Academic qualifications

2005                Diplomate of the European College of Bovine Health Management         

1999                Specialist Dairy Health, Royal Dutch Veterinary Association       

1996                PhD thesis ‘Dynamics of bovine mastitis – a field study in low somatic cell count herds’ - Utrecht University, the Netherlands

1994                Epidemiologist A, Dutch Society for Epidemiology      

1990                DVM, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Employment history

2011 – present Manager Research and Development GD Animal Health Service, Deventer

2011 – present Professor applied ruminant health research, department Population Heath Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

2006 - 2011     Director of the Dutch Udder Health Centre UGCN, Deventer

2006 - 2011     Manager Research Ruminants GD Animal Health Service, Deventer

1997 - 2006     Private practitioner, De Graafschap Veterinary Services, Vorden, the Netherlands

1992 - 1998     Assistant professor department of Herd Health and Reproduction and department of Infectious Diseases, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

1990 – 1992    Assistant professor Ambulatory Clinic department of Herd Health and Reproduction, Utrecht University, the Netherlands