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Education
Jul 2024 — Dec 2024Semester abroad (bene meritum)Australian National University. Advanced computer vision and optimisation.
Sep 2022 — Jul 2024MSc Artificial Intelligence — cum laudeRadboud University. Thesis on a neuromorphic method for sEMG-based low back pain classification, published in IEEE.
Sep 2019 — Jul 2022BSc Artificial Intelligence — bene meritumRadboud University. Thesis on improving EEG-based brain-computer interfaces.
Experience
Feb 2024 — nowData Scientist, Hammer Market IntelligenceDeveloping ProductPulse infrastructure: large-scale databases, scrapers and pipelines to standardise product data. Also an AI R&D platform connecting internal reports with scientific literature, and social listening.
Mar 2025 — nowResearcher, Madrid · Nijmegen · DelftAI applied to EMG signals, focused on energy efficiency through neuromorphic techniques. Applications in rehabilitation and prosthetics.