I am a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Urban Mental Health, University of Amsterdam. My research asks why mental health problems develop and persist differently from one person to the next, and how we can use that knowledge to tailor treatment. I focus on suicidal thinking, personalised psychotherapy and transdiagnostic processes such as emotion regulation.
Methodologically, I work with network psychometrics, intensive longitudinal data (ecological momentary assessment), panel and continuous-time models, and machine learning. I have applied these methods to large cohort studies, clinical trials and routine outcome data from outpatient care, and I contribute methodological work such as tutorials on panel network analysis.
I completed my PhD cum laude at the University of Amsterdam in 2026, in the Addiction, Development and Psychopathology Lab led by Reinout Wiers. My dissertation, Executive Functioning and Developmental Psychopathology: Integrating Dynamics, Experimental and Modelling Approaches, combined longitudinal cohort data, experiments and dynamic models.
Alongside research, I am completing postgraduate clinical training in cognitive behavioural therapy in Germany. Working with clients keeps my research grounded in clinical questions, and my research shapes how I think about case formulation and change in therapy. My clinical work is grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). My long-term goal is to bridge clinical psychological science and clinical practice to improve evidence-based treatments
