Short biography
Education and professional career
- since 09/2022: Assistant professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands (Thermoregulation and Energy Metabolism Research Group)
- since 09/2020: Research associate in the teaching and research area Healthy Living Spaces, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
- 2018 - 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher at Maastricht University, The Netherlands (Thermoregulation and Energy Metabolism Research Group)
- 2013 - 2018: PhD, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (PhD, Health Sciences)
- 2012 - 2013: Master of Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (Sport and Exercise Science)
- 2009 - 2012: Bachelor of Science, Zuyd University zu Heerlen, The Netherlands (Physiotherapy; Scientific Methodology & Statistics)
Research interests
- Effects of environmental factors, especially temperature, on general well-being, comfort, behavior and health of humans
- Human thermophysiology, energy metabolism, cardiovascular and metabolic health
- Heat acclimation and interactions of heat and cold on the human body
- Heat and cold as alternative preventive and therapeutic measures for glucose metabolism disorders
