Ben is an Associate Professor 1 (tenured) in the Perception Group of the Department of Experimental Psychology at Utrecht University.

Ben completed undergraduate and masters degrees in Pharmacology from the University of Bath (UK) in 2004. He then moved to Oxford University, where he completed his DPhil with Prof Oliver Braddick in 2009. He then worked as a postdoc with Prof Serge Dumoulin at Utrecht University. In 2015 he moved to Coimbra on a starter grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In 2016 he returned to Utrecht to take an Assistant Professorship in the Perception Group of the Department of Experimental Psychology. In 2017 he received a mid-career Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). He was promoted to Associate Professor (UHD) 2 in 2019 and Associate Professor 1 in 2021.

Ben focusses on performing research with students and graduates to produce peer-reviewed scientific papers. 

He also coordinates courses in Utrecht's undergraduate Psychology and Artificial Intelligence programs, and masters programs in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Neuroscience and Cognition.

He is the co-chair of his department's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee. Ben also writes popular science articles about the relationship between visual neuroscience, artificial intelligence and visual arts. He is the muse for a photo blog about contemporary art.