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Who I am - what I did before

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1996	Started working as an independent scientist and managed to get a little article in review at Science.
Summer, 1995	VG Plasmaquad Basic Training Course - Theory and Operation. Taught by Dr. Glen Gilchrist of Fisons, United States.
Spring, 1995	Scanning Electron Microscopy course, United States.
Fall, 1994 and Winter, 1995	ICP-MS purchase, site prep specs, and other matters related to setting up new marine-chemistry lab, design experiments and so on, United States.
Spring, 1994	Radiation Protection Course for Working with Isotopes, Bayfront Center Hospital, U.S.
Spring, 1994	Became volunteer at bird hospital (now called Save Our Seabirds, Inc.), United States.
Jan 94-Dec 96	Ph.D. researcher marine chemistry (graduate assistant), U.S. Topic: oxidation of cerium in seawater. Scientifically speaking and otherwise, I learned a great deal here. I left after prolonged harassment followed by extreme retaliation measures, which included goons being sent to my apartment at night and, apparently, my phone being tapped to monitor my actions. (I know very well how bizarre this sounds.) Of all universities I have worked at and with, I liked this university best and I was therefore very disappointed when it became clear to me that I was working in a highly corrupt environment where the extreme was considered normal (for more details, see Philosophy and Social Action, Vol. 26, No. 4, October-December 2000, pp. 43-56; local newspapers contain information on many other cases). It took me a long time to come to terms with this; I initially couldn't believe what I was seeing. I didn't want to. It is normal to want to believe in the people you are working with and I was no exception. This episode had extreme practical and long-term consequences for my life, both personal and professional. (A typical well-off academic won't ever even begin to fathom this.) The plan had been to do one or two postdocs elsewhere and then establish my own research group. I could see myself doing that at this university. I already knew I liked the science and I discovered that I enjoyed coaching graduate students and felt very much at home with the American work ethos. (V 610 - Q 690 - A 640 - hardly any prep)
May, 1993	Extra graduate diploma in Chemical Oceanography, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. "Rare Earth Element Distributions in the Southern Ocean: Weddell and Scotia Seas" This involved ID-TIMS, ion chromatography, class-100 clean-lab work
May, 1993	Master's in Earth Science (geology), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, with distinction. "The Loftahammar-Västervik area in SE Sweden: Proterozoic deformation and the Filipstad-Västervik shear zone" "The Loftahammar-Västervik area in SE Sweden: geochemistry" "Scanning tunneling microscopy and its descendants" "A statistical comparison of several geothermobarometers" various reports for smaller fieldworks and a study of a topic in sociobiology Geological sample preparation for XRF and INAA, mineral separation, sampling and fieldwork techniques, several types of microscopy. Familiar with EPMA. Department: Ore Geology, Petrology and Mineralogy (later called Petrology and Isotope Geology). Served on Studium Generale Committee of science departments. IT skills (such as UNIX and TurboPascal) were also part of the program.
Spring, 1993	Short course "Freelance journalistiek" (journalism), The Netherlands.
Spring, 1993	Short course "Omgaan met de media" (Public Relations), The Netherlands. Also started on NGPR-A course (PR), but then emigrated.
May, 1991	Participated in EPOS Symposium at AWI, Germany (poster). Funding: full conference grant from European Science Foundation.
1991-1993
Fall, 1988	Became active in the then largest organization of women scientists in The Netherlands (Netwerk van Informaticae, Mathematicae en Fysicae). Served on the board, two symposium committees (organization and contacts with media), and several other committees.
General	Letters, small articles etc. published in De Volkskrant and other publications.

Winter, 1981	Start of employment Crest Hotel Amsterdam: front office supervision etc.
1980	Employed at Tourist Office Amsterdam. Taught myself some Spanish.
1978	One semester of German language and literature, University of Leiden.
1979	Diploma "Machineschrijven" (typing).
1978	Diploma atheneum-B (high school, with emphasis on the sciences).
1970	Courses French language, with certificate.
General	Developed a wide range of skills in a variety of organizations during my studies (mostly part-time employment, mainly in The Netherlands) at all sorts of companies (such as KBB, Crest Hotel, Clifford Chance, Ideta, Unisys, Verity, Moret Ernst & Young, Vrije Universiteit). Often been involved in organizing all sorts of events and public actions. Started translating for others in 1992 (partly as Top-Notch Text Productions). Started publishing in the early 1970s. Advanced family responsibilities throughout the 1970s. Already developed an active interest in the earth and marine sciences in the 1960s.

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February 28, 2007