Renate de Groot

Background

About Renate de Groot

Renate de Groot is appointed as Full Professor Biopsychology of Learning at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Open Universiteit, the Netherlands. Her scientific interest is centred on the biopsychological determinants of learning and cognition in lifelong perspective. Both observational studies as well as intervention studies are part of her core business. Since her own thesis defence in 2003, Renate supervised 30 PhD-students from which almost 18 already successfully defended their theses. Renate’s scientific input has up till now resulted in over a hundred publications in peer reviewed scientific journals. Renate has a multidisciplinary background starting in health sciences, via psychology and neuropsychology into educational sciences. Renate is chair of the department Conditions for LifeLong Learning. In that capacity she has the daily leadership, she chairs the bi-monthly programme group, she supervises PhD-students, and she is in charge of project coordination. She is the contact person for a diverse range of collaborators both social as well as industry oriented. She is responsible for raising funds within the field of Brain and Learning and Biopsychological determinants for learning. This resulted in a substantial amount of financial support for her field of research. In addition, Renate has fulfilled several management roles, such as dean of the Open Universiteit Graduate School, management team member of the faculty of Educational Sciences and board member of the committee scientific integrity and the ethical review board. Finally, Renate has a large track record in teaching and education in several bachelor and master programs (health sciences, psychology, neuropsychology, educational sciences) as well as in teacher professionalisation courses and post-graduate education. She fulfilled these roles at several universities (Maastricht University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Open Universiteit), but also at educational institutes for secondary and tertiary education.