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Biography
Lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Likes to study and manipulate blood enzymes in the context of severe and poorly understood diseases, for deeper insight into mechanisms that drive large health threats.
Associate professor Thrombosis and Hemostasis, @ UMC Utrecht
Adjunct professor Immunothrombosis, @ University of South Denmark
Chair SSC Factor XI and the Contact System @ ISTH
CSO of TargED Biopharmaceuticals
Patents.
P6064890EP Modified serpins for the treatment of bradykinin-mediated disease
P6074456EP Treatment of Microvascular Thrombosis
Grants/Prizes:
2020 ZonMW Top-down Dutch COVID and Thrombosis Coalition (€ 800k; € 250k for responsible work package).
2020 Health Holland TKI-PPS Allowance (€ 870k)
2020 Thrombosis Foundation Holland (Trombosestichting) (€ 250k)
2020 UMC Utrecht – KU Leuven collaboration grant (€ 50k)
2019 CVON CONTRAST Voucher (€ 50k)
2019 NWO Technische en Toegepaste Wetenschappen (TTW) Take-off grant (€ 40k)
2019 ISTH SSC Grant COSYNE (50k USD)
2018 Dutch Life Sciences Investors Forum 1st Prize (2500 Euro)
2018 E.K. Frey – E. Werle Foundation of the Henning L. Voigt Family - Young Investigator Award
2014 Eberhard F Mammen Young Investigator Award ($ 1000)
Thieme Medical Publishers: Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
2011 Young Investigator Award ($ 500) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis O-TU 099
2011 Young Investigator Award ($ 500 ) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis O-TH 055
2010 Karolinska Institutets Forskingsstiftelser (Res. Grant) (26.200 SEK / € 3000,-) Karolinska University Hospital
2009 Young Investigator Award ($ 500) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
2009 Award for Scientific Excellence in Biochemical Research (1st Prize; € 2000,-) Dutch Association for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (NVTH)
2009 Best Publication Prize (€ 500,-) Utrecht University Graduate School of Biomembranes
2008 PhD Student Award for Scientific Excellence (€ 750,-) Utrecht University Medical Center