1982-1984 Creating and managing the Biocomputing Environment, University of
Nijmegen, as a conscientious objector military service.
1984 MSc. in Chemistry (Biochemistry, PharmacoChemistry,
Clinical Chemistry) University of Nijmegen,
the Netherlands.
1984-1988 Doctoral Research, (with Prof. Dr. WW de Jong) "Computer
Applications in Protein and Nucleic Acid Sequence Analysis", Department
of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen.
1988 Manager of the BioInformatics & Genomics Section,
CAOS/CAMM Center.
1989 PhD. in Chemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry, University
of Nijmegen.
1992-1994 Member of the Training Work Group (TWG) in EMBnet, the European
Molecular Biology Network.
1994-1997 Treasurer of the Program Committee "Education & Training"
in EMBnet.
1995-2002 Member of the board of the Section "Computer Applications" of
the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV).
1997-1999 Treasurer of the Executive Board in EMBnet.
1998-1999 Co-ordinator of the EU Biotech grant (ERBBIO4-CT96-0030)
"EMBnet.ca - Europe's Bioinformatics Infrastructure Network".
1988-2000 Manager of the National BioInformatics Service Section
at the CAOS/CAMM Center / CMBI.
1999-2003 Chairman of the Executive Board in
EMBnet,
the European Molecular Biology Network.
2000-2006 Founder/CEO of the bioinformatics company
Dalicon BV.
2000-2011
Member of the Editorial Board of "Briefings in Bioinformatics" (Oxford University Press).
2001-2004 Co-ordinator of the EU 5FP grant (QLRI-CT-2001-01363)
"EMBCORE - The core European bioinformatics research infrastructure
in the life sciences".
2003-2004 Member of the board of directors of the
HealthGrid Association
(through EMBnet).
Member of the Management Team of the NBIC/BioAssist Programme.
Member of the Editorial Board of "Database" (Oxford University Press).
Member of the Editorial Board of "Advances in Bioinformatics" (Hindawi Publishing).
Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology" (Hindawi Publishing).
Member of the Editorial Board of "TheScientificWorld" (Hindawi Publishing).
Co-Editor-in-Chief of "In Silico Biology" (IOS Press).
Member of the Editorial Board of "Nature Scientific Reports" (Nature Publishing Group).
Member of the International Consultative Council (ICC) of the
AgroBioInstitute
(Sofia, Bulgaria).
Member (2011: chair, 2012: co-chair) of the Steering Committee of the "European Networking Summer School
(Plant Genomics & Bioinformatics)"
(ENSS)
of the European Science Foundation ((ESF).
