Wouter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He was born in the Netherlands, where he earned a B.Sc. in Psychology from Leiden University. After moving to the United States, he earned his Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University, and then was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University.
In his free time, Wouter enjoys distance running, cooking good food, mixing cocktails, playing games, and making music. He is a fan of AFC Ajax and the Netherlands national football team, and he believes that punk rock is the best music genre.