| February 25, 1983 | Born, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2001-2004 | Bachelor of Arts at the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, specialising in the Ancient Near East. |
| 2004 | Studied Arabic while residing at the Dutch Institute for Academic Studies in Damascus, Syria. |
| 2006 | Accepted to the Research Master program at the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. |
| 2002 | Fieldwork at Wateringse Veld, The Hague, the Netherlands |
| 2003 | Survey (coring) at Schipluiden, the Netherlands. |
| 2003 | Survey and excavation in southern Malawi for the Lundu Archaeological Project. |
| 2003 | Field supervisor at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria (National Museum of Antiquities: prof. P.M.M.G. Akkermans) |
| 2004 | Field supervisor at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria (National Museum of Antiquities: prof. P.M.M.G. Akkermans) |
| 2005 | Field supervisor at the Tell Hamidiyah (Leiden University: dr. D.J.W. Meijer) |
| 2005 | Field supervisor at Tell Saby Abyad, Syria (National Museum of Antiquities: prof. P.M.M.G. Akkermans) |
| Forthcoming | Rooijakkers, C.T. & V. van Exel, ‘The small finds of Sabi Abyad: The spindle whorls and the celts and mace-heads,’ in Akkermans, P.M.M.G., & O. Nieuwenhuyse (eds.), Preliminary report on the excavations at tell Sabi Abyad, 1996-1999. |
| 2004 | Assistant Archaeologist, working in the field in area A18. |
| 2005 | Assistant Archaeologist, working in the field in area J2. |
| 2006 | Assistant Unit Director in area J3 (East). |