Collaborating Researcher
Miriam van Reijen (1983) studied Development Economics at the Wageningen University and Research Centre en Human Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. As an ambitious athlete she won Dutch Championships medals in the marathon and duathlon in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014 with a personal best of 2h41. In addition to running she started her own company focussing on training, nutrition and freelance writing, publishing a cookbook for runners in 2013. However, research kept her interest and in 2013 she came back to the VU to do her PhD.