Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
Celebrating Sinterklaas (St. Nicolaus) as an expat has not always felt like a possibility. In the past I watched from afar as my friends and family in Holland...
Have you ever been scrolling through Instagram and spotted all of these fantastic sunsets, the phenomenal looking sunrises, and bowl after bowl of fresh fruit? All posted...
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".