Curriculum Vitae

Born: Bussum, The Netherlands
Nationality: Netherlands

Education

PhD (Mathematics and Natural Sciences), Leiden University, The Netherlands, 1998
MSc (Astronomy), Leiden University, 1993

Professional history

Universitair Docent (Assistent Professor, tenured), Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University (2005-present)
Universitair Docent (Assistent Professor, tenure track), Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University (2003-present)
Bart J. Bok Fellow, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 2001-2003
Miller Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1998-2001
Assistent in Opleiding (Graduate Student), Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University (1993-1998)

Teaching experience

2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007: Radiative Processes, Leiden University
2003/2004: Sterrenkundig Praktikum 3, Leiden University
Supervisor of three undergraduate (MSc) research projects, Leiden University, 1995--1997
Teaching Assistant `Radiative Processes in Astronomy', Leiden University, 1995, 1996

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Bart J. Bok Fellowship (University of Arizona) 2001
Clay Fellowship (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophsyics) 2001 (awarded)
Jansky Fellowship (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) 2001 (awarded)
Miller Research Fellowship (UC Berkeley) 1998
C. J. Kok prize for outstanding PhD thesis in Mathematics or Science, Leiden University 1998

Professional Activities

member, ALMA European Science Advisory Committee (2006-present)
member, ESO OPC (2006)
advisor, ESO OPC panel C1 (2005)
member, Leiden Observatory Research Committee (2003-2006)
member, NWO/VENI selection committee (2006)-repsent)
member, ESA/ASTRO-F Time Allocation Committee (2005)
Netherlands Project Scientist CHAMP+, 2003-present
Member, Board of Directors Leids Kerhoven-Bosscha, Oort, and Leids Sterrewacht Foundations, 2005-present
Chair, SOC workshop on "Radiative Transfer Modelling of Water" 2003/04
Member, ALMA Science Integrated Project Team, 2003-present
Member, Netherlands Programme Committee, 2003-present
Associate Member, SIRTF Legacy project "From Molecular Cores to Protoplanetary Disks" (c2d), 2003-present
Member, ad-hoc panel on the JCMT - SMA link up (2003)
Member, ALMA + ACA Tiger Team, 2001
Member, Miller Interdisciplinary Symposium Committee, 2000, 2001
Member, Local Organizing Committee, IAU Symposium 178, 1996
Secretary, Astronomy Education Committee, Leiden University, 1993-1998
Reviewer for The Astrophysical Journal and Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Professional society memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-present
American Astronomical Society, 1998-present
Nederlands Natuurkundige Vereniging (Netherlands Physics Society), 1996-present
Nederlandse Astronomen Club, 1992-present