Prior to my tenure track appointment at WUR, I was a Post-doc researcher between June 2017 and June 2019 in the Applied Mathematical-Statistical group at WU. During my Post-doc, I worked on a project entitled “Network-based statistical inference for studying muscle health in relation to physical functioning and nutrition". My research there involved methodological and software developments. I was involved also in other multi-disciplinary projects. Prior to joining the group at WUR, I was a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen. During my PhD, I have developed statistical methodologies and software packages based on probabilistic graphical models for high-dimensional data. This has resulted in my PhD thesis entitled “Extensions of Graphical Models with Applications in Genetics and Genomics”. I have defended my thesis in January 2018. I have an M.Sc. degree in Mathematical Statistics and B.Sc degree in Statistics.