Rate My Professor Erwin van Vliet

Since completing his PhD, van Vliet has held positions at the University of Amsterdam, advancing to Associate Professor. He has participated in prominent projects like the EU-funded EPITARGET (2013–2018), EPISTOP, ECMED, and EU-GliaPhD. Notable awards include the Harry Meinardi Dissertation Award (2010), Most Innovative Teacher of the Year from the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (2013), Comenius Teaching Fellowship (2020), NWO VENI grant (2009), and ILAE Leadership Development Program Scholarship (2017). Key publications encompass 'Blood-brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy' (Brain, 2007), 'Blood-brain barrier dysfunction, seizures and epilepsy' (Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2015), 'Standardization procedure for plasma biomarker analysis in rat models of epileptogenesis' (Epilepsia, 2017), and 'Neurovascular unit dysfunction as a mechanism of seizures and epilepsy during aging' (Epilepsia, 2022). In teaching, he lectures in Psychobiology courses, developed Perusall-FNWI for interactive learning, and leads IguideME for personalized feedback using AI. He serves on the Epilepsia editorial board and delivers international seminars.