2022 –              Associate Professor, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

2022 –              Associate Scientist, DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany.

2021 –  2023    Fellow of the Max Planck School “Matter to Life”, Germany.

2018 – 2022     Independent Group Leader and Member of the Scientific Board. DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials & RWTH University, Aachen, Germany.

2016 – 2018     Group Leader, NWO Vidi, Groningen Biochemistry and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

2012 – 2015     Project Leader, NWO Veni, Groningen Biochemistry and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

2009 – 2012      Postdoctoral fellow, NWO Rubicon, supervisor: Prof. Hagan Bayley. Chemistry Department, Oxford University, United Kingdom.

2009                Ph.D. (Cum Laude: Top 5%). Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Supervisors: Prof. Ben L. Feringa and Prof. Gerard Roelfes.

2005                Master Thesis. Chemistry, the University of Groningen, The Netherlands