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Completed PhD in 2014 at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has held lectureships at Macquarie University, La Trobe University, and Monash University in Australia. After moving to Australia, he obtained undergraduate degrees in Biotechnology and Biochemistry from Saxion University of Applied Science and a Research Master in Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society from the University of Twente. He started his position at Tilburg University in 2022. His research operates at the intersection of philosophy, cognitive science, technology, and artificial intelligence, aiming to engage with big-picture questions regarding technology's role in the 21st century. He specifically seeks to understand the informational properties of artifacts that enhance and transform memory, cognition, and human identity. He adopts an extended distributed cognition view concerning the relationship between embodied agents and cognitive artifacts, drawing on empirical research from cognitive sciences, psychology, and human-computer interaction. Additionally, he is the coordinator of the 1-year MA track in Philosophy of Data and Digital Society.
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