My name is Jurjen and I am originally from the Netherlands. I have studied and worked in five different countries across a range of disciplines. I currently work as a radio astronomer and software developer at Leiden Observatory and ASTRON, where I develop and optimise data-reduction strategies and automated pipelines for processing radio interferometric observations. My current focus is on enhancing the European LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) pipelines to efficiently produce deep wide-field high-resolution images on HPC clusters, which opens new windows to study the faintest and most distant objects in the universe at the lowest frequencies. In parallel, I also do research on the cosmic evolution of radio galaxies and energetic phenomena such as galaxy cluster mergers.

Beyond astronomy, I am a co-founder of Stamily, a platform created for and by people who stutter, supporting connection and community for people who stutter around the world.

I also enjoy travelling, with some of my journeys documented here.