Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
I have officially completed two days of my course on front-end web development and I am amazed at how much I feel I’ve learned. I’ve played around with...
Not too long ago I was in Austin, TX, for the Electronic Resources and Libraries conference. This promised a few fun-filled days of talks and tweets, including...
In the USA alone, 55,006 people received their PhD in 2015, according to the National Science Foundation. Job opportunities are dwindling and many end up in multiple post-docs...
When you are starting out in business it may well be from your home. That does not give a good impression to potential customers, and you need...
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".