Curriculum vitae

Employment history

2004-2008: PhD at Vrije Universiteit, Institute of Geo- and BioArchaeology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2003-2004: Research assistant at Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, the Netherlands
1994-2003: Different temporary jobs, such as store-employee, gardener, steward and driver

Educational background

1998-2000 & 2001-2002: MSc degree in geochemistry: (organic) environmental geochemistry & hydrology at Utrecht University, Faculty Of Earth Sciences, the Netherlands
Title research project: ‘Distribution and origin of bound amino acids in a Podzol and an Andisol’

1997-1998: BSc degree in geology at Utrecht University, Faculty Of Earth Sciences, the Netherlands

1991-1997: Develsteincollege (High School), Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands

Articles

For an up-to-date list of articles refer to the Articles section.

Skills

Modern languages: Dutch (mother language) and English fluently, Indonesian and German reasonable and French moderately;
Driving license: yes;
Computer skills: Excellent knowledge of all common operating systems, with an emphasis on Apple’s Unix-based Mac OS X. Knowledge of amongst others: ArcInfo and Grass (GIS), ModFlow and MOC3D (hydrology), SPSS and R (statistics), MS Office and LaTeX (word-processing) and Cocoa/Objective-C (programming framework and language).

Miscellaneous

Secretary of board of the Geological Student Society of Utrecht (2000-2001); Experience in organizing big events:
3 week excursion to South-Africa for 24 persons visiting geological important places and mines as well as experiencing the local culture, July & August, 2001;
KNGMG/NGMSO Staring-symposium ‘Biogeochemical cycles and Evolution’ with speakers from the USA, France and the Netherlands, November 21, 2001;
Commissioner of the yearbook committee (1998-1999) and editor of the society’s magazine ‘Payenborchiana’ (2001-2002);