1987-1992: Student, (Theoretical) Physics, Utrecht University

1992-1996: PhD student, FOM-AMOLF, Amsterdam

1996-1997: postdoc, Ecole Normale Supériere de Lyon, France

1997-1999: postdoc (Marie Curie Fellow), University of Bristol, UK

1999-2006: FOM research fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University

2006-2009: assistent profesoor (UD), ITP, UU

2009-2012: associate professor (UHD), ITP, UU

2013-now:   professor “Soft-Matter Theory”, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University