Education
- PhD in Egyptology, University of Groningen (1997)
- Doctoraal in de Egyptische taal en letterkunde, Leiden University (1988)
- Kandidaat in de Egyptische taal en letterkunde, Leiden University (1984)
Employment, principal appointments
- Full Professor of Egyptology, Leiden University (since 2005)
- Gueat curator of the exhibition Koninginnen van de Nijl / Queens of the Nile at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden in 2016-2017, which attracted more than 100,000 visitors.
- Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, since 2014.
- Honorary Research Fellow at Monash University, 2003-2013
- Directeur d'études invité at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (2005)
- Lecturer in Egyptology, Leiden University (2003-2005)
- Lecturer in Egyptology, Monash University, Melbourne (2001-2002)
- Postdoc researcher for the Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, at the Humboldt University, Berlin (1999-2001)
- Assistant Director for Egyptology, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (1994-1996; 2003-2004)
- PhD researcher, Catholic University of Louvain (1993-1994)
- ‘Visiting Academic’ (1991) and ‘Visiting Lecturer’ (1992) at the department of Greek, Roman and Egyptian Studies, Monash University, Melbourne
- Egyptologist at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo (1989-1990)
Selected administrative appointments and service to the profession
- Member, Curatorium van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Leiden, 2007 to present
- Chair, Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 2008 to present
- Head of the Department of Egyptology, Leiden University, 2005 to present
- Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, 2003 to present
- Head of the School of Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), 2008 to 2013
- Director of the Institute TCMO (Talen en Culturen van het Midden Oosten), 2006-2008