CV

Education

• Research Master in Psychology, Brain & Cognition and Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, 2022-2024
• Minor in AI & Data Science, University of Amsterdam, 2021
• B.S. in Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 2018-2021

Work experience

• PhD Candidate
  MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
  • Duration: January 2025 – Present
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Description:
    • Investigating the neural mechanisms of visual object recognition using EEG, behavioral experiments, and computational modeling
    • Aligning human brain activity with deep neural network features using representational similarity analysis (RSA) and encoding models
    • Exploring how visual dimensions and semantic knowledge influence neural representations over time
  • Supervisors: Tijl Grootswagers, Genevieve Quek, Manuel Varlet
• Software Manager
  Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
  • Duration: January 2025 – Present
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Description:
    • Managing and refactoring code within the Shine Lab, with a focus on consolidating existing MATLAB pipelines and translating them into Python
    • Developing a unified software tool that integrates various neuroscience analysis methods for streamlined use
    • Collaborating closely with researchers to ensure functionality across multiple analysis types and datasets
  • Supervisors: Mac Shine, Eli Müller
• Research Intern
  Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
  • Duration: January 2024 – July 2024
  • Location: Amsterdan, The Netherlands
  • Description:
    • Investigating the effects of pharmacological interventions on arousal, measured in resting-state EEG using connectivity metrics and other methodologies.
  • Supervisor: Simon van Gaal
• Teaching Assistant
  University of Amsterdam
  • Duration: March 2023 – July 2024
  • Location: Amsterdan, The Netherlands
  • Description:
    • Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Statistical Analysis (PPLE), 2023 and 2024
    • Teaching Assistant for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Research Methods (Psychology)
    • Bachelor Thesis Supervisor for Clinical Psychology with the project: Personality and Other Predictors of Climate Change Anxiety
• Customer Support Specialist
  Scribbr
  • Duration: October 2022 – November 2023
  • Location: Amsterdan, The Netherlands
  • Description:
    • Customer support specialist for Scribbr. In my role I have to informed customers about the products, solve issues of customers, assign orders, and deal with all other issues a customer may encounter.
• Machine Learning Intern
  BrainsFirst
  • Duration: February 2023 – July 2023
  • Location: Amsterdan, The Netherlands
  • Description:
    • Predicting football/soccer player positions, market value, and roles based on cognitive testing during adolescence
  • Supervisor: Ilja Sligte
• Research Intern
  Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
  • Duration: February 2022 – August 2022
  • Location: Cambridge, UK / Online
  • Description:
    • Investigating inter-cortical connectivity in early visual areas by applying information theory and MVPA to ECoG data.
  • Supervisor: Andres Canales-Johnson
• Research Intern
  Department of Psychology, University of Sydney
  • Duration: February 2022 – July 2022
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Description:
    • Improving the accuracy of EEG-MVPA analysis to visual stimuli by limiting the temporal dimension of EEG data.
  • Supervisor: Tom Carlson
• Research Intern
  Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
  • Duration: October 2021 – January 2022
  • Location: Amsterdan, The Netherlands
  • Description:
    • Setting up EEG & Eye Tracking and general participant management
  • Supervisor: Simon van Gaal

Skills

• Scientific Writing & Communication
• Programming
  • Advanced Python Skills
  • MATLAB
  • R
  • Learning C++
• Neuroimaging Data
• Project Managment
• Critical Thinking
• Data-Driven Decision Making