Education and Training

• PhD in Neurosciences

  2023 - present

  Amsterdam UMC & Leiden UMC - Amsterdam & Leiden, the Netherlands

  Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences & C.J. Gorter MRI Center, Department of Radiology

  Supervisors: Ysbrand van der Werf, Odile van den Heuvel, Thanh Dang-Vu, Jari Gool

• MSc Neurosciences (Cum Laude)

  2021 - 2023

  VU Amsterdam - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Internships at:

  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Sleep & Cognition lab - Supervisors: Eus van Someren, Joyce Reesen, Siemon de Lange
  • Concordia University, SCN Lab, Canada - Supervisors: Thanh Dang-Vu, Nathan Cross
  • Leiden UMC, Department of Radiology, MR-Phys group - Supervisors: Lydiane Hirschler, Thijs van Osch
• BSc Psychobiology

  2017 - 2021

  University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  • Honours Programme
  • International exchange at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Internship at Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences - Supervisors: Ysbrand van der Werf, Jari Gool, Max Laansma

Leadership and Community Roles

• Secretary - Open Science Special Interest Group 2024 - present

  Organization for Human Brain Mapping

• Co-chair - Open Science Working Group 2023 - present

  Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences

• Early Career Researchers Committee Member 2023 - 2026

  Dutch Society for Sleep-Wake Research

• Chair - Departmental PhD Association 2023 - 2025

  Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences

Teaching and Mentorship Roles

• Public Outreach 2022 - present

  Coordinated hands-on sessions on brain anatomy for primary and high school students

  Lay-language talks for patients and caregivers

  Public science events (Leiden Public Science Day 2025)

• Tutorials, Lectures, and Student Supervision 2020 - present

  Delivered lectures and tutorials across medicine, neuroscience, psychobiology, and nursing programmes

  Supervised bachelor's and master's research projects in clinical and computational neurosciences

Grants & Awards

• Meeting & Courses Fellowship Mar 2026

  European Sleep Research Society

  €500

• Best Abstract Award (reproducibility category) Oct 2024

  European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB)

• Sustainable Travel Grant Sep 2024

  European Sleep Research Society

  €500

• Open Science Challenge Mar 2024

  ISMRM Benelux

  €500 & registration fee (€125)

• Award for Best Oral Presentation (3rd prize) Sep 2023

  European Sleep Research Society - Sleep Science School

• Young Talent Fund May 2022

  Dutch Society for Sleep-Wake Research

  €750

• Globalink Research Award for Research in Canada Apr 2022

  Mitacs

  CA$6,000

• Darwin Thesis Award Feb 2022

  National Conference for Biology Students

Certificates & Qualifications

• MR Operator

  Philips 7T at Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging

  Siemens 3T at Amsterdam UMC, Department of Radiology

• MR Safety

  Philips 7T at Leiden UMC, Department of Radiology

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP/WMO)

  Online certification.

• Clinical Interviews and Interventions

  Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)

  Guided online CBT intervention for insomnia "i-Sleep"

  Motor assessment Parkinson's Disease (MDS-UPDRS)

  Neuropsychological evaluation

  Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease (SAPS-PD)

• Teaching Qualifications

  Didactic Training, Teaching and Learning Centre UvA

  Didactic Training, Medical Faculty VU Amsterdam

Programming & Computational Skills