Education and professional history
2017-	Principal Investigator / BBSRC David Phillips Fellow Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2015-	Principal Investigator Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2015-2016	Senior Research Fellow / Principal Investigator Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2010-2014	Honorary Research Fellow Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2009-2014	Research Fellow Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
2007-2009	Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Advisor: Matthew F.S. Rushworth
2006-2007	Research Fellow Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology and Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK Advisors: Sven Bestmann, John C. Rothwell, Patrick Haggard
2002-2006	Ph.D. Student/Junior Researcher F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Advisors: Michael G.H. Coles, Wouter Hulstijn, Ivan Toni Dissertation: Premotor contributions to the control of action: Selection, preparation, and monitoring (cum laude/highest distinction)
1998-2002	Psychology undergraduate University of Groningen, The Netherlands Major in Experimental Psychology Propedeuse degree, May 2000 Master's degree, September 2002, Advisors: A.A. Wijers, H.A.L. Kiers
1997-1998	Management and Organization undergraduate University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
1991-1997	High School (gymnasium), OSG Hengelo, Hengelo (Ov.) Biology, Chemistry, Dutch, Economics, English, Latin, Mathematics, and Physics

Teaching experience
2015-	PhD viva committees: - Matthias Ekman, Radboud University Nijmegen (2016) - Colin Reveley, University of Sussex (2015) - Paul Muhle-Karbe, University of Gent (2015, also manuscript committee) - A. Dilene van Campen, University of Amsterdam (2015)
2015-	Lecturer in the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Donders Graduate School for Cognitive Neuroscience of the Radboud University Nijmegen (Social Neurocognition)
2014-	Lecturer in the FMRIB Graduate Programme at the Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) of the University of Oxford (Introduction to Neuroscience)
2012-	Post-doctoral supervision at the Department of Experimental Psychology of the University of Oxford and at the Radboud University Nijmegen
2012-2013	Lecturer on diffusion MRI and brain stimulation at the Donders Toolkit of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Radboud University Nijmegen
2008-	Supervision of Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.A. students at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
2008-2009	Guest lectures on experimental design for fMRI in Psychology Research M.Sc. program at Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
2007-2008	Teaching assistant in Psychology undergraduate course at Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK (R.E. Passingham, M.F.S. Rushworth)
2006-2007	Supervision of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
2006	Obtained certificate Qualified University Level Teacher at the Radboud University Nijmegen
2004-2005	Supervision of M.Sc. student in Human Movement Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen
2003-2005	Guest lecture on cognitive neuroscience in undergraduate psychology course at Department of Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (H. Bekkering, J.A.P.J. Janssen)
2003-2004	Introduction to ERPs in the F.C. Donders Toolkit of cognitive neuroscience, F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (O. Jensen)
2001-2002	Different positions as Teaching Assistant, teaching Computer skills, Statistics, Physiology, and Psychophysiological Research Techniques, at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Publications
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Awards, honors, and grants
2016	Awarded BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship 'The comparative connectome' (R.B. Mars (PI))
2014	Awarded NWO VIDI grant for the project 'Levels of social inference: Understanding the origin of human uniqueness' (R.B. Mars (PI))
	Our paper on psychopathic traits was selected as paper of the month by the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
2012	Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society
2011	Awarded NWO Open Competitie Grant for the project 'How do brain regions work together to produce adaptive behavior?' (M. Ullsperger and R.B. Mars, €205206) Awarded NWO Visitors Travel Grant (I. Toni (PI) and R.B. Mars) Awarded British Academy Small Research Grant for the project 'Comparing primate brain connections' (R.B. Mars (PI), R.I. Dunbar, and M.F.S. Rushworth, £4050) Awarded John Fell OUP Research Fund research support grant ‘Magnetic resonance imaging supervisor for Biomedical Sciences Building’ (M.F.S. Rushworth (head applicant), R.B. Mars et al. (co-applicants), £42262)
2010	Awarded grants to organize the symposium 'Motivational and cognitive control' from the Guarantors of Brain, the International Brain Research Organization, the UK Neuroinformatics Node, and the McDonnell Network for Cognitive Neuroscience of the University of Oxford (with Jerome Sallet, Matthew Rushworth, and Nick Yeung)
