2017 – Present Professor of Translational Regenerative Medicine and Head of Research at the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands (0.7 FTE)

2017 – Present Professor of Translational Regenerative Medicine at the Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; (0.3 FTE)

2015 – 2017 Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands (0.8 FTE)

2013 – 2014 Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Orthopaedic Research at the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; Prof. W.J.A. Dhert (0.8 FTE)

2012 – 2017 Associate Professor at the Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Prof. P.R. van Weeren (0.2 FTE)

2012 – Associate Professor at the Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Prof. P.R. van Weeren (0.2 FTE)

2010 – 2013 Assistant Professor at the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; Prof. W.J.A. Dhert (0.8 FTE)

2010 – Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of technology, Brisbane Australia; Prof. D.W. Hutmacher and Prof. G.J. Pettet

2007 – 2010 Veni Laureate Research Fellow at the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; Prof. W.J.A Dhert

2004 – 2007 Research Fellow Tissue BioRegeneration at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology; Prof. Z. Upton and Prof. G. George

2004 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the laboratory of Professor C.A. van Blitterswijk, Department of Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials, University of Twente

EDUCATION

2000-2004 Doctor of Philosophy (Tissue Engineering) University of Twente, The Netherlands

1994–1999 Master of Science (Bioprocess Engineering) Wageningen University, The Netherlands