Jaap Heringa Professor of Bioinformatics Head, Department of Computer Science VU Room 11A-49 NUVU Building Bioinformatics Section Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands Email: j.heringa@vu.nl Phone (direct): +31 20 59 87649 Phone (secr.): +31 20 59 83563

Academic Education

1980: B.Sc. Hons. Mathematical Biology
1984: M.Sc. Biology, Majors Bioinformatics and Population Genetics, Minor Computer Science
1993: Ph.D. Bioinformatics (Cum Laude), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Thesis title: Local Interactions in Protein Folds: A Bioinformatic Approach

Work Experience

1980 - 1984: Assistant Research Consultant (multivariate statistics), one day per week, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
1985 - 1988: Development Programmer and Team Leader with IBM Informations Network Service Development Center (INSDC), Uithoorn, The Netherlands
1988 - 1996: Staff Researcher, Biocomputing department, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
1996 - 2002: Group leader, Division of Mathematical Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
2002 - 2003: MRC Senior Scientist, Division of Mathematical Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
2002 - Date: Professor of Bioinformatics, VU Amsterdam
2002 - Date: Head of Bioinformatics Section, Faculty of Sciences, VU Amsterdam
2003 - Date: Director of the Centre for Integrative Bioinformatics VU (IBIVU), VU Amsterdam
2009 - Date: Director of the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) Education Platform "BioWise"
2010 - 2014: Scientific Director of the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC)
2014 - Date: Director of the Netherlands Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Research School (BioSB)
2014 - 2016: Deputy Head of Node of ELIXIR-NL
2016 - Date: Head of Node of ELIXIR-NL
2018 - Date: Head of Department of Computer Science, VU Amsterdam