First degree (`doctorandus', MSc) in theoretical physics, University of Utrecht (1988)

PhD in mathematics, University of Utrecht (1994)

EU Human Capital and Mobility Fellowship, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, UCL (1995-1997)

EPSRC Research Fellow, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, UCL (1997-1999)

Research Officer, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (October 1998 - January 1999)

Royal Society University Research Fellow (October 1999 - September 2007)

Visiting Scholar, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Australia (June - July 2003)

UCL Principal Research Fellow (October 2005 - September 2008)

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, UCL (since October 2006)

Honorary Professor, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China (since June 2007)

Reader in Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL (October 2008 - September 2010)

Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL (October 2010 - present)