• SMBWO Immunologist – University of Utrecht    –   Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • 2010-2016 Immunologist (Biomedical Scientific Research Training, SMBWO), an immunology training programme of the National Foundation for the Promotion and Maintenance of a System of Training Programmes for Biomedical Scientists.
• Ph.D. – University of Utrecht   –    Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • 2010-2015, Doctor of Philosophy,  October 2015. Laboratory for Translational Immunology PhD Thesis: “T cell reconstitution after lymphopenia, does the immune system forgive and forget?”. Copy of my Ph.D. Thesis
• M.D. – University of Utrecht    –   Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • 2000-2006, Medical Degree

CLINICAL & RESEARCH POSITIONS

• Post-doctoral fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA, United States of America.
  • Jan. 2018 – current. Department of Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine (PCMM). Topic: Regulation of B-cell Epitope migration and Autoimmunity by T follicular helper cells (Beat). Supervisor: Prof. M.C. Carroll.
• Clinical Resident in Medical Microbiology  –  Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • April 2015 – Dec. 2017 (Temporarily on hold for post-doc), University Medical Center of Utrecht, Department of Medical Microbiology.
• Ph.D. student, June 2010 – April 2015. University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science – Rehovot, Israel
       Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2013. Dept. of Immunology, Topic: Development of B-cell autoreactivity following neonatal thymectomy, Supervisor: Prof. I.R. Cohen
  • Visiting Scientist, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute – San Diego, USA
       Apr. 2011 – May 2011. Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, Topic:  Epitope-specific Immune Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Supervisor: Prof. S. Albani
    
• Research Fellow (Fulbright scholar)
  • Oct. 2007-June 2010, Topic: Epitope-specific Immune Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Supervisor: Prof. S. Albani
    • University of California, Dept. of Medicine, San Diego, CA. USA
    • University of Arizona, Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ. USA
    • Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, San Diego, CA. USA
• Clinical Resident Pediatric Medicine – Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Oct. 2006- Sept. 2007 University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands