I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow (DAWN Fellow) at the Cosmic Dawn Center, affiliated with the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Previously, I was part of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, working with Roberto Maiolino and Sandro Tacchella within the Kavli Institute for Cosmology. I completed my PhD at Sidney Sussex College, supervised by Renske Smit and Roberto Maiolino. Before my PhD, I was at the Institute of Astronomy for the Master of Advanced Study in Astrophysics. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Leiden, studying Physics and Astronomy.

My research interests revolve around galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe: how the first stars and galaxies were formed, how they for the first time synthesised elements heavier than helium, and how they subsequently brought about the Reionisation of the Universe, a major phase transition that turned the neutral Universe back to a (mostly) ionised state. To this end, I am leading several ALMA observing programs and I am involved in large international collaborations as an Associate Member of the James Webb Space Telescope NIRSpec Guaranteed Time Observations team.