Research 

Nov 2018 - present         PhD Candidate at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
 
Apr 2018 - Sept 2018     MSc internship at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
  • Supervision: Dr. Mark Zwart
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018      MSc internship at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver 
  • Title: Genetic variation in natural baculovirus populations: a deep sequencing approach
  • Supervision: Prof. Jenny Cory
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017      MSc thesis at Wageningen University, Wageningen 
  • Title: Adaptive potential of the TEM-1 native promoter
  • Supervision: Prof. Arjan de Visser
Jun 2014 - Jul 2014        BSc internship at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
 
 

Education

  • 2016 - 2018       MSc Biology, Wageningen University (Cum laude)
                                Specialization: Evolution and Biodiversity
                                Minor: Bioinformatics and Genomics
  • 2012 - 2015       BSc Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univeristy College Roosevelt (Cum laude)
                                Major: Ecology and Evolution
                                Minor: Statistics
Zwart group
Microbes evolve rapidly, making it difficult to study their ecology without considering their evolution. At the same time, microbes interact with each other,...Read more