He is also head of the Smart Structures Laboratory. He joined Delft University of Technology as Associate Researcher in 2005 after he obtained his MSc degree on the nonlinear characterisation and experiments of piezoelectric benders from Delft in 2004. While working as Associate Researcher, he obtained his PhD degree on the development of design tools for morphing aircraft from Delft in 2011. He was a visiting researcher at the DLR in Göttingen and at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, and a visiting professor at Airbus Group Innovations in Ottobrunn, Germany. Furthermore, he is international member of the AIAA Adaptive Structures Technical Committee and member of the Advisory Council of the Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Department of Aerospace Vehicles.