Experience

Leiden University/LACDR/Division of Biopharmaceutics

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  I am responsible for the (practical) supervision of a research team of ~5 PhD's and Postdocs with varying scientific and cultural backgrounds working with the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Therapeutics group. In addition, I dedicate 50% of my time to the organization, execution, and innovation of educational courses within the study Biofarmaceutische Wetenschappen / BioPharmaceutical Sciences.

• Postdoc / Senior Scientist

  • May 2005 - Jul 2018

  I am a well-trained Biochemist with an extensive knowledge in the field of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. My studies are focused on determining the role of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins LDL and HDL in health and disease with a special focus on atherosclerosis. Over the past years, I have made important contributions to the discovery that HDL receptor scavenger receptor BI function is critical for the delivery of cholesterol to steroidogenic pathways in adrenals both in mice as well as in the human setting. To execute these studies, I have been granted personal funding from the Dutch Heart Foundation (grants 2008T070 and 2012T080). Show less



Leiden University

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD student

  • May 2001 - Sep 2005

  Title of thesis: "Modulation of hepatic gene expression: implications for lipid metabolism". Title of thesis: "Modulation of hepatic gene expression: implications for lipid metabolism".