| 1959 | Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1983 | Mechanical engineering degree (M.Sc.) from Delft
University of Technology |
| 1987 | Ph.D. from the same university. Title of thesis "Models in
nonlinear thermomechanics: finite element models and constitutive models for
large deformation elastoplasticity" |
| 1988-1991 |
Research Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences (KNAW) |
| 1988 | Visiting
research scientist at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Department of
Solid Mechanics (prof. Viggo Tvergaard). |
| 1992-2000 | Professor of Continuous Media and New Materials at
Delft University of Technology (first in Mechanical Engineering, from 1997 also
in Materials Science). |
| 1993 | Visiting professor at Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA
(prof. Alan Needleman). |
| 1999-2000 | VUB chair of the Free University Brussels, Belgium |
| 2001 – ... | Professor of Micromechanics
of Materials at the University of Groningen (department of Applied
Physics). |
| 2004 | Fellow of the Institute of Physics |
