Associate Professor
Strategic program(s):
Biography
2025- present Director PhD program 'Regenerative Medicine' at the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Utrecht
2024- present Council member TERMIS-EU (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society)
2023-present Board member NBTE (Dutch society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering)
2019-present Member executive committee of Strategic Research Program ‘Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells’, UMC Utrecht
2019-present Member of the internationalization committee of the UMC Utrecht
2022-2025 MDR Young Talent Committee
2012-2025 Coordinator of Master's program 'Regenerative Medicine and Technology'
2010-present Teaching of various annual Bachelor, Master’s, PhD and Summer school lectures in the Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, and Medicine curricula on e.g. Biomechanics, Bone Tissue Engineering and Bioreactors.
Reviewer for several journals, including Tissue Engineering, Biofabrication, Biomaterials, Biomedical Materials Research
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Former Member of the UMC Utrecht Young Academy
Member of the local organizing committee of the ESB 2018 (annual meeting of the European Society for Biomaterials)
Former Board Member NVMB (Dutch Society for Matrix Biology)
Research aim
Our team aims to regenerate maxillofacial bone defects via bio-inspired techniques. We combine stem cells, materials and/or bioengineering technologies to recapitulate natural bone tissue development and healing.
Go to group2024: TKI/HealthHolland grant 'Wishing Table', (co-applicant, €800,000)
2024: ZonMW (Care Research Netherlands & Medical Sciences of Dutch Research Council) Open competition grant ‘NutriBone’, (lead applicant, €790,000)
2023: RegMed XB/Strategic Vascular Alliance Valorisation Voucher (€25,000)
2022: NWO-TTW Open Technology Program 'Bridging the gap: aXelerated Large bone defect healing (XLbone)' No. 19260 (€ 839,935)
2018: H2020-MSCA-COFUND 'RESCUE' No. 801540 (co-applicant, € 3M)
2017: NWO Gravitation program 'MDR: Materials-driven research' (faculty member, € 18.8M)
2017: AO grant (AOCMF-17-17G) ‘MACRON: Mandibular Condyle Regeneration’ (€ 350,000)
2016: AO Foundation start-up grant (S-16-130G) ‘Clinical translation of endochondral bone regeneration’ (€ 107,000)
2016: Selected for the Research Talent Program of the UMC Utrecht
2014: Internal grant of UMC Utrecht for translational research (€ 33,300)
2013: NWO (Dutch Science Foundation) Graduate Program grant (€ 800,000)
2012: Selected for the Steyn Parvé program for stimulation of excellent female scientists of UMC Utrecht
2010: Veni: personal innovational incentive grant entitled ‘Mimicking nature: growing bone from cartilage’ was awarded by STW (Dutch technology foundation) (€250,000)
2008: Award for best thesis at the faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology
2000: Award for internship at foreign institute (Eindhoven University of Technology)