From September 2015
Assistant Professor
Pedagogical Sciences, Utrecht University
2009 - August 2015
Post-doc researcher
Pedagogical Sciences, Utrecht University
Post-doc researcher on the longitudinal Pre-COOL project (http://www.pre-cool.nl/) and an Educational Learning Sciences starting grant.
2006 – 2009
PhD thesis: Development of executive function and attention in preterm children
School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
Supervisors: Professor Neil Marlow and Dr Nicola Pitchford.
The aim of my PhD project, which was part of the larger Nottingham Prematurity Project, was to establish the nature, extent, and neural correlates of executive function and attention problems in very preterm children in middle childhood. I received my PhD diploma on 15th July 2010.
2004 – 2006
Master of Science (MSc) in Developmental Psychology
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Research master ‘Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence’. MSc thesis title: ‘Differential effects of biological risk and environmental factors on cognitive and motor development from infancy through early childhood’ (supervisor: Professor Marian Jongmans)
2000 – 2004
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biology
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Included one semester at the University of Alaska Southeast, USA.