Vita
2014-2021
PhD Researcher in History of Science, University of Amsterdam
2020
Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Amsterdam
2016-2017
Lecturer and TA for History of Modern Physics, Utrecht University
2008-2010
TA for Physics Lab Course, University of Amsterdam
Eductation:
2021
PhD in History of Science, University of Amsterdam
2013
MSc in History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht University
2011
BSc in Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam
Publications
Books
Anton Pannekoek, Marxist Astronomer: Photography, Epistemic Virtues, and Political Philosophy in Early-Twentieth Century Astronomy (PhD Dissertation, University of Amsterdam, 2021)
Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, edited with Bart van der Steen and Jeroen van Dongen (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“The Milky Way as Optical Phenomenon: Perception and Photography in the Drawings of Anton Pannekoek”. In Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, ed. Chaokang Tai, Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019): 219-247.
Introduction to Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society, with Bart van der Steen, and Jeroen van Dongen. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019): 9-23.
“Left Radicalism and the Milky Way: Connecting the Scientific and Socialist Virtues of Anton Pannekoek”. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 47/2 (2017): 200-254.
“Anton Pannekoek’s Epistemic Virtues in Astronomy and Socialism: Personae and the Practice of Science”, with Jeroen van Dongen. BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review 131/4 (2016): 55-70.
Papers
Anton Pannekoek and the Global Division of Labour in Astrophotography. British Society for the History of Science Twitter Conference, 12-02-2020.
Anton Pannekoek’s marxistische melkweg. Public lecture at Museum Boerhaave, 30-11-2019.
Precision and Skepticism as Epistemic and Social Virtues in Anton Pannekoek’s Astrophysics. History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Utrecht, 26-07-2019.
Anton Pannekoek en de Universiteit Leiden. Public lecture at the Historical Society Oud Leiden, 29-05-2019.
Marxist Astronomer: On Anton Pannekoek’s Scientific Research, and its Relation to his Socialism. Colloquium at the Einstein Papers Project, California Institute of Technology, 25-03-2019.
Anton Pannekoek and the Development of Early 20th Century Astronomy. Colloquium at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), 19-01-2019.
Astrophysics, Marxism, and the Role of Science in Society: Exploring the Ideal Scientific Personae of Anton Pannekoek. Workshop Self-Fashioning Scientific Identities in the Long Nineteenth Century, University of Leicester, 15-06-2018.
Biography and Diversity in History of Science. Workshop Scientist Biographies, Delft University of Technology, 09-03-2018
Anton Pannekoek and the Dutch School of Astrophysics, Thirteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, University of Notre Dame, 08-07-2017
Left Radicalism and the Milky Way: Connecting the Scientific and Socialist Virtues of Anton Pannekoek. Colloquium at the American Institute of Physics, 02-05-2017.
Pannekoek, Minnaert, and the Birth of Dutch School of Astrophysics. First Teylers Meeting on History of Astronomy and Physics, Teylers Museum, 12-04-2017.
How to Observe the Milky Way: Pannekoek’s Galactic Research and his Marxist Philosophy of Mind. Conference Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960): Ways of Viewing Science and Society, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 06-06-2016.
Anton Pannekoek. Public lecture at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, 07-11-2015 (invited).
Left Radicalism and the Milky Way: Connecting the Socialist and Scientific Virtues of Anton Pannekoek. Workshop Epistemic Virtues in the Sciences and the Humanities, Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University, 28-08-2015.
The Scientific and Political Persona: Searching for the Interrelations in the Astronomy and Marxism of Anton Pannekoek. Colloquium at the Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 17-08-2014
Objectiviteit of interpretatie? Het Melkwegonderzoek van Kapteyn en Pannekoek door het kader van epistemische waarden. Workshop Tweede Wetenschappelijke Revolutie, Museum Boerhaave, 24-05-2014.
Anton Pannekoek on the Structure of the Milky Way: Epistemic and Socialist Virtues in Twentieth Century Astronomy. Colloquium at the Institute for the History and Foundations of Science, Utrecht University, 30-05-2013
Anton Pannekoek’s Research on the Structure of the Universe, Colloquium at the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 26-04-2013.
