Employment

  • 2024 - current: Research software engineer at University of Amsterdam
  • 2023 - 2024: Postdoc at KU Leuven
  • 2021 - 2023: Postdoc at University of Geneva
  • 2018 - 2021: Postdoc at University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
  • 2015 - 2018: Postdoc at RIKEN AICS / R-CCS, Kobe, Japan
  • 2013 - 2014: Postdoc at the Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 2009 - 2013: PhD student at Sterrewacht Leiden, The Netherlands

Education

  • 2007 - 2008: MSc Astrophysics at Sterrekundig Instituut Utrecht
  • 2001 - 2007: BSc Physics and Astronomy at Universiteit Utrecht
  • 1995 - 2001: Gymasium-beta at Gymnasium Celeanum Zwolle

Topics of interest

  • Computational astrophysics
  • Star clusters (lifetimes of ~ in galaxies, stellar encounters in ~)
  • Planetary systems (formation of ~, diversity in ~)
  • Large scale structure (simulations of ~, void systems in ~)
  • Outreach (public observing, lectures, etc.)