About

From engineer to editor

After obtaining my Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering I made the switch to journalism. For almost a decade most of my work consisted of writing and editing articles for Weet Magazine, a Dutch Christian popular science magazine. Both for Weet and for other companies I wrote articles, blogs and columns. I translated and edited articles and books, from English to Dutch and vice versa. I supplied the translated subtitles to half a dozen DVDs and reported on multiple international scientific conferences.

My scientific background enables me to grasp complex subject matter and present it in a clear and concise way to a lay audiences.

It was at the early age of 7 that I became familiar with English. Since high school I almost exclusively read English books (including some more challenging ones like Chaucer, Mallory and Beowulf). To further develop my knowledge of English, I took extra English classes in university. English has become my second mother tongue, though I’m not a native speaker (that of course hasn’t stopped me from correcting mistakes made by actual native speakers).

And yes, we’re raising the kids bilingual.