Hoogleraar (full professor) at the Institute for
Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam, since
February 1999.
Universitair Hoofd Docent (associate professor)
at the Institute for Theoretical Physics and the van der Waals-Zeeman
Institute of the University of Amsterdam, July 1995 till February 1999.
Assistant Professor at the Physics Department of
Princeton University: September 1994 till July 1995.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Physics Department of
Princeton University: September 1992 till September 1994.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Physics
of the State University of New York at Stony Brook: September 1989
till September 1992.
Other responsibilities
Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of
Amsterdam, October 2012 - December 2014.
Director of the Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of
Amsterdam, January 2011 - September 2012.
Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITFA) of the University of
Amsterdam, since 2008-2010.
Chairman of the board of the Dutch Research School for Theoretical
Physics, 2006-2011.
Education
PhD research at the Institute for Theoretical Physics
of Utrecht University with B. de Wit (advisor) and
G. `t Hooft (1985-1989). PhD thesis Extensions of
Conformal Symmetry in Two-dimensional Quantum Field
Theory (May 1989).
Undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics at
Utrecht University (1980-1985). `Doctoraalexamen'
Theoretical Physics under supervision of
G. 't Hooft (May 1985).
Supervision and Grants
PhD students:
Thessa Fokkema, Shanna Haaker, Jesper Romers (PhD 2012), Sasha Zozulya (PhD 2011),
Liza Huijse (PhD 2010), Jasper Reijnders (PhD 2005), Frank van Lankvelt (PhD 2004),
Eddy Ardonne (PhD 2002), Ronald van Elburg (PhD 2000),
Marco Moriconi (PhD 1997, Princeton University).
