Positions
2024 – present Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, Robinson Lab, Stanford University, USA
2023 – 2024 Postdoctoral researcher, Robinson Lab, Stanford University, USA
2021 – 2023 Internal Medicine resident, LUMC Leiden, the Netherlands
2022 Internal Medicine Resident, Clinical Immunology and Allergology
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
2020 – 2021 Postgraduate Medical doctor, Department of Internal Medicine,
Hagaziekenhuis, The Hague, the Netherlands
2016 – 2020 PhD candidate and Postgraduate Medical Doctor
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Education
2016 – 2020 PhD, Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center,
Leiden, the Netherlands

Thesis defense 22/02/2022 at the Academy building in Leiden:
“Targeting autoimmunity in renal diseases: focus on neutrophil
extracellular traps and autoreactive B-cells”
Promotors: prof. dr. A.J. Rabelink & prof. dr. C. van Kooten
Co-promotor: prof. dr. Y.K.O. Teng

2011 – 2016 Selective Utrecht Medical Master (SUMMA), University of Utrecht,
Utrecht, the Netherlands. Medical Doctor and Master of science.

2008 – 2011 Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
the Netherlands

Honors
2025 Emerging Investigator Excellence Award for the abstract “Characterizing ANCA-specific B Cells in ANCA-associated Vasculitis” at the American College of Rheumatology, Chicago, USA
2025 Travel Award EULAR conference in Barcelona, Spain for Oral Presenters
2024 Marie Curie Fellowship – Global postdoctoral Fellowship (€300.000)
2024 Travel Award EULAR conference in Vienna, Austria for Oral Presenters
2019 Kidney Star award recipient – full travel grant (€1000,-) for the
American Society of Nephrology conference (ASN), Washington, USA
2019 Second prize in best abstract and oral presentation (€250,-) at Dutch
Federation of Nephrology (NFN) Benelux Kidney Meeting – Eindhoven,
the Netherlands.
2018 Full travel grant (€1000,-) of the Dutch Federation of Immunology
for the American College of Rheumatology meeting in Chicago, USA
2018 Selected for the best 30 abstracts, awarded a full year ERA-EDTA
membership at ERA-EDTA congress, Copenhagen, Denmark