Welcome to my website. Although I am still working on the site, for now, you will find a brief introduction to my PhD research “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” as well as output from my Ph.D. and professional research.

I am a senior GIS specialist at the Dutch Kadaster in the department of Customer Solutions. I obtained my MSc degree (GIS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) in 2015. For my thesis (Improvement of automatic generalization of man-made water networks for topographic maps by context-dependent pruning) I received the UniGIS International Academic Excellence award. My bachelor’s studies in Theology I finished in 2008 at Ede Christian University of Applied Science with a thesis on Education in a local church.

Prior to and during my MSc I have held several positions at Kadaster Geo-Informatie (formerly Topografische Dienst) as a digitizer, operator, cartographer, and GIS specialist. Since 2016, I combine my full-time job with a position as a part-time PhD researcher at the Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Architecture and Build Environnement – 3D geoinformation research group) and a guest PhD researcher at the Free University of Amsterdam (faculty of Theology). I pursue an interdisciplinary study on Geographical Information Science and New Testament Exegesis.

I co-authored some academic and professional articles and co-edited an atlas on the history of Dutch topography. I am a member of  the scientific program committee (ICA-ISPRS Workshop on Generalisation and Multiple Representation), the STW User Committee #11300 (5D Data Modelling: Full integration of 2D/3D Space, Time and Scale Dimensions), the ICA Commission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation, the Lukas-Acta Werkplaats, the Kenniskring, and an affiliated member of the Amsterdam New Testament Research Colloquium.

My main fields of interest are GIScience, Theology, Automated Generalisation, History, and Cartography.

For more information, see my LinkedIn profile.