Curriculum Vitae

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Click here to download a pdf version of my CV and publication list (June 2023).

Personal details


Date of birth October 19, 1992
Place of birth Waalwijk, The Netherlands
Nationality Dutch

Professional appointments


2021–present Postdoctoral researcher, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany.
2023–present -Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Astronomy and Astrophysics, TU Berlin
2023–present -Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Exosolar Planets and Atmospheres, DLR
2022–present -Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Planetary Physics, DLR
2021–2022---- DLR-DAAD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Planetary Physics, DLR
2020–2021 Postdoctoral research associate, Tectonics Group, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
2015–2019 PhD candidate, Seismology and Wave Physics Group, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
2018–2019 Visiting researcher, Tectonics Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Several week-long trips
2016–2019 Visiting researcher, Dynamic Rupture Modelling Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich, Germany.
Several two-week trips

Education


2015–2019 Doctor of Philosophy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
PhD defence date: December 19, 2019
PhD award date: July 28, 2020
2014–2015 Master of Science, Earth structure and dynamics, Cum laude, GPA 4.0, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Completed in 1.5 years instead of the nominal 2 years.
Track: Physics of the deep Earth and planets.
2014 Visiting student, Geodynamics Team, Norwegian Geological Survey, Trondheim, Norway.
2011–2014 Bachelor of Science, Earth sciences, Cum laude, GPA 4.0, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Completed in 2.5 years instead of the nominal 3 years.
1st year geology field course in Aliaga, Spain (4 weeks).
Tracks: Dynamics of the Solid Earth & Geology of the Solid Earth.
2004–2010 Gymnasium, Cum laude, Dr. Mollercollege, Waalwijk, The Netherlands.

Grants & funding


2022 ISSI International team, PI, International Space Science Institute, Switzerland.
'Seismicity on Venus: Prediction & Detection'
€ 30k (CHF 30k)
2021 EGU Public engagement grant, PI, European Geosciences Union, Germany.
To develop the educational card game 'QUARTETnary' on the geological time scale
€ 1.5k
2021 AGU Sharing science grant, PI, American Geophysical Union, USA.
To make the YouTube interview series 'Science Sisters'
€ 0.95k ($ 1k)
2017 CIDER Research grant, Co-PI, Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research, USA.
'Linking incoming plate faulting and intermediate-depth seismicity'
€ 4.7k ($ 5k)
2014 Travel grant, European Space Agency, France.
To attend the Post-Alpbach Winter School
€ 0.5k
2014 Student grant, GeoMod 'Modelling in Geosciences' Conference, Germany.
To attend the GeoMod conference
€ 0.25k
2014 Student grant, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, The Netherlands.
To attend the Summer School Alpbach on 'Geophysical Missions to Terrestrial Planets'
€ 0.5k

Awards & recognition


2022 Honourable Mention Haiku Contest, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, USA.
2018 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Seismology Section, American Geophysical Union, USA.
2018 EGU Best Blog Post for the EGU GD Blog Team, European Geosciences Union, Germany.
2014 Oscar for competitiveness, Summer School Alpbach, Austria.
2014 Oscar for quality of presentation, Summer School Alpbach, Austria.

Invited seminars


2023 University of Liverpool Venus: cloudy with a chance of earthquakes
2023 Utrecht University Venus: cloudy with a chance of earthquakes
2022 University of Siegen 101 Geodynamic modelling applied to Venus
2021 EGU Natural Hazards
Webinar
How to start vlogging? Just do it!
2021 Charles University, Prague Modelling tsunamigenic earthquakes from subduction dynamics to tsunami run-up
2021 CEED, University of Oslo Geodynamic modelling applied to earthquake seismology
2021 Geophysics & Tectonics
Seminar, University of
Kentucky
Modelling tsunamigenic earthquakes
2021 COMET Webinar 101 Geodynamic modelling applied to subduction
2020 University of Cambridge Modelling tsunamigenic earthquakes from geodynamics to dynamic rupture
2020 University of Oxford Modelling tsunamigenic earthquakes from geodynamics to dynamic rupture
2019 Utrecht University Modelling subduction and earthquake dynamics
2018 LMU Munich Realistic long-term stress conditions for a dynamic rupture model of a megathrust earthquake

Services to the scientific community


Peer review

Communications Earth & Environment
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Nature Communications
Tectonophysics

Meeting organisation

2023 1st ISSI team meeting on seismicity on Venus: prediction & detection Bern, Switzerland
2019 Symposium on geophysical space missions to terrestrial planets Zürich, Switzerland
2018 2nd ASCETE workshop on coupling earthquakes and tsunamis Bayrischzell, Germany

Session organisation & chairing

2023 EGU GA Planetary volcanism, tectonics, and seismology
2023 EGU GA Inter- and intraplate seismicity in subduction zones
2023 PLATO German
Community Meeting
Planetary transits and oscillations of stars
2022 PFE-SPP1992 (Exo)Planet diversity, formation and evolution
2022 Rocky Worlds II Interior-atmosphere coupling
2022 EGU GA Inter- and intraplate seismicity in subduction zones
2022 EGU GA Geodynamics 101: numerical modelling
2022 EGU GA Outreach: how to get your science out there?
2021 EGU GA Geodynamics 101: numerical models
2019 EGU GA Understanding large subduction earthquakes and tsunamigenesis by integrating geological and geophysical observations, laboratory results, and numerical modeling
2019 EGU GA Geodynamics 101B: large-scale dynamic processes
2019 EGU GA Geodynamics 101A: numerical methods
2018 EGU GA Geodynamics 101: how to use and interpret numerical models of the solid Earth
2018 EGU GA Seismology for non-seismologists

Departmental duties


2016–2017 ETH Zürich Organiser group seminars and progress meetings
2014–2015 Utrecht University Member support committee BaMa 3.0
2014–2015 Utrecht University Member MSc education committee
2013–2014 Utrecht University Student-member education board Earth sciences