Professional experience

Starting 01/2026
Postdoctoral researcher, advised by Prof. Dr. Camilla Bellone (Bellone lab)
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Dissecting neural circuits and complex social behaviors using machine learning in a mouse model

Since 02/2025
Guest researcher with Prof. Dr. Marianne Müller (Müller lab)
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany

10/2023–12/2025
Postdoctoral researcher, advised by Prof. Dr. Anna Beyeler (Beyeler lab)
Neurocentre Magendie U1215, INSERM, Bordeaux, France
Early Life Stress Alters Social Behavior Through Insular Cortex Activity

09/2017–05/2018
Research Intern, supervisor PD. Dr. Mathias Schmidt (Schmidt lab)
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Impact of early life stress on depression-like behavior in FKBP51-KO mice

02/2017–08/2017
Research Intern, supervisor Prof. Dr. Ronald van Kesteren
Free University, Center for Neurogenomics & Cognitive Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The effects of hibernation in mice on brain plasticity and fear memory formation

02/2016–07/2016
Research Intern, supervisor Dr. Harm Krugers
University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The effects of mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression on chronic stress in mice

Education

10/2018–11/2023
PhD degree in Neuroscience (Summa cum laude, highest distinction) (Thesis)
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Faculty of Biology; Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany

09/2016–09/2018
Master of Science in Neuroscience (GPA: 8/10)
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

09/2012–09/2016
Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology (GPA: 7/10)
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands