About me
I am is currently working as a projectleader of an EU LIFE funded project LIFE CRITICAL at the municipality of Dordrecht (NL). I am part of the Green-Blue City team whose focus lies on biodiversity, climate adaptation and a healthy living environment.
I have a master’s in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Maastricht, a specialisation in Nutrition and Health from The Catholic University of Louvain, a master’s in Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiology (2011-dept. Parmacoepidemiology and Pharmacogenetics Utrecht University/NL) from the University of Utrecht.
From 2007 till 2020 I worked as deputy to the director for the Flemish Government of Health (BE) as an Environmental Health Expert. My topics of expertise were Heat and Ozone, Zoönosis and Indoor Air Quality. I worked on several public campaigns on these subjects and contributed to the first WHO guidelines for indoor air quality (2010). I also set up an Educational program for environmental healthcare specialist.
I got introduced into the world of citizen science while working on the EU funded project ‘samen voor zuivere lucht’ at the Flanders Environmental Agency (VMM) in Belgium. Since then my focus is on citizen engagement and especially citizen science and citizen assemblies.