Professional Background

University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Master degree in Molecular Sciences, 1996
University of Groningen, The Netherlands, PhD degree, Summa cum Laude, 2003
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2001-2009
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Assistant Professor, 2009-2016
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Associate Professor, 2016-2019
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, Associate Professor, 2019-present

Interests: Protein degradation in the cell. Biochemical and cell biological analyses of assembly, regulation, and localization of proteasomes and their autophagic degradation.

• MS, Molecular Sciences, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, Netherlands
• PhD, Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Biochemistry / Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Biochemistry / Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School - EMBO long term fellowship, Boston, MA