Board member

• Jan 2023 - Present

Wij zijn het Montessori College Maastricht. Vanaf augustus 2024 openen wij onze deuren. Een middelbare school met een vanzelfsprekende gerichtheid op de unieke eigenheid van de leerling. Onze didactiek is gebaseerd op probleemgestuurd onderwijs. Wij zijn het Montessori College Maastricht. Vanaf augustus 2024 openen wij onze deuren. Een middelbare school met een vanzelfsprekende gerichtheid op de unieke eigenheid van de leerling. Onze didactiek is gebaseerd op probleemgestuurd onderwijs.

Director Faculty of Science and Engineering

• Sep 2018 - Present

Project Manager

• Jan 2015 - Aug 2018

Project leader

• Jun 2010 - Jan 2015

I was in the pioneering team for the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus till the establishment of the B.V. later I focuses on large strategic projects (often in triple helix consortia).

Vice-chair Faculty Council, Faculty Health Medicine & Life Sciences

• Aug 2009 - Sep 2010

As a council member I advised the Faculty Board on policy with regard to research, education and about the budget. I was member of the presidium and acted as chair in the chair's absence.

Trainee

• Nov 2009 - Jul 2010

Full time internship at the department of human biology, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism. My responsibilities were designing and executing research project titled “SILAC-based quantitative proteomics of hepatic stellate cell activation”, focusing on setting up SILAC (stable isotope labelling in cell culture), as a more powerful tool for proteomics. The clinical perspective is hepatic fibrosis.

Student advisor educational institute

• Feb 2008 - Jul 2010

Advisor to the board of the educational institute (Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences). Advising the board on educational issues especially for the domain of Life Sciences.

Advisor to the Executive Board Maastricht UMC+

• Feb 2008 - Sep 2009

Advising the board on issues which have an impact in the student population. I was also involved in several application committees for new professors and institute directors. Although I did not have a formal right to advise the board on issues concerning research management, I carefully observed the board, and learned about the management of a large academic institution.

Trainee at School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM)

• Mar 2009 - Jul 2009

Executing a project focused on determining telomere length of mice using quantitative real time PCR, and assessment of HIC1 methylation in mice exposed to flavonoids. Techniques used: quantitative RT-PCR, inverse-PCR, methylation was determined using bisulfite treatment and sequencing. Clinical perspective: Leukaemia-associated chromosomal abnormalities.

Part time research assistant

• Sep 2007 - May 2008

Executing a project focused on the assessment of neuron numbers in layer V of the frontal cortex. Techniques used: design-based stereology. Clinical perspective: Alzheimer’s disease.

Trainee at School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS)

• Mar 2007 - Aug 2007

Executing a project with the aim to asses influence of aging and caloric restriction on the number of purkinje cells in the vermis of the mouse cerebellum. Techniques used: mouse fixation, tissue preparation and design-based stereology. Clinical perspective: Alzheimer’s disease.

Student advisor Board, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences

• Feb 2007 - Feb 2008

Advising the board on educational issues. Advising the board on educational issues.