Experience

Faculty of Science and Engineering - University of Groningen

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Groningen, Netherlands



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Seattle, Washington, United States



Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2019

  Troy, New York Build machine learning models and apply them as tools for exploring details of complex, skilled human behavior (Ph.D thesis work) Apply models as a training tool for a complex task and explore the effect of feedback conditions (Masters thesis work) Alter task environment of machine learning models to better compare performance to humans (Undergraduate thesis work) Write articles for publication in major journals (Topics in Cognitive Science, and Computational Brain and… Show more Build machine learning models and apply them as tools for exploring details of complex, skilled human behavior (Ph.D thesis work) Apply models as a training tool for a complex task and explore the effect of feedback conditions (Masters thesis work) Alter task environment of machine learning models to better compare performance to humans (Undergraduate thesis work) Write articles for publication in major journals (Topics in Cognitive Science, and Computational Brain and Behavior) Present work at professional conferences (Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Annual Meeting for the Society of Mathematical Psychology, International Conference for Cognitive Modeling) Mentor and train graduate and undergraduate lab members

• Lab Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  Troy, New York Supervised all data collection for current experiments, both in-lab and external, from over 200 individual subjects Organized and documented communal lab resources Involved over 15 undergraduate students in small research or coding projects Acted as advisor for three undergraduate thesis projects

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - May 2018

  Troy, New York Assist students in the design of simple experiments Create and present material for teaching basic statistics using R and RStudio Grade exams and assignments from over 200 students



Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - May 2015

  Troy, New York Assisted with research projects run by graduate students Ran subjects through experiment protocol

• Office Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  Troy, New York Assisted with general secretarial work



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Bryan/College Station, Texas Area Participated in NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program Attended 2013 Disaster City training program for real time testing of disaster aid technology Collaborated with TEEX to build a companion mobile app for teaching and implementing Wide Area Search techniques



Hallmark Health System, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Secretary

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Melrose, Massachusetts Worked in the Quality department of a large hospital Completed a large scale data-entry project to update digital medical records Assisted in preparing documents for filing Transported confidential documents



MIT Media Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Cambridge, Massachusetts Worked in the Personal Robotics Lab Wrote helper code to translate positioning information from motor control units into usable data for higher level robotic functions