Academic Positions

2022-present. Director, Research Network on Communicating Strength-based Approaches to Child Development and Learning in Adverse Conditions (with support from the Jacobs Foundation)
2020-present. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht
2020-present. Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI-CSL), Freiburg
2018-2020. Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2016-2018. Co-director, Research Network on Adaptations to Childhood Stress (with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
2012-2017. Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology (tenure 2014), Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2012. Postdoctoral Researcher, Cognitive Development Center, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Selection of Honors and Grants

2021. Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)
2019-2024. Vidi Grant (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme), Dutch Research Council (NWO)
2019. Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2018-2020. Jacobs Foundation Early Career Research Fellowship
2017-2023. James S. McDonnell Foundation 2017 Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition (JSMF)
2017. Boyd McCandless Award, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), American Psychological Association (APA)
2016. Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2016-2018. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant (RWJF)
2014-2018. Veni Grant (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme), Dutch Research Council (NWO)
2014. New Investigator Award, European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA)
2011-2012. UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship
2006-2008. Huygens Scholarship, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science
2006-2007. Fulbright Fellowship
2006-2007. VSB Foundation Scholarship