Work experience

2008-...

Consultant simulation and modelling for Shell Global Solutions International B.V.

• Implementing models of (a.o.) the fluid properties of hydrocarbons for the in-house reservoir simulator of Shell.
• PVT / hydrocarbon fluid property "expert".

2008-...

Scientific Software Engineer, Alten Nederland
 

2007-2008

Scientific system developer. HIMS, UvA.

• Managing computers and computer clusters.

2004-2008

Ph.D. Candidate Computational Chemistry and Physics. Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA).

• Self-assembly of living polymers, bundling of polymers. Statistical Physics, Monte-Carlo integration and simulation. (C++, OpenGL)
• Liquid crystal nucleus growth. Integration of coupled partial differential equations with finite differences. (Fortran, Matlab, Maple)
• Microscopic motion of the interface in multi-contact friction. Integration of sets of ordinary differential equations. (Fortran, Matlab)
• Teaching assistent for Quantum Chemistry 1, Symmetry and Patterns in Nature, and Understanding Molecular Simulations.

2001-2003

Java programmer, Sitios.cl and Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)

• Atom time applet for the Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile.
• Webapplication to remotely control a scanning tunneling microscope.
• Educational web-based physics simulations for first year University Physics students: Coupled pendulum, Rolling hollow cylinder

2001-2003

Student assistent, RU.

• Tutor and telescope instructur for the courses: Astronomy and optics, astronomy in practice, observational astronomy.

Education

2011

SPE Workshop Complex Reservoir Fluids - New developments and Multi-discipline Integration
 

2004-2008

PhD in Physics (doctor in de Natuurkunde), Thesis:
Dynamical and structural self-organization
A study of friction, liquid-crystal nucleus growth, and supramolecular polymers though simple models.
Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, department of Computational Chemistry and Physics, University of Amsterdam.
 

1998-2003

Master of Science (doctoraaldiploma, drs.) in Natural Sciences (biological - physical), Radboud Universiteit of Nijmegen
Thesis: A simple microscopic model for the slow dynamics of the cell wall, Theoretical Solid State Physics (RU)
Major: (neuro) biophysics
Minor: Computational Physics and data analysis
Internship: Experimental Plant Biology (RU).
 

1997-1998

Propedeutics in Physics at the Radboud University of Nijmegen