role for social context”
VNOP, Wageningen (2012)
* Symposium chair
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
ESCAN, Marseille (2012)
Talk: "Reward processing in adolescence"
NVP, Egmond aan Zee (2011)
Talk: "Reward Processing in adolescence"
Peer review
Publons Public Reviewer profile can be found here
Teaching experience
University Teaching Qualification obtained (2015)
Lecturer, work group teacher and coordinator for various courses including:
- Current Issues in Psychopathology
- Academic Skills Tutorial
- Social Emotional Development
- Pre-University College
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- MSc & BSc Thesis Supervisor