2009	Awarded Brain Travel Grant for participation in the 15th ESCOP Conference (£500) Awarded MRC Research Grant for the project 'Parietal cortical structure and function in attentional disorders' (M.F.S. Rushworth and R.B. Mars, £455746)
2008	Awarded Grindley Grant for Conference Attendance by Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)
2007	Awarded Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the European Union Sixth Research Framework Programme (€159046) Honourable mention Johannes Cornelis Ruigrok Award Elected Research Member of the Common Room, Wolfson College, University of Oxford (3 year term)
2006	Awarded Ph.D. cum laude Awarded Niels Stensen Stipendium (declined) Awarded grant by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to organize the symposium 'Selection, preparation, and monitoring of action' (W. Hulstijn main applicant, €7000)
2005	Awarded FENS stipend for participation in the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (US$1000)
2004	Travel fellow, 10th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (US$500)

Other relevant experience
Software	Operating systems: MS-DOS, MS Windows, Linux Specialist software: BESA, EEGLAB, FSL, LaTeX, Loreta, SPM, SPSS, Vision Analyzer Programming: C, HTML, Matlab, Pascal, Visual Basic
Hardware	Member of team setting up non-human primate MRI at the Biomedical Sciences Building of the University of Oxford and Deputy Scanning Manager, 2011-present Certified user Siemens Sonata (1.5 T) and TIM Trio (3.0 T) MRI systems at the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, 2008- Set up EEG lab at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 2006 Set up TMS lab at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 2006 Certified user Siemens Sonata (1.5 T) and Trio (3.0 T) MRI systems at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, 2004-2006
Journal reviewing and editorial duties	Reviewer for: Acta Psychologica; Behavioral Neuroscience; Behavioural Brain Research; Biological Psychology; Biology Letters; Brain; Brain and Cognition; Brain Research; Cerebral Cortex; Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience; Cortex; Current Biology; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; eLife; European Journal of Neuroscience; Experimental Brain Research; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Human Brain Mapping; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Environmental Psychology; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Journal of Neurophysiology; Journal of Neuroscience; NeuroImage; Neuropsychologia; Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews; PLoS ONE; Psychological Medicine; Psychophysiology; Science; Trends in Cognitive Sciences Book proposal reviewer for: Bentham Science Publishers Member of the editor board of: Scientific Reports, 2015-present Associate editor for: Frontiers in Evolutionary Psychology and Neuroscience, 2013-2015 Reviewing editor for: Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 2012-2013 Guest editor of special issue of Cortex on current approaches to studying the neural control of action together with Ivan Toni and Wouter Hulstijn, 2008 Grant proposal reviewer for: Medical Research Council UK and Human Frontier Science Program
Conference organization	Organizer (with Jerome Sallet, Matthew Rushworth, and Nick Yeung) of the symposium 'Motivational and cognitive control', Oxford, United Kingdom, June 2-4th, 2010 Co-organizer (with Wouter Hulstijn and Ivan Toni) of the symposium 'Selection, preparation, and monitoring of actions', Nijmegen, The Netherlands, November 9-10th, 2006 Co-organizer (with Richard Ridderinkhof and Sander Nieuwenhuis) of the symposium 'Errors, conflicts, and rewards: The role of the medial frontal cortex in cognitive control and performance monitoring', Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-10th, 2006
Administrative	Member of the International Ph.D. student's Committee of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, 2003-2006 Member of the workers' council of the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, 2003-2006 Member of the council of the faculty of Psychological, Educational, and Social Sciences of the University of Groningen, 2001-2002 Member of the education committee of the subfaculty of Psychology of the University of Groningen, 2000-2002 Member of the council of the students' union Cleopatra A.S.G., 2000-2001 Member of the representative advisory council of the OSG Hengelo, 1996-1997
Professional memberships	UCL Institute of Movement Neuroscience (IMN) Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM) Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Federation of Netherlands Neuroscience Organizations (Dutch Neurofederation) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP, Dutch Psychonomic Society) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychofysiology (NVPf, Dutch Society for Psychophysiology)
Language skills	Dutch (native) English (fluent) German (moderate)