Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
This week I flew to Amsterdam with easyJet, and back today from Eindhoven with Ryanair. When I was booking this little adventure I also planned ahead and...
With the word “meeting” probably brings to mind visions of the office. For last Saturday, the word had two very different meanings. I was able to both...
It is impossible to remember exactly when I started using WordPress, but my conservative estimate is about 11 years ago. In that time, my knowledge has grown...
Sometimes, people have an idea for a new business but are unable to get it started because of the money needed. The lower the startup costs are,...
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".