Professor Jan Vermunt is a Visiting Professor of Psychology and Education at the Department. He received his doctoral degree from Tilburg University for a thesis on student learning in higher education.  He moved to Leiden University in 1995, where he worked for six years, during two periods, as an Associate Professor at ICLON – Graduate School of Teaching. From 1999 to 2002 he joined Maastricht University as a Professor of Educational Development and Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences. He was a Visiting Professor of Educational Innovation in Higher Education, University of Hasselt, Belgium. From 2004 he served as Professor of Teaching and Teacher Education at Utrecht University. In 2012 Jan was elected Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. In his Cambridge years he was also Deputy Head, Director of Research, and Director of Teaching and Learning of the Faculty of Education, Head of the Psychology and Education Academic Group, and Fellow of Wolfson College. During this period he also served as Editor-in-Chief of Learning and Instruction, one of the leading journals in the world in the field of Educational Research. In 2016 the University of Antwerp awarded him a honorary doctorate in Educational Sciences for his scholarly work. In December 2018 Jan was appointed as a Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology, where he has also served as the Scientific Director of Eindhoven School of Education.