CURRICULUM VITAE
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Academic Positions & Education
2021 - present
Associate Professor (tenured)
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2018 - 2021
Assistant Professor
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leah Somerville
2011 - 2015
PhD
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone
Research Grants
Dutch Research Agenda - Science Communication (2020), PI, €50k
Ammodo Science Award for Groundbreaking Research (2020), co-PI, €1.2M
NWO VENI (2017), PI, €250k
NWO Rubicon (2016), PI, €135k
Awards
My work has been awarded with several prizes and awards including the J.C. Ruigrok Award 2019, awarded by the Royal Dutch Society of Sciences and Humanities, and the Young Talent Prize 2018 from the Dutch Neuroscience Meeting. I won two best abstract awards. In 2015 I won the best PhD article award for the Department of Psychology at Leiden University. My blog 'Facebook depression' was the best read blog on www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl in 2013 and currently has over 105.000 hits.
Open Science
I am a proponent of Open Science. Whenever possible I share data, analysis scripts, tasks and presentations. Furthermore, I am an active participant in the discussion about policy and the transition towards Open Science. I published an opinion piece in De Volkskrant and I participate in discussions with different stakeholders such as Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), politicians, publishers and scientists.
Conference Presentations
In total I participated in over 25 national (Dutch) and international conferences. I have chaired multiple sessions at different conferences. I have given a total of 20 conference talks, of which 4 invited, and presented multiple posters.
Peer Review & Grant Review
Ad hoc peer reviewer for over 20 journals including Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Child Development and Psychological Science. Full overview at my Publons Public Reviewer profile. Invited grant reviewer for multiple grant agencies including the European Research Council.
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.
Academic Positions & Education
2021 - present
Associate Professor (tenured)
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2018 - 2021
Assistant Professor
Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leah Somerville
2011 - 2015
PhD
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone
Research Grants
Dutch Research Agenda - Science Communication (2020), PI, €50k
Ammodo Science Award for Groundbreaking Research (2020), co-PI, €1.2M
NWO VENI (2017), PI, €250k
NWO Rubicon (2016), PI, €135k
Awards
My work has been awarded with several prizes and awards including the J.C. Ruigrok Award 2019, awarded by the Royal Dutch Society of Sciences and Humanities, and the Young Talent Prize 2018 from the Dutch Neuroscience Meeting. I won two best abstract awards. In 2015 I won the best PhD article award for the Department of Psychology at Leiden University. My blog 'Facebook depression' was the best read blog on www.leidenpsychologyblog.nl in 2013 and currently has over 105.000 hits.
Open Science
I am a proponent of Open Science. Whenever possible I share data, analysis scripts, tasks and presentations. Furthermore, I am an active participant in the discussion about policy and the transition towards Open Science. I published an opinion piece in De Volkskrant and I participate in discussions with different stakeholders such as Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), politicians, publishers and scientists.
Conference Presentations
In total I participated in over 25 national (Dutch) and international conferences. I have chaired multiple sessions at different conferences. I have given a total of 20 conference talks, of which 4 invited, and presented multiple posters.
Peer Review & Grant Review
Ad hoc peer reviewer for over 20 journals including Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Child Development and Psychological Science. Full overview at my Publons Public Reviewer profile. Invited grant reviewer for multiple grant agencies including the European Research Council.
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.