| Personal | 
| Surname: | van der Marel | 
| First names: | Nienke | 
| Date of birth: | 02-02-1986 | 
| Place of birth: | Groningen, the Netherlands | 
| Nationality: | Dutch | 
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| Academic | 
| 2021-now: | Assistant Professor, Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands | 
| 2019-2021: | Banting Fellow, University of Victoria, Victoria BC | 
| 2017-2019: | NRC Fellow, Herzberg Institute, Victoria BC | 
| 2015-2017: | Beatrice Watson Parrent Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii | 
| 2011-2015: | PhD student with Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University | 
|  | Thesis: Mind the gap - Gas and dust in planet forming disks | 
| 2009-2011: | Master Astronomy & Instrumentation, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, | 
| 2004-2009: | Bachelors Physics and Astronomy, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University |