General
Mikhel Timmerman is Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Utrecht University's Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology and co-director of the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE). Before coming to Utrecht, he worked at the Criminal Law Department of the Radboud University Nijmegen and as a Law Clerk at The Supreme Court of The Netherlands (Hoge Raad). In 2018, Timmerman received his doctorate from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) for a dissertation on the principle of legality in EU law and under the ECHR. Timmerman holds degrees in Philosophy of Law (LL.M., Leiden University, 2009, cum laude), Dutch (Criminal) Law (LL.M., Radboud University, 2010, cum laude), International and European law (LL.M., Radboud University, 2010), Philosophy (M.A., Radboud University, 2012, cum laude), and Comparative, European and International Laws (LL.M., European University Institute, 2014).

Research
Timmerman's research focuses on substantive and procedural Dutch criminal law, including the law on sanctions. His research often addresses the influence of EU law and the ECHR on Dutch law. EU criminal law and the relationship between EU law and the ECHR also have his special attention. For more information on completed research, see under ‘publications’.

Teaching
Timmerman co-teaches the master's course ‘Enforcement of EU Law’ and supervises several theses written by, inter alia, students from the master's programme ‘European Criminal Justice in a Global Context’. In Dutch, Timmerman teaches a master's course on the Legality Principle in Substantive Criminal Law and the first year course 'Introduction to Criminal Law'.

Ancillary activities
From 2013 until 2023, Timmerman has been involved with the Beroepsopleiding Advocaten (The Netherlands Bar Association's Training Program), including as developer of tests for trainee lawyers in the field of Dutch criminal (procedural) law. He is currently affiliated with the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal as a Substitute Judge, EHRC Updates as a member of the Editorial Board, and the BijzonderStrafrecht Academie as a lecturer on the new Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure that will enter into force in 2029.