Areas of Focus
- Attachment
- Epidemiology
- Neurobiology of Child Development
- Developmental Epigenetics
- Meta-analysis
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Differential Susceptibility
Work Experience
- 1981-2017 - Leiden University - Full Professor at the Faculty of Education and Child Studies
- 1981-2017 - Erasmus University Rotterdam - Full Professor at the Center for Moral Socialization
- 1981-2017 - University of Cambridge - Part-time Professor
- Current - Capital Normal University - Adjunct Professor of Human Development
Academic Background & Achievements
- Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Published over 400 high-citation publications
- Supervised over 60 PhD students, 9 of whom became professors in the Netherlands, UK, and USA
- Ranked 49th in the world in psychiatry and psychology
- Named one of the 20 most influential scientists in the Netherlands
Awards
- Spinoza Prize (2004): Known as the 'Dutch Nobel Prize'
