Scientific Biography

2011-current:


2009-2011:





2003-2008:
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Wellesley College

Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Bence Olveczky
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
supported by a Rubicon fellowship (NWO)

Ph.D. in Behavioural Biology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
'Bird brains and songs: Neural mechanisms of auditory memory and perception in zebra finches'
Supervisor: Professor Johan J. Bolhuis
Defense: 25-2-2009
1999-2003: Propedeuse (B.Sc.) and M.Sc. in Biology, Leiden University, the Netherlands


Previous research projects:

2001-2002: The development and evolution of the central nervous system in mammals. Laboratory of Prof. M. K. Richardson, Leiden University, the Netherlands
2001: The effects of constant light and sleep deprivation on circadian clock resetting in Syrian Hamsters. Laboratory of Prof. J. D. Glass, Kent State University, Ohio