He is a PhD candidate in Bioengineering at Princeton University in the United States, where he was one of only eight students worldwide admitted to the inaugural cohort of the programme. He was also awarded the prestigious Gordon Wu Fellowship. His current research focuses on the metabolic engineering of yeast to develop methods for producing advanced biofuels. He is also a co-founder of Gigatonne Bio, a startup developing technology to recover critical metals from mining waste while simultaneously capturing CO₂.
Previously, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Maastricht University, conducted research on the synthetic yeast genome at New York University, and worked at TU Delft. He was also a finalist in the Nucleate programme in New York and a recipient of the Holland Scholarship. Alongside his research, he is actively involved in science outreach and organises educational events at Princeton.