My Professional Experience
- New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE (2023-present)
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Psychology
Representations of Early Experiences Lab, Prof. Dr. T. Waters - Radboud University Medical Center, NL (2021-2023)
Postdoctoral fellow, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior
Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Prof. Dr. C. de Weerth - NYU Langone, New York, US (2025)
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Infant Brain and Behavior Lab, Dr. C. Filippi
My Academic Background
Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL) 2017-2021
Ph.D, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior
Thesis title: To affiliate or not to affiliate: Investigating facial mimicry in early development
Advisor: Prof. Dr. S. Hunnius
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL) 2013-2015
M.Sc, Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology
Thesis: Self-concept in institutionalized children with disturbed attachment in South Africa
Advisors: Prof. Dr. P. Sterkenburg & Prof. Dr. C. Schuengel
Research Focus
Subjects of study: Co-regulation | Attachment Theory | Psychobiology | Development
Research Areas: Early Life Stress | Biological Embedding | Caregiver-Infant Interaction | Social Buffering | Cross-Cultural Development | Developmental Origins of Health and Disease