Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
In a city where the tube is a universally acceptable way to commute for people across the socio-economic spectrum, I am one of those relatively few cyclists...
London is potentially doing something interesting with some unused tube lines: creating an underground walkway. It reminds me of what Toronto has done very well already: Expanding...
Yesterday I saw Mitacs tweet about the Beyond The Professoriate conference, and I retweeted it to spread the word (I spoke at one of the first editions of...
Some people stay in the same job that they’ve had for the past few years, purely because they’re so scared of having to get a new one....
After ten years at the bench as a neuroscientist I took the leap into the private sector. However, never going too far away from research in some form: I worked for Papers as Head of Outreach, and have now moved into Product Management.
I continue to be passionate about helping researchers be productive, and science communication. I am by all accounts a tech evangelist, active spokesperson for women in tech, and an award winning public speaker. At heart I am Dutch, but raised to look far past the boundaries of my small country. As such, I became a serial expat. I've lived in The Netherlands, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Canada, and travelled to many more. For many years, I have been calling Toronto "home".