Current Positions:

• 2021-present Dean University College Utrecht
• 2012-present Professor (Chair) of Cognitive Psychology in Higher Education, Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.

Previous Positions:

• 2012-2019 Vice-dean Undergraduate Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.
• 2006-2012 Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent, with tenure), Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.
• 2001-2006 Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent, with tenure), Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.
• 1999-2001 Postdoc (ALW funded project), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University.
• 1997-1999 Postdoc (MaGW persoonsgerichte postdocbeurs), Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen.
• 1997 McDonnell Pew Fellow (With Prof. B. Rogers), Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.
• 1996 Postdoc (EU funded ESPRIT project), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University.

Education and Academic degrees:

• 1996 PhD in Vision Sciences, Thesis: “Perception of structure in optical flow fields”. Supervisors: J.J. Koenderink, A.M.L. Kappers. Utrecht University.
• 1992 MSc in Experimental Physics, Utrecht University.