June 2012 – Current
University: Dept Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University.
Position: Full Professor and Chair of Virology Division.
Research: “Virus-host interactions, antiviral drugs, and vaccine development”. (Supported by ERC Advanced Grant 2022, NWO-VICI 2011 and NWO-VIDI 2003 grants)
2011-2015: Coordinator of EC-FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network EUVIRNA
2015-2019: Coordinator of EC Horizon2020 Marie Curie Innovative Training Network ANTIVIRALS
Jan 2001 – May 2012
Position: 2008-2012, Associate Professor, 1 fte; 2001-2007, Assistant Professor, 1 fte.
University: Dept Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center (RUNMC).
Research: "Picornavirus replication, innate host defense, pathogenesis & antiviral drugs". (Supported by NWO-VIDI grant 2003)
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
Position: Postdoctoral scientist, 1 fte, fixed-term.
Univerisity: Dept Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center.
Project: “Engineering of poliovirus as a vector for a human papillomavirus vaccine”
June 1996 - Jan 1998
Position: Postdoctoral scientist, 1 fte, fixed-term.
University: Dept Animal Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen.
Project: “Role of granin secretogranin III in biosynthesis of prohormones”
Oct 1991 – May 1996
Position: Doctoral student, 1 fte, fixed-term.
University: Dept of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center.
Title of thesis: “Structural and functional analysis of coxsackievirus protein 2B”.
Doctorate: 13-03-1997.
Oct 1990 – Oct 1991
Position: Junior researcher, 1 fte, fixed-term.
University: Dept of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center.
Project: “Development of genus-and species-specific mycoplasma 16S rRNA-PCR”.
April 1990 – Aug 1990
Position: Junior researcher, 1 fte, fixed-term.
Division of Biotechnology, Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Project: “Role a-factor leader in secretion of heterologous proteins in yeast”.
1983 – 1988
Study: Biology, MSc in Molecular Biology (29-11-1988).
University: Radboud University Nijmegen.