- 2022 Senior Teaching Qualification / Senior Kwalificatie Onderwijs (SKOw), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- 2018 Senior Research Qualification / Senior Kwalificatie Onderzoek (SKOz), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- 2016 University Teaching Qualification / Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (BKOw), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- 2013 Short program Cyber Security and Warfare, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
- 2011 (2nd) PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Topic: Affective Signal Processing (ASP): Unraveling the mystery of emotions.
- 2005 (1st) PhD in Social Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Topic: Human-Centered Content-Based Image Retrieval.
- 2001 MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.