Professor in Internal medicine/clinical thrombosis and hemostasis; Director, Thrombosis Expertise Center Adjunct Professor Center for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Mainz University Medical Center Mainz, Germany Graduated in medicine, University of Amsterdam in 1987. PhD thesis on “Clinical and experimental studies with a low molecular weight heparinoid”. 1987. Postdoctoral training Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston with prof Robert Rosenberg and dr. Ken Bauer 1988-1990. Internal medicine training Slotervaart hospital and Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (completed 1996). Clinical Established investigatorship Dutch Heart Foundation 1996-2002. Fellow, Gutenberg Research College, Gutenberg University, Mainz 2012-2016. Other: Chairman of board, Dutch Federation of Anticoagulation clinics (FNT), FAHA, Member ASH, ESC, and ISTH. Ed boards: JTH, ATVB, PlosOne; Co-Ed in chief Thromb J.