Associate Professor | Department Of Biology | Head Of Studies (Molecular Biomedicine)
CurrentRESEARCH:Group leader. Supervision of postdocs, PhD, MSc and BSc students.Key scientific findings: Novel insight into glucose metabolism in brown adipose tissue; identification of novel regulators of adipocyte biology by compound screening; establishing human brown and white pre-adipocyte cell models.HEAD OF STUDIES:Education management; curriculum development; continuous quality assessment of courses; performance reports to faculty leadership; timely delivery of information to stakeholders; student motivation; student coaching; preparing students for a (work) life after graduation; planning and execution of recruitment events.TEACHING:Course coordinator; course development; teaching cell biology and physiology at various levels; promoting student interest in innovation and entrepreneurship; promoting quality of student (peer) feedback; engaging private companies in teaching.