September 2020 - current

Associate Professor of Microbiomics
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Research topic: Functional characterization of the intestinal microbiota in inflammatory diseases and cancer (NWO VIDI Grant)

September 2015 - August 2019

Assistant Professor of Infection Biology
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Research topic: Role of the intestinal microbiota in inflammatory diseases (NWO VIDI Grant)

March 2011 - August 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Laboratory of Dr. Richard Flavell
Research project: Innate immune control of the intestinal microbiota (NWO Rubicon Fellowship)

June 2010 - Februari 2011

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Prof. Jos van Putten
Research project: Microbial interactions with Toll-like Receptors

September 2003 - May 2010

PhD student
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Prof. Jos van Putten
Research project: Interactions between Campylobacter jejuni and innate immune receptors                                      

September 1998 - August 2003              

Student Medical Biology
VU University Amsterdam

             May 2002 - December 2002
             Undergraduate (MSc) Internship
             Texas A&M University, USA
             Laboratory of Prof. Andreas Bäumler
             Research project: Intestinal adhesins of Salmonella Typhimurium

             May 2001 - December 2002
             Undergraduate (MSc) Internship
             Erasmus University, The Netherlands
             Laboratory of Dr. Hans Kusters
             Research project: Tetracycline resistance in Helicobacter pylori