POSITIONS
2021-present | Associate Professor, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam |
2018-2021 | Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam |
2016-2018 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University |
2014-2018 | Postdoc, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam |
2013-2014 | Fulbright Scholar, The Ohio State University & Stanford University |
2011-2014 | Ph.D. student, Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University |
EDUCATION
2015 | Ph.D., cum laude, Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University |
2011 | M.A., cum laude, Social and Health Psychology, 2-year Research Master, Utrecht University |
2009 | B.A., cum laude, Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University |
AWARDS (selection)
2023 | Boyd McCandless Award, American Psychological Association (APA) |
2022 | KNAW Early Career Award, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) |
2021 | SRCD Early Career Research Contributions Award, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) |
2020 | Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists, American Psychological Association (APA) |
2018 | National Postdoc Prize, The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) |
2018 | Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS) |
2018 | Paul van Geert Award, Dutch Association of Developmental Psychology (VNOP) |
2017 | The George Butterworth Young Scientist Award, The European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP) |
2016 | CAS Dissertation Award, Utrecht Centre for Child and Adolescent Studies (CAS) |
2015 | Top 25 of New Scientist Talent Award |
2013 | CAS Best Article Award, Utrecht Centre for Child and Adolescent Studies (CAS) |
2011 | Best Student Award of Social and Health Psychology, Utrecht University |
2011 | Valedictorian of the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University |
GRANTS (selection)
2022 | Vidi, Talent Programme, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (PI) |
2022 | NWA Science Communication, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (co-I) |
2022 | CIFAR-Jacobs Foundation Seed Funding (PI) |
2022 | NWA Science Communication, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (PI) |
2022 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks (DN) (co-I) |
2021 | CIFAR-Jacobs Foundation Seed Funding (co-I) |
2021 | Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship (PI) |
2021 | KNAW Early Career Partnership, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (PI) |
2021 | Jacobs Foundation COVID-19 Education Challenge (PI) |
2021 | Science Communication by Scientists, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (PI) |
2018 | YIELD Graduate Programme grant, University of Amsterdam (co-I) |
2016 | Individual Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, European Commission, Horizon2020 (PI) |
2016 | Rubicon*, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (PI) |
2016 | YIELD Graduate Programme grant, University of Amsterdam (PI) |
2015 | Niels Stensen Fellowship* (PI) |
2015 | Van der Gaag Grant, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (PI) |
2014 | Personal Support Grant*, Education and Learning Sciences (ELS) (PI) |
2014 | NWO Research Grant (“Verdiepingsstudie”), Dutch Research Council (NWO) (co-I) |
2013 | Kind en Adolescent travel grant (PI) |
2013 | Fulbright Scholarship (PI) |
*Awarded to me but I respectfully declined them in favor of a competing fellowship. |
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (selection)
2023-present | Associate Editor, npj Science of Learning |
2022-present | Guest Editor, npj Science of Learning (special issue: “Understanding and Addressing Inequality in Education”) |
2022-present | Guest Editor, Developmental Science (special issue: “The nature of love revisited: How social bonds shape development”) |
2018-2020 | Editor, Psychological Perspectives on Praise (Routledge) |
2019-present | Consulting Editor, Child Development |
2016-2017 | Guest Editor, Journal of Abnormal Psychology (special issue: “Dark Personality Traits”) |
2015-2017 | Guest Editor, Child Development (special issue: “Origins of Children’s Self-Views”) |
2011-present | Ad-hoc reviewer for 51 journals (e.g., Psychological Bulletin, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Cognition, Psychological Science, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Science, Journal of Educational Psychology, American Psychologist) |
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (selection)
2022-present | Research Network on Communicating Strength-based Approaches to Child Development and Learning in Adverse Conditions, Jacobs Foundation |
2021-present | The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie) board member and former chair of the Science & Society group, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) |
2021-present | HundrED, Advisory board |
2020-present | Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) member |
2020-present | Scientists’ Alliance for Communicating Child Development Knowledge member |
2019 | Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Program, Jacobs Foundation |
2018-present | Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA), founding member and former vice-chair |
2015-present | International Resilience Alliance (INTRESA) founding member |
2015-present | Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) associate member |
2012-present | Member of various international societies and associations (e.g., APA, APA Divison 7, APS, EADP, EARA, ISSBD, ISSI, SPSSI, SRCD) |