His research has been awarded with many scientific awards, such as the Heineken Young Scientist Award for Medicine 2014 from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His studies are published in international peer reviewed journals such as Science, Nature, NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, Blood, Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology.
His research lines fit under the umbrella of Translational Intensive Care Medicine and contain several topics.
His research lines consist, among others, of pre-clinical and clinical investigation in the field of antibody and non-antibody mediated transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) and transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO). He is the chair of the international TRALI re-definition working group (Transfusion 2019) and chair of the ESICM Transfusion Task Force (Intensive Care Medicine 2020/21).