Honours & prestigious grants:

• Legacy Award, International Complement  Society, 2024.
• Distinguished Faculty Professorship, Utrecht University, 2018.
• Aminoff prize in Crystallography of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2018.
• ERC Advanced Grant, EU, 2018 & 2008.
• Medal in Gold for life-time research achievements, European Complement Network, ECN, 2017.
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO, since 2013.
• Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, since 2013.
• Spinoza prize of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO, 2010.
• Member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW, since 2010.
• Pionier Award, Council for Chemical Sciences, NWO-CW, 2000.
• Young Chemist Awards, Council for Chemical Sciences, NWO-CW, 1999 & 1997.

Named lectures:

• Max Gruber Foundation, University Groningen NL, 2015.
• Silver Jubilee Oration (Natl. Center for Cell Sciences, Pune India, 2013.
• E.J. Cohn lecturer, Immune Disease Inst., Harvard Medical School, Boston USA, 2008.
• in addition to invited and keynote lectures at international conferences. 

Academic teaching:

• Main originator and developer with dr. Paul van Bergen Henegouwen of Molecular Life Sciences (combined track within bachelor Chemistry and Biology programs), 2012-2016.
• Program leader MSc program "Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences", 2004-2006.
• Lecturer in Chemistry and Molecular Life Sciences,

Scientific employment:

• Scientific program chair Utrecht Life Sciences (from the Faculties of Science, Medicine and Veterinary medicine), 2017-2020
• Scientific director Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, 2012-2016.
• Chair department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, 2007-2010.
• Professor, Dept. Chemistry, Utrecht University, 2002-present.
• Assistant Professor, idem, 1998-2002.
• Senior researcher, idem, 1994-1998.
• Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of prof. A.T. Brunger, Yale University, New Haven CT USA, 1992-1994.
• Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of prof. W.F. van Gunsteren, ETH ZUrich, Zwitserland, 1990-1992.

Scientific training:

• Doctor (PhD) cum laude (highest distinction) in Protein Crystallography (promotor prof. dr. W.G.J. Hol), at the University of Groningen in 1990.
• Doctorandus (MSc) cum laude (highest distinction) in Chemistry at the University of Groningen in 1985.