"I’m a sports enthusiast, especially those using water, either liquid (swimming, sailing) or solid (skiing, skating), although I dislike cycling in the rain."

"Waiting for a TdF stage that goes from sea level (Nice promenade de la Plage) to 2800 meters (Col de la Bonette) in 100 km."

"I prefer mountains over flat areas as they provide the slopes for my favorite hobby, skiing."

"Although I regard life on planet Earth as the most precious gift of the universe, I avoid it in my research; too complex, and covering the rocks!"

"I was a fan of the Tour de France before becoming a geologist: initiated by my grandfather from an early age, together waiting along the road for the tour peloton."

"Besides loving geology I am also an eager amateur archaeologist. I spend many weekends with my metal detector finding a lot of old metal things in the fields nearby where I live, mostly old horse shoes, seam etc. but also (when I have a lucky day) a few old coins."

"Discovered the oldest butterfly fossils"

"The largest recorded earthquake in the Netherlands and in Northwestern Europe to date (the 1992 ML 5.8 Roermond earthquake) didn’t wake me up."

"Everytime I go on a holiday I end up doing fieldwork."

"Before I became a palaeobiologist, I worked in a nursing home, translation and logistics companies and organized science activities for children. There are different paths to science!"

"My wife’s family owns an apartment where I did my first geological fieldwork: in the Schistes Lustrés of the Western Alps."

"As I tend to forget names, I can't remember most names of the mountains I climbed by bike. But it always was fun!"