I am an enthusiastic science communicator particularly skilled at writing and presenting. I have written extensively on topics in geodynamics and seismology on the European Geosciences Blogs and I maintain my own YouTube channel on life as a researcher in the Earth and planetary sciences. I have also given several lectures for secondary school students and I have a few media appearances under my belt. Because of my experience as a science communicator and my expertise in geophysics, I am currently an informal consultant for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) on geophysics outreach and science communication.
I am currently developing QUARTETnary - the card game about the geological time scale in collaboration with Lucía Pérez-Díaz (illustrations & graphic design) and Ronnie Peskens (business & marketing). I am responsible for the game design and scientific content. To help with the development of the game, we received a public engagement grant from EGU in 2021. Through playing QUARTETnary, players will gain an intuition on when major events in the geological time scale occurred.
I maintain my own YouTube channel where I post sketches and vlogs on life as a researcher in the Earth and planetary sciences. Since its conception in 2021, it has a steadily growing audience of over 300 subscribers and has over 22,000 views spread over 63 videos. My YouTube channel is also the place where I host the series Science Sisters, where I interview a set of diverse guests to explore different career paths and address current issues in academia. Due to its connection with Venus science, the Science Sisters series is now also supported by ESA's EnVision mission as part of their outreach programme.
I founded the EGU Geodynamics Blog in 2017 and have been its Editor-in-Chief from then on. In my capacity as Editor-in-Chief, I lead a team of over 10 editors, columnists, and illustrators including PhD students, postdocs, and senior scientists. Under my direction, we upload blog posts aimed at the general public and fellow Earth scientists alike twice a week. I also write blog posts and editorials myself and invite and edit posts for guest authors. Over the years, this has accumulated to over 70 published posts as the main author or editor. We average over 3500 monthly views and publish more than 100 blog posts per year. I have also occasionally guest written for other EGU Blogs, including the Seismology and Natural Hazards division blogs.
2015 | Volunteer at Scientifica | Swiss Seismological Survey, Zürich, Switzerland |
2015 | Lecture 'Seismische tomografie' (NL) | Beta Plus lecture for prospective students, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
2014 | Lecture 'Aardwetenschappen' (NL) | ANW (General Natural Sciences) lecture for high schoolers, Dr. Mollercollege, Waalwijk, The Netherlands |
2023 | Podcast | Stairway to Space | Postdoc life |
2023 | Radio | De Nieuws BV (NL) | Waarom we juist NU naar Venus moeten |
2023 | Newspaper | NRC (NL) | We moeten juist nu naar Venus |
2023 | Newspaper | Algemeen Dagblad (NL) | 'Een grote doorbraak', noemen wetenschappers de ontdekte actieve vulkaan op Venus |
2016 | YouTube | InsideHPC Report | Interview at the PASC 2016 conference on my poster on 'Coupling geodynamic seismic cycle and dynamic rupture models' |
2009 | TV | Mooi! Weer De Leeuw (NL) | Entertainment show with a segment on a competition I participated in to attend a space science summer school in the USA |
2004 | TV | Nederlands Kampioenschap Sparen (NL) |
Final of the competition for the best hobby collections where I presented my collection of minerals and fossils |