Degrees
- DPhil Philosophy of Physics (PhD), Magdalen College, Oxford University, 2013-17
- MSt Philosophy of Physics, Magdalen College, Oxford University, 2012-13
- MSc Theoretical Physics (89%, Cum Laude), Groningen University, the Netherlands, 2010-12
- BA Philosophy of Physics (87%, Cum Laude), Groningen University, 2007-11
- BSc Physics (86%, Cum Laude; First Year Examination Astronomy: 82%, Cum Laude), Groningen University, 2006-09.
Visiting Fellowships & Studentships
- University of Amsterdam, 2020 & 2022
- Junior Visiting Fellow in History and Philosophy of the Distintinction between (Dark) Matter and (Modified) Spacetime
- Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences, host: Jeroen van Dongen
- University of Geneva, 2018
- Junior Visiting Fellow in Philosophy of Quantum Gravity
- Geneva Symmetry Group, host: Christian Wüthrich
- Princeton University, 2015
- Visiting Student Research Collaborator in Philosophy
- Collaborating with Shamik Dasgupta
- Auditing Cian Dorr & Hartry Field’s ‘Philosophy of Applied Mathematics/ Science without Numbers‘ @ NYU; David Albert’s ‘Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics’ @ Columbia
- Oxford University, 2011-12
- Visiting Research Student in Theoretical Astroparticle Physics
- Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Corpus Christi College
- Supervised by Subir Sarkar & Philipp Mertsch
- Australian National University, 2008
- Visiting Student: Minor in Psychology (88%, High Distinction)
- Burton & Garran Hall, Canberra
External Training
- History and Philosophy of Science Summer School, 27-31 July 2015
- Idealizations in Physics, Tübingen, Germany
- Lecturer: John Norton
- History and Philosophy of Science Summer School, 4-8 Aug 2014
- Arches and Scaffoldings: Continuity and Discontinuity in the Genesis of Special Relativity, General Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics, Tübingen, Germany,
- Lecturer: Michel Janssen
- Theoretical Particle Physics Summer School, 8-17 Sept 2012
- Summer School and Workshop on the Standard Model and Beyond, European Institute for Sciences and their Applications, Corfu Summer Institute, Greece,
- History and Philosophy of Science Summer School, 27-31 Aug 2012
- History and Philosophy of Science: Revolutions in Science, Utrecht University
- Lecturers: Dennis Dieks & Jeroen van Dongen (among others)
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