I hold a BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht, specialising in neuroscience and neuropharmacology, and a Research Master’s in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, specialising in Neuropsychology, from Maastricht University.
I carried out my master’s thesis at the computational neuroscience laboratory of Monash University in Melbourne, where I lived for a year and with which I continue to collaborate on publishing the results.
Research has been with me throughout my training. Alongside my studies, I worked part-time as a research assistant in studies with psychedelics, including an EEG hyperscanning study. I also coordinated and carried out my own study, in which I analysed accounts published online about hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) using data science and natural language processing techniques.
I am currently Project Coordinator at Synaptica, where I lead a joint project between Synaptica Innova and an international research foundation: the creation of an international forum for training and exchange on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and mental health.
In my free time I practise yoga, and this year I completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in Nepal.
