Lizette studied Technical Medicine at the University of Twente specializing in Reconstructive Medicine. In 2013, she completed her MSc thesis on decellularization of cartilage for regenerative strategies at the dept of Otorhinolaryngology at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam in the group of Prof. Gerjo van Osch.

She completed her PhD in 2018 at the dept of Orthopaedics of the Erasmus MC under Prof. Gerjo van Osch, dr. Yvonne Bastiaansen-Jenniskens, and Prof. Jan Verhaar where she focussed on macrophages phenotypes in degenerative joint diseases. As part of her PhD, she also worked at the Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute in Milan, Italy in the group of dr. Matteo Moretti and dr. Silvia Lopa where she was introduced to the field of microfluidics for osteoarthritis research.

From 2018-2021 she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Special Dental Care at the UMC Utrecht in the group of dr. Debby Gawlitta where she worked on tissue engineering of the mandibular condyle. As part of the postdoc project, she worked at the AO Research Institute in Davos, Switzerland in the group of Prof. Martin Stoddart.

As of August 2020, she joined the Regenerative Orthopedics group of Prof. Marianna Tryfonidou as Scientific Project & Research Manager. Up-to-date information can be found at the webiste of the research group [here]