Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

Research

2023-Now

PostDoc

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Research focussing on the interations between (neuro)cognition, mental health, and cannabis use in both medicinal and recreational users

2018-2024

Teaching

2024-Now

Advanced Research Program student mentor
Erasmus University Rotterdam

2023

Selection committee – Research Master Psychology
University of Amsterdam

2022

University Teaching Qualification (UTQ/BKO)
University of Amsterdam

2018-Now

Lecturer & tutor
Master Clinical Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Master health promotion and behaviour change, University of Amsterdam
Bachelor Psychobiology, University of Amsterdam
Bachelor Psychology, Utrecht University

2018-Now

Internship & thesis supervisor
Research master – 2 students, University of Amsterdam
Master – 8 students, University of Amsterdam & Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bachelor – 8 students, University of Amsterdam & Erasmus University Rotterdam

2017-2018

Student assistent & lecturer
Amsterdam University of Aplied Sciences (HvA)
Good research practices and statistics


Education

2016-2018

Research Master Psychology
University of Amsterdam
Thesis: “Exploring the Paradox: Unravelling the role of Social Attunement in the Risk and Resilience to Alcohol Use Disorders” supervised by dr. Gabry Mies at the Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC (AMC)
Internship: “Value-based attention: the effects of natural value stimuli on attentional capture and attentional narrowing” supervised by prof. dr. Reinout Wiers & dr. Bram van Bockstaele at the Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam

2013-2016

Bachelor Psychobiology
University of Amsterdam
Thesis: “Revealing the feature-based nature of iconic memory representations” supervised by dr. Ilja Sligte at the department of Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam


Awards

2022

NIDA International Travel Award
Travel award to attend the combined NIDA International Forum and CPDD 84th Annual Scientific Meeting in 2022 – covering CPDD registration and $1.000 travel expenses


Media & Outreach

2024

Presenter at Leven Lang Leren festival Rotterdam
Interactive lecture (together with dr. Miranda Lutz) about the role of the environment in a (potential) addiction during the 2024 Leven Lang Leren (Life Long Learning) festival in Rotterdam, focussing on bringing science into the city.

2024

Interview Köln campus radio
Interview discussing Dutch cannabis legislation in light of the recent cannabis legalisation in Germany (Cannabis Legalisierung im Vergleich – Deutschland VS die Niederlande – April 18). Listen here!

2024

Lecture for visitors from Virginia Commonwealth University
In the lecture “Cannabis Use: A Dutch Perspective”, Nora de Bode and I presented on Dutch cannabis legislation, cannabis use in the Netherlands, and the role of the environment (norms, social influence, advertisement etc.) in initiation and persistent cannabis use.

2023

Addiction Audio Podcast – Addiction Journal
Implicit social attunement and alcohol use: the role of peer feedback on willingness to drink in social settings. Listen here!

2023
2022
2022

Conferences

Upcoming

Presenter at Lisbon Addictions 2024
Implicit Social Attunement & Alcohol Use: The Effect of Peer Feedback on Willingness to Drink in Social Settings

2024

Presenter at 2024 ESM expert meeting
Blowing minds: the highs and lows of cannabis for mental health in daily life

2024

Poster at OHBM 2024
Resting State Functional Connectivity in Cannabis Users: The Moderating Role of Cannabis Attitudes

2024

Presenter at Dutch Neuroscience Meeting 2024
Cross cultural neuroscience: the role of perceived harms and benefits of cannabis use in individuals with cannabis use disorder

2024

Presenter at the Dutch network for tobacco research (NNvT) conference 2024
Cannabis & Tabak: samen meter om meer te weten?

2023

Poster at the 2023 NVP Winter Conference
Interview on the paper “Nitrous Oxide Addiction? A review of the evidence for the presence and prevalence of substance use disorder symptoms in Nitrous Oxide users”

2023

Organization of online seminar Rotterdam X Porto Neuroscience
Joint online seminar of the neuroscience of addiction lab (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and the Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology (University of Porto) focused on studying behavioral addictions and substance use disorders using different methodological approaches

2023

Poster at Dutch Neuroscience Meeting 2023
Quantifying cannabis metabolites in hair: associations with self-reported use, estimated potency, and mental health

2023

Poster at SOBP 2023
Cross-Cultural Differences in Cannabis Attitudes and Their Role in Working Memory Related Brain Activity in Individuals With a Cannabis Use Disorder

2023

Poster at SOBP 2023
Quantifying cannabis metabolites in hair: associations with self-reported use, estimated potency, and mental health

2022

Presenter at Lisbon Addictions 2022
Gender difference in cannabis use disorder symptoms: a network analysis

2022

Poster at the 2022 NIDA International Forum
Cannabis Use: Complex Interactions Between Attentional Bias, Craving & Interference Control?

2022

Poster at the CPDD 84th Annual Scientific Meeting
Gender difference in cannabis use disorder symptoms: a network analysis

2021

Poster at the 2021 NVP Winter Conference
The association between cannabis use and working memory related brain activity: an effect of gender?

2021

Poster at the 2021 ECNP conference
The association between cannabis use and working memory related brain activity: an effect of gender?

2020

Poster at the 2020 ECNP conference
Context-dependent cognitive control: altered brain activity in heavy cannabis users during an adapted n-back task


Other academic activities

2024-Now

Editorial board member Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (JASD)

2023-Now

Secretary of the Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition (NVP)

2018-2021

Member of the Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam (ONWAR)