Current Employment
| Nov. 2011 - present | Assistant Professor at the Department of Neurolinguistics, University of Groningen |
| Sept. 2011 - present | Lecturer at the Department of Neurolinguistics, University of Groningen |
Education
| Sept. 2007-Sept. 2011 | PhD candidate at the neurolinguistics department at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Project: Audiovisual Processing in Aphasic and Non-Brain-Damaged Listeners: The Whole is More than the Sum of its Parts | |
| Copromotor: Dr. Roel Jonkers | |
| Promotor: Prof. Dr. Roelien Bastiaanse | |
| Thesis defense: 15.12.2011 | |
| Funding: Ubbo Emmius Fellowship | |
| 2007 | Diploma in Patholinguistics (cum laude) |
| 2003 | Pre-diploma in Patholinguistics |
Work Experience
| Sept. - Nov. 2004 | Internship Neurologische Rehabilitationsklinik Beelitz-Heilstätten |
| (Clinic for rehabilitation of neurological disorders) | |
| Practical experience as speech therapist for patients with neurological disorders | |
| March - May 2005 | Work as a temporary at Neurologische Rehabilitationsklinik Beelitz-Heilstätten (speech therapy) |
| Practical experience as speech therapist for patients with neurological disorders |
Teaching
- “Taaltests in de klinische linguïstiek” (2nd semester, 2011/2012)
- “Taalverwerking” (part of Psycholinguistics, block 2, 1st semester 2011/2012)
- Assistance at “Social Media” (block 1, 1st semester, 2011/2012)
Guest Lectures
- Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2011/2012 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: Aphasiabank
- Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2010/2011 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: The Influence of Speechreading on Aphasic Comprehension (pdf)
- Guest Lecture “Hot topic in Linguistics 2009/2010 (teacher: Laura Bos)”; Topic: “Stoornissen van taalbegrip bij afasie en de invloed van liplezen erop” (Deficits in language perception in aphasia and the influence of lip-reading on it) (pdf)
- Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2009/2010 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: The Influence of Lip-Reading on Aphasic Comprehension (pdf)
- Guest Lecture “Onderzoekscollege Neurolinguistiek 2008/2009 (teacher: Roel Jonkers)”; Topic: The McGurk effect in Aphasia
- Guest Lecture “Hot topic in Linguistics 2008/2009 (teacher: Gerard Bol)”; Topic: “Luisteren en kijken om te begrijpen - multimodaliteit van taalperceptie” (Listening and watching to understand - multimodality of speech perception)
- Aphasiology Practicum “Neurolinguistiek I 2008/2009 (teacher: Roel Jonkers)”; 4 lectures, topics: Neuroanatomy, History of Aphasia, Paraphasias and Social Impacts of Aphasia
Organizational/Administrative Work
- Member of the local organization committee of the Science of Aphasia XIII
- Chair of the PhD Student Council of the Graduate School of Humanities (University of Groningen): January 2010 until January 2011
- Representative of PhD candidates in the CLCG Advisory Council (University of Groningen): January 2010 until February 2011
- Co-organizer of the 30th TABU Dag, an annual linguistic conference in Groningen: June 2009
- Organization and chairing of the CLCG Graduate Student Meeting (University of Groningen): September 2008, 2009 and 2010
- Secretary of the Neurolinguistics Research Group (University of Groningen): September 2008 until January 2010
- Webcoordinator of the Neurolinguistics Research Group (University of Groningen): since September 2007
Grants
NWO Grant “Open Access Conferenties”, december 2011
If you are interested in my full CV, please download the pdf version!