Positions 

Academic positions
 
December 2020 - Present
Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology (tenured), Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
January 2014 – Present
Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology (tenured), Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
April 2012 – December 2013
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Department of Criminology at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
Nov. 2011 – April 2012
Post-Doc Researcher at the department of Forensic Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 
Nov. 2007 – Dec. 2012
PhD candidate at the department of Forensic Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Thesis title: Pathways to violence in schizophrenia: The role of antisocial personality, substance misuse, delusions and delusional distress.”
Supervisors: Prof. H.J.C. van Marle, MD., PhD, & N.M.L. Buck, PhD.
Committee e.g.: K.S. Douglas, LL.B., PhD. (Simon Fraser University, Canada) & Prof. P.J. Taylor, MD., PhD. (Cardiff University, UK).
PhD obtained at December 4th 2012.
 
Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2007
Research internship Master Biological and Cognitive Psychology. Master Thesis: The Novelty P3
component of Highly Sensitive Persons in an auditory Novel Oddball Paradigm. Under
supervision of Prof. Jan van Strien, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2006
Research internship Bachelors in Biological and Cognitive Psychology. Bachelor’s Thesis: Left-right and upper-lower visual field asymmetries and local and global processing of visual stimuli. Under
supervision of Prof. Jan van Strien, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
Sept. 2005 – Sept. 2007
Tutor / research assistant in education at the Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
 
 
Boards and Committees

September 2021 – Present
Chair of the Faculty Council, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

February 2021 – September 2021
Vice-Chair of the Faculty Council, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
 
Dec 2020 – Present
Member of the Editorial Board, Frontiers in Psychology, section Forensic and Legal Psychology.
 
June 2019 – Present
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS).
 
June 2019 – Present
Member of the Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute (MHLPI) at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
 
2018-present
Chair of the International Scientific Council of the Dutch Expertise center for Forensic
Psychiatry (EFP) in the Netherlands.
 
2017-2019
Guest Editor of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health (IJFMH) Special
Issue on the role of neurobiology on forensic mental health. 
 
September 2017 – January 2021
Staff member of the Faculty Council, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
 
2017-present
Member of the advisory board for the Stichting Verslavingsreclassering GGZ (SVG)
(probation office).
 
February 2016 – present
Senior Researcher at Parnassia Groep (previous Bouman GGZ, Antes) at the Forensic Addiction Clinic.
 
August 2016 – June 2019
Member of the Advisory Board of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services.
 
2015
Scientific advisor Het Dolhuys Museum van de Geest for the exhibition of The Criminal Brain
http://www.hetdolhuys.nl/tentoonstellingen/levenslang-het-criminele-brein-ontleed
 
September 2014 – September 2015
Scientific Researcher at the Police Department Rotterdam-Rijnmond.

Awards and Recognitions

2024
Biological Psychiatry CNNI Best Paper Award by the Society for Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) for our paper “Transcranial
Direct Current Stimulation Targeting the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Reduces Reactive Aggression and Modulates Electrophysiological Responses in a Forensic Population” ($5.000)

2022
Illustrated figure of our paper “tDCS targeting the vmPFC modulates reactive aggression and electrophysiological responses: an EEG-tDCS study in a forensic population” was selected to be on the cover of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

2021
Nominated for the EUR Education prize of the Erasmus University Rotterdam for my
accomplishments with developing the very successful new master specialization in Forensic and Legal Psychology.

2017
Recognition as researcher with societal impact in psychology at the annual Dies Natalis EUR https://youtu.be/5Y9TpSP0KLI
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2017
Christopher Webster Young Scholar Award by the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS). 
 

Grants & Funding 
>1.75 million in total

2024                     
ZonMw (Dutch Research Council) grant for for applied research for persons with complex
problems and high risk. In Dutch: GRIP Grip op Regionale Interdisciplinaire Partner samenwerking voor personen met complexe problematiek en een hoog veiligheidsrisico (Co-PI, €250.000)

2023
ZonMw (Dutch Research Council) grant for setting up a knowledge hub for persons with
concerning behavior in the greater Rotterdam area. In Dutch: Regionale Kenniswerkplaats Onbegrepen Gedrag (PI, €825.000)

2023
Quality of Forensic Care grant (KFZ in Dutch): Project title: i-ForMotivAction: Middelengebruik
bij jongvolwassenen met forensische problematiek: van zelfinzicht naar motivatie tot actie.
(Co-PI €66.204) 

2023
NWO XS grant. Project title: 'Neuroprediction: Unraveling risk for antisocial behavior in youth'. (PI, €50.000)

2023
Quality of Forensic Care (KFZ) grant. Project title: ‘Neuropredictie in de forensische zorg: Een kwalitatieve analyse van ethische en juridische dilemma’s en co-creatie van handreikingen voor de praktijk’. (PI, €30.000)

2020
Funding by ZonMw program ‘Translationeel Onderzoek’. Principal Investigator. (€ 10.000).

2019
Returning parental career scheme, Erasmus University Rotterdam (€15.000)

2019
2x Funding of the EUR APC fund for open access publication.

2018
Funding by the Support Program National and International Projects of the Erasmus 
University Rotterdam for my SAFER project. (€ 10.000).

2018
Grant by the Foundation ‘Koningsheide’ for the purchase of a StarStim device (hybrid EEG-tCS). Principal Investigator (€ 10.000).

2017 
Stichting de Volksbond grant. Project title: "tDCS as a new intervention for reducing violent recidivism in addicted offenders: The effects on addiction outcomes." Principal Investigator (€ 35.000). 

2017
KFZ grant. Project title: "tDCS as a new intervention for reducing violent recidivism in addicted offenders." Principal Investigator (€ 70.000). 

​2016
WODC grant. Project title: “Alcohol and violence: A development and validation of tests.” Co-PI with Prof. Ingmar Franken en
Dr. Sylco Hoppenbrouwers (€ 87.326).

2015
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’ for a visit to Prof. Jean Decety, Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Chicago (€ 800). 

2014
Grant by the National Police, the Netherlands concerning “Screening and threat assessment of disordered threateners.”
Principal Investigator (PI) (€ 206.027).

2013
WODC grant (Research and Documentation Center of the Ministry of Justice). Project title: “Risk Factors for Repeated Victimization.” Co-PI with Dr. Tamar Fischer (€ 33.000). 

2012
WODC grant. Project title: “Crime Victims’ Experiences with Seeking Compensation.” Co-PI with Prof. Siewert Lindenbergh (€ 50.000 euro).  

2012
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’ for the 12th IAFMHS conference in Miami (€ 500).

2011
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’ for the 11th IAFMHS conference in Barcelona (€ 400).

2011
Grant by the Foundation ‘Koningsheide’ for the biannual conference and collaboration meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, May 2011, Montreal, Canada (€ 1.090).

2010
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’, for a work visit at the department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada for research collaboration (€ 1.100).

2010
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’ for the 10th IAFMHS conference in Vancouver (€ 650).

2009
Funding by the ‘Fonds Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam’ for the 9th IAFMHS conference (€ 450).