Recognition
I’m very grateful to have received the following recognition for my work:
[2025] MSR Distinghuished Doctoral Research Award
Awarded for an extensive study of sentiment in software engineering, from theory via tooling to applications, excelling in the diversity of research methods and extraordinary methodological rigor.
[2024] Defended PhD Cum Laude
A distinction given to the top 5% of PhD theses in the field as determined by the cum laude committee of the TU/e.
[2024] University Teaching Qualification (UTQ)
A qualification recognized by all Dutch universities indicating my didactic competency as a teacher in academic education.
[2023] SIESTA'23 Summer School Speakers' Choice Presentation Award
Awarded for a presentation introducing myself and my thesis proposal.
[2022] Excellent Course Evaluation 2IMP40 2022/2023
Because the course 'Empirical Methods in Software Engineering' taught by Alexander Serebrenik and me received excellent course evaluations the Program Management awarded us with a 'Pluim'.
[2019] VERSEN Master Thesis award, first place
For my master thesis, on the influence of Continuous Integration on Code reviews I received the first place at the annual VERSEN master thesis award competition. VERSEN is a community for Software Engineering research in the Netherlands. The work presented in the Master thesis has also been accepted at SANER 2020 and can be found
here.