Academic interests
- Dust formation and dust evolution in galaxies
- Astromineralogy
- Evolved stars
Education
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2002 PhD - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Supervisors: Prof. L.B.F.M. Waters, Prof. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof. A. de Koter
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1997 Master - Leiden University, The Netherlands. Supervisor: Prof. E.F. van Dishoeck
Positions held
- 2022 - current: ICREA Research Professor, Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), Spain
- 2018 - 2022: European ALMA Programme Scientist, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany
- 2010 - 2022: Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), Taiwan
- 2006 - 2011: Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy: University of Manchester, UK
- 2005 - 2007: Assistant Professor of Astronomy: University of Virigina, USA
- 2002 - 2005: Spitzer Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

