About
Not a typical jurist.
I am a legal researcher finishing a PhD at the intersection of law, technology and the human brain — with a builder’s instinct and a mild obsession with where AI is taking legal practice.
My curiosity has always led me to where law meets technology. I developed my own PhD research on the regulation of neurotechnology under Dutch law, EU law and European human-rights law — and secured the funding for it.
As I was finishing that work, I spent four months teaching myself AI-assisted coding with Claude and ChatGPT, and built a productivity iPhone app in Swift. Friction in my own workflow became a shipped product — and somewhere in that process I realised my curiosity had led me to a builder's mindset: I am most energised when analytical thinking ends in concrete, valuable outcomes.
I am not merely witnessing the legal AI revolution; I have been building the skillset to contribute to it. Applying AI to real legal work taught me where it helps and where it confidently misses a crucial nuance — and how to instruct, test and evaluate tools responsibly, while safeguarding trust, confidentiality and data protection.
Alongside research, I have taught for over five years, trained judges on the right to a fair trial, lectured in a Harvard Medical School series, and discussed law and (neuro)technology with national media. Those experiences taught me to communicate with the right language and concision for whoever is in the room.
What drives me
I follow questions across disciplines — law, neuroscience, AI — because the interesting problems rarely sit inside one field.
PhD-level systematicity: split the big problem into answerable parts, then build a defensible argument from solid foundations.
Technology should meet the same standards as the work it supports — useful, but safe, defensible and trustworthy.
Experience
A path that bridges law and technology.
Designed, developed and published an iOS productivity app using Swift, Xcode, GitHub and AI-assisted coding — the complete product cycle from requirements to release.
Developed and funded a PhD analysing the compatibility of neurotechnological interventions with EU law, the ECHR and Dutch law. Taught four groups annually (4.4/5), lectured at Harvard Medical School, supervised theses, and featured in national media.
Built and delivered a training workshop for judges at the Gelderland District Court, translating empirical findings into practical materials. Co-authored a legal handbook on the right to remain silent and co-organised a 100+ participant conference.
Sole coordinator for a 120-student interdisciplinary course (4.6/5): curriculum design, full Canvas implementation, exam construction and quality assurance. Research assistant on experimental vignette studies in legal psychology.
Get in touch
I would be a strong sparring partner. Let us talk.
Open to legal-tech, AI governance and regulatory roles where rigour meets building — and to any good conversation about law, AI or the brain.