| ORCID | 0000-0002-5284-9757 |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Positions: | |
| Since 2002 | Professor of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2000 – 2002 | Permanent Member, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1996 – 2000 | Member, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1992 – 1995 | Junior Group Leader, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1989 – 1992 | Postdoctoral fellow, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Education: | |
| 1985 – 1989 | Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands |
| 1980 – 1985 | Undergraduate studies in Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
| Selected Awards & Honors: |
| 2011 | Elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2008 | Krampitz Lecture, Case Western University, Ohio, USAKrampitz Lecture, Case Western University, Ohio, USA |
| 2008 | Mueller-Eberhard Lecture, XIIth Int. Complement Workshop, Basel, CH |
| 2002 | Friedrich Miescher Award |
| 2001 | Pfizer Award |
| 1999 | Eppendorf Young Investigator Award |
| 1989 | EMBO long term fellowship |
| 1989 | Sanofi Young Investigators Prize |
| Selected Memberships: |
| Since 2011 | The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) |
| Since 1989 | Royal Dutch Society for Chemistry |
| Since 1989 | American Society for Microbiology |
| Since 1989 | European Macrophage & Dendritic Cell Society |
