I have a Bachelors and Masters in AI, having finished my bachelors with a thesis and an internship from the cardiology department of the UMCG, the Netherlands; and my Masters in Deep Learning with a thesis carried out within the Pollice Research Group of the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. I have developed extensive expertise in AI and ML through dozens of international research and engineering projects. I am also a team leader. My work spans industry-focused AI applications, academic research, and teaching in machine learning.

Current Roles

AI Research Scientist – Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines (IIIM), Reykjavík (2022–Present)
- Team Management & Supervision: Supervise and support a team of 5 members.
- AI Research & Development: Implementing multimodal models, RAG, ViT, tabular ML, LLMs, etc.
- Client Engagement & Strategic Planning: Engage with clients to define AI solutions, draft project proposals, and write grant applications.

Previous Roles

Data Scientist – DASH, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands (2022–2024)
- Lead ML projects in healthcare, collaborating with medical researchers to analyze and interpret complex datasets.
- Serve on the board of the Machine Learning Community at UMCG, fostering discussions on ML applications in medicine.
- Teach at the DASH Summer and Winter Schools, mentoring researchers in ML techniques.

AI Consultant & Engineer – Itemis, Germany (2022–2023)
- Provide AI expertise for consulting projects, focusing on ML engineering and AI-driven solutions, namely Multimodal models.

Teaching Assistant
- Amsterdam UMC in Biology and Machine Learning, Netherlands (2020–2021)
- Think Tank VSNU Kennistafel, Netherlands (2019–2020)
- Assisted in courses such as Autonomous Systems, Cognitive Psychology, Multi-Agent Systems, and Computer Vision (2019 - 2023).
- DASH Data Science Summer School (2022-2024).
- DASH Data Science Winter School (2022-2024).

Additional Contributions
- Co-organized a symposium on Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency in AI (~300 attendees).
- Hosted COVERTalks, inviting AI experts such as Joscha Bach and Stephen Wolfram.
- Founded DataDump, a student initiative to teach data analytics.
- Co-created GAPC, the largest programming competition in Groningen.
- Former editor and head of content for COVER magazine, writing on AI topics.
- Board member of the Machine Learning Lab at UMCG, fostering research discussions in AI (2023-2024).
- Board member of the student association COVER for CS and AI at RUG (2020-2021).