Curriculum Vitae

Working Experience

August 2022 – today

Assistant Professor in Ancient History, Groningen University, The Netherlands

August 2021 – July 2022

Teaching fellow in Ancient History, Leiden University, The Netherlands

January 2014 – August 2017

Postdoctoral research fellow in Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

September 2011 – December 2013

Project consultant, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

September 2008 – December 2013

Teacher of Improvisational Theatre, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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Education

Sep 2017– Apr 2021

PhD Ancient History, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. Thesis entitled ‘Wealth, rank and officeholding in Roman Italy: a quantitative study’. Academic advisor: Myles Lavan.

Dec 2015 – Mar 2017

MA Ancient Languages (cum laude), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Thesis entitled ‘Celeritas Caesariana: Reputation, Representation and Reality’. Academic advisors: Annemarie de Villiers and Annemaré Kotzé.

Sep 2010 – Aug 2015

BA Ancient History and Latin (cum laude), Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Thesis entitled ‘Identicide in Gaul’. Academic advisors: Lidewij van Gils and Nico Roymans.

Dec 2005 – Aug 2011

PhD Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Thesis entitled ‘Multiburner Flameless Combustion furnaces’. Academic advisors: Prof Wiebren de Jong and Prof Dirk Roekaerts.

Sep 1999 – Aug 2005

MEng Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Thesis entitled ‘A Kinetic Study of the Acidic Hydrolysis of Water Hyacinth to Levulinic Acid’. Academic supervisors: Buana Girisuta and Erik Heeres.

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Language skills

  • Modern languages: Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), Italian (very good), German (good), French (good), Spanish (basic knowledge), Hebrew (basic knowledge)
  • Ancient languages: Latin (excellent knowledge), Greek (basic knowledge)
  • Programming languages: R (excellent), Python (advanced), QGIS (advanced), NetLogo (basic)

Teaching

I teach courses on all BA and MA levels. Subjects include general Republican and Imperial Roman History, inequality and slavery in the Roman empire, and interconnectivity in the premodern Mediterranean. I also taught Latin language acquisition.

Thesis supervision record:

InstitutionPeriodPhDMA/MengBA/BEng
Groningen University2022 – today15–
Leiden University2021 – 2022–32
Stellenbosch University2014 – 2018251
Delft University of Technology2011 – 201512–

Other responsibilities

  • Track coordinator of the MA Classics and Ancient Civilizations at Groningen University (2025–today)
  • Member of the Programme Committee BA and MA History at Groningen University (2022 – today)
  • Reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals (2009 – today)
  • External reviewer for grant proposals to the EU Horizon 2020 programme (2016)
  • Student member of the Programme Committee Oudheidkunde at VU Amsterdam (2012 – 2013)
  • Student member of the accreditation panel for the BA Oudheidkunde at VU Amsterdam (2012)