Gut microbiota as predictors of recurrent cardiovascular events: challenges and future directions
European Heart Journal
I am a medical doctor with a strong interest in research. People around me describe me as hard-working, analytical, responsible and social.
My eagerness to learn has led to a diverse skill set, spanning clinical research, bioinformatics, and wet lab work. I particularly enjoy translational projects.
My primary interest is in host-microbe-environment interactions, especially in the context of cardiometabolic disease.
Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, NL
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Department of Vascular Medicine. Four microbiome projects on the interactions between the environment, the microbiome and the host in different cohort studies.
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Research visit to the Elinav lab to work on bioinformatics projects including surface protein prediction and longitudinal microbiome analyses.
Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Research visit to the Haghikia/Landmesser lab. Learned ibidi flow models and seahorse assays. Contributed to two projects with transcriptomics analyses.
Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, NL
Department of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Geriatrics, and the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam. Thesis: 'Of microbes and metabolites, exploring new pathways in hypertension and Alzheimer's disease'
University of Amsterdam
Thesis: 'Nutritional status and structural brain changes in MCI, AD and controls'. Honours programme certificate.
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
Master programme on ageing, with demography, anthropology, management, leadership, and gerontology courses.
University of Amsterdam
Thesis: 'Epilepsy and cognition in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: a retrospective study'
European Heart Journal
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
European Heart Journal
2025
The salty gut: on the crosstalk between sodium homeostasis and the gut microbiome. Translational project on the salt resistome and the effect on blood pressure regulation.
2024
Uncovering the salt-resistant microbiome. Developed a pipeline for salt resistance genes in metagenomics data using the HELIUS cohort.
2021
The role of formylmethionine in blood pressure regulation. Investigation of effects in vitro based on machine learning analyses.
Dutch Hypertension Society, 2022
European Society of Hypertension Congress, 2022
Supervised three bachelor and three master students during PhD. Currently supervising one PhD student.
Delivered four lectures to medical students about cardiovascular aging.
Organized the minor Cardiovascular Aging for second year medical school students.
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