Experience

Brainclinics Foundation

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Director

  • Apr 2001 - Present

  Brainclinics was founded in 2001 as an independent research institute by Dr. Martijn Arns and specializes in advancing our understanding of the brain. The results of our research are a valuable aid in the treatment and prevention of symptoms such as mood-, concentration-, impulse control-, and sleep-problems, often seen in disorders such as depression, ADHD, and insomnia. Over the last 20 years, Brainclinics has pioneered the application of neurofeedback in the treatment of ADHD and insomnia, was one of the first to recognize the importance of the circadian clock and sleep problems underlying many symptoms like loss of concentration and impulse control, specifically in ADHD, while also pioneering and refining magnetic brain stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depression and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). In 2019 the legal structure was changed, and the non-profit Brainclinics Foundation (Stichting Brainclinics Foundation) was established. The Brainclinics Foundation’s primary mission is best summarized as: Applied Neuroscience from the clinic, to the clinic. Therefore, the two pillars of the foundation are formed by Research Institute Brainclinics and Brainclinics Insights (the publishing division).

• Founding Director

  • Dec 2006 - Jan 2016

  Psychology Practice Brainclinics (a Brainclinics spin-off) is a mental health clinic in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) working in close collaboration with Research Institute Brainclinics. In this clinic new innovative treatments (neuromodulation techniques) were pioneered such as rTMS (Brain stimulation) in the treatment of depression (2006), OCD and Neurofeedback in the treatment of ADHD. In 2015 this clinic was acquired by the neuroCare Group and the protocols and assessments developed here form the basis for neuroCare Clinics worldwide.



Maastricht University

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Aug 2020 - Present



NedKAD

• Netherlands
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Voorzitter (Chairman)

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Het NedKAD, Nederlands Kenniscentrum Angst, Dwang, Trauma en Depressie, richt zich op patiënten/cliënten, hun naasten en behandelaars met als doel de kwaliteit van de hulpverlening aan mensen met angst-, dwang-, posttraumatische stress- en stemmingsstoornissen te verbeteren. Het NedKAD is een netwerkorganisatie, bestaande uit deskundigen op het gebied van angst en depressie van ggz-instellingen, universiteiten, patiëntenverenigingen en een zorgverzekeraar. Het NedKAD, Nederlands Kenniscentrum Angst, Dwang, Trauma en Depressie, richt zich op patiënten/cliënten, hun naasten en behandelaars met als doel de kwaliteit van de hulpverlening aan mensen met angst-, dwang-, posttraumatische stress- en stemmingsstoornissen te verbeteren. Het NedKAD is een netwerkorganisatie, bestaande uit deskundigen op het gebied van angst en depressie van ggz-instellingen, universiteiten, patiëntenverenigingen en een zorgverzekeraar.



neurocare group AG

• Germany
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adviser

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  At neuroCare Group I'm advisor where I'm primarily advising the neuroCare Clinics and neuroCademy with the latest scientific insights and developments.neuroCare Clinics came forth out of Psychology Practice Braincinics (a Brainclinics spin-off) and are specialised in new innovative treatments (rTMS, Neurofeedback) and assessments (sleep, QEEG). Currently there are 12 clinics around the world in the US, Australia, The Netherlands and Germany.neuroCademy is focused on independent training and education of professionals who wish to apply these techniques in practice and research settings, with trainings currently offered in Munich, Sydney and Nijmegen.

• Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Managing Director

  • Oct 2015 - Oct 2018

  neuroCare Group is a vertically integrated company with 3 divisions, neuroCare Clinics, neuroCademy and neuroConn. Within this group as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) I'm primarily responsible for the neuroCare Clinics and neuroCademy from the scientific angle, where I oversee the scientific credibility of the approaches we use, implement and teach.neuroCare Clinics came forth out of Psychology Practice Braincinics (a Brainclinics spin-off) and are specialised in new innovative treatments (rTMS, Neurofeedback) and assessments (sleep, QEEG). Currently there are 12 clinics around the world in the US, Australia, The Netherlands and Germany.neuroCademy is focused on training and education of professionals who wish to apply these techniques in practice and research settings, with trainings currently offered in Munich, Sydney and Nijmegen.



Utrecht University

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Dec 2011 - Jul 2020

• PhD candidate

  • Nov 2009 - Dec 2011

  The PhD project is titled 'Personalized medicine in ADHD and depression: A quest for EEG treatment predictors'. The PhD is focussed on the development of EEG based Personalized Medicine to improve treatment outcomes in ADHD and depression. The main treatments for which predictors of treatment response are investigated are stimulant medication in ADHD, antidepressants, rTMS in Depression and neurofeedback in ADHD.Promotor is Prof. Leon Kenemans and co-promotor is Pim Drinkenburg PhD.



Brainquiry BV

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• Founding Director

  • Nov 2002 - Jun 2007

  Brainquiry (a Brainclinics spin-off) developed and marketed the first wireless bluetooth based EEG system worldwide (PET EEG in 2003), the first wrist worn heart-rate meter (similar to what is now used in the Apple watch; in 2005) and has 2 patents on these technologies (Arns & van Dorsten, 2003; Arns, Slootweg & Kleinnijenhuis, 2006). These devices are used for biofeedback and neurofeedback applications, in applied neuroscience studies by different universities and also for Brain Computer Interface (BCI) applications.



Triple P

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Manager

  • 1999 - 2001



Organon

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • 1998 - 1999

  Project: 'Correlations between cognitive processes and pharmacoelectroencephalographic activity of the brain'. Supervised by Prof. A.M.L. Coenen, Prof. J.M.H. Vossen, Dr. W.H.I.M. Drinkenburg en Dr. J.S.A. Andrews. Project: 'Correlations between cognitive processes and pharmacoelectroencephalographic activity of the brain'. Supervised by Prof. A.M.L. Coenen, Prof. J.M.H. Vossen, Dr. W.H.I.M. Drinkenburg en Dr. J.S.A. Andrews.



Max Planck Institute

• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Masters project

  • 1997 - 1998

  Master thesis at Max-Planck Institute für Psychiatrie, München, Germany: 'Excitotoxic hippocampal lesions disrupt allocentric spatial learning in mice: Effects of genetic background.' Supervised by Dr. T. Steckler and Prof. J.M.H. Vossen Master thesis at Max-Planck Institute für Psychiatrie, München, Germany: 'Excitotoxic hippocampal lesions disrupt allocentric spatial learning in mice: Effects of genetic background.' Supervised by Dr. T. Steckler and Prof. J.M.H. Vossen



Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital

• Sydney, Australia

• Masters project

  • Sep 1997 - Dec 1997

  Extra curricular masters project at Westmead Hospital Sydney, Australia: 'Central and autonomic measures in normal controls, schizophrenic patients, Parkinson patients and ADHD patients.' Supervised by Dr. E. Gordon. Extra curricular masters project at Westmead Hospital Sydney, Australia: 'Central and autonomic measures in normal controls, schizophrenic patients, Parkinson patients and ADHD patients.' Supervised by Dr. E. Gordon.



Radboud University

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters project

  • Sep 1996 - Aug 1997

  Masters project at Radboud University Nijmegen: 'Altered information processing during slow wave sleep in rats.' Supervised by Prof. A.M.L. Coenen and Dr. W.H.I.M. Drinkenburg Masters project at Radboud University Nijmegen: 'Altered information processing during slow wave sleep in rats.' Supervised by Prof. A.M.L. Coenen and Dr. W.H.I.M. Drinkenburg