Summary

A highly driven and proactive NLP researcher at Leiden University (LIACS), with a Research Master in Human Language Technology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Conducted research at the intersection of AI and language in an interdisciplinary setting. Passionate about exploring the use of NLP to deal with complex societal issues.

Work Experience

• Junior NLP Researcher

  Apr 2025 - present
  Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (Leiden University)

  NLP Researcher in the Translational Data Science Lab, working on implementing generative AI in a daily diary app for cancer patients and survivors to achieve better insights out of their data, ultimately helping people better understand how their daily activities might affect their recovery.

Education

• Research MA in Human Language Technology (Natural Language Processing)

  Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
  Computational Linguistics & Text Mining Lab, VU Amsterdam

  Courses: Machine Learning for NLP, Subjectivity Mining, Computational Modeling of Semantic Change, Thesis: A Comparative Study of Open-Source and Closed-Source Large Language Models for Native Language Identification
• MA in English Education and Communication (Teaching Program)

  Aug 2021 - Mar 2022 (unfinished)
  Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Trained to become an English teacher, following courses on education, pedagogy, and English second language acquisition

  Courses: L2 in the Classroom, Literature in the Classroom, Variation and Change in English
• BA in English Language and Culture (English Linguistics)

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
  Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Courses: English Linguistics: Structure of Language, Introduction to Corpus-Linguistics, Thesis: The World of Keyboard Virologists: Language Use of Reddit Users in COVID-19 Vaccine News Discussions

Publications

• Leveraging Open-Source Large Language Models for Native Lan- guage Identification

  2009
  The Twelfth Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties, and Di- alects (VarDial), co-located with COLING 2025

  This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.

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• Paper Title Number 2

  2010
  Journal 1

  This paper is about the number 2. The number 3 is left for future work.

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• Paper Title Number 3

  2015
  Journal 1

  This paper is about the number 3. The number 4 is left for future work.

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• Paper Title Number 4

  2024
  GitHub Journal of Bugs

  This paper is about fixing template issue #693.

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Presentations

• Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

  2012
  UC San Francisco, Department of Testing

  San Francisco, CA, USA
• Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

  2013
  UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science

  Berkeley, CA, USA
• Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

  2014
  London School of Testing

  London, UK
• Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

  2014
  Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference

  Los Angeles, CA, USA

Teaching

• Teaching experience 1

  2014
  University 1, Department

  Role: Undergraduate course
• Teaching experience 2

  2015
  University 1, Department

  Role: Workshop

Portfolio

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