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Curriculum Vitae
Personalia
Name: Jasper H. B. de Groot, PhD
Born: 25th of May, 1989
Place of birth: Harderwijk, the Netherlands
Current position
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Social, Health, and Organizational Psychology
Utrecht University
Contact
Martinus J. Langeveld building
Heidelberglaan 1
3584 CS, Utrecht
The Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +31 (0)30 253 4871
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jasper_Groot
Citations, h-index: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gVEE3-0AAAAJ&hl
Publications
[Total (average) JCR Impact Factor, 2015: 53.13 (6.64)]
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (in press). On the communicative
function of body odors: A theoretical integration and review. Perspectives on
Psychological Science.
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., Rowson, M. J., Bulsing, P. J., Blonk, C. G., Wilkinson,
J. E., & Semin, G. R. (2015). A sniff of happiness. Psychological Science, 26, 684700. doi: 10.1177/0956797614566318
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., & Semin, G. R. (2015). Rapid stress system drives
chemical transfer of fear from sender to receiver. PLoS One, 10, e0118211. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0118211
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2014). Chemical communication of
fear: A case of male-female asymmetry. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General, 143, 1515-1525. doi: 10.1037/a0035950
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2014). I can see, hear, and smell your
fear: Comparing olfactory and audiovisual media in fear communication. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 825-834. doi: 10.1037/a0033731
Semin, G. R., & de Groot, J. H. B. (2013). The chemical bases of human sociality. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 17, 427-429. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.05.008
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., Kaldewaij, A., Duijndam, M. A. J., & Semin, G. R.
(2012) 1. Chemosignals communicate human emotions. Psychological Science, 23,
1417-1424. doi: 10.1177/0956797612445317
Aarts, H., Ruys, K. I., Veling, H., Renes, R. A., de Groot, J. H. B., van Nunen, A. M., &
Geertjes, S. (2010) 2. The art of anger: Reward context turns avoidance responses to
anger-related objects into approach. Psychological Science, 21, 1406-1410. doi:
10.1177/0956797610384152
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Master’s research
Bachelor’s research
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Grants, awards, honors
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2016, Travel Award. European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO).
2016, Postdoctoral Travel Award. Association for Chemoreception Sciences.
2015, PhD “with distinction” (cum laude).
2015, Travel Award. Association for Chemoreception Sciences.
2015, Travel Award. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
2014, Housing Award. Association for Chemoreception Sciences.
2012, Research Talent Grant (€168.556). Peer-reviewed grant obtained from
the Dutch Institute for Scientific Research (NWO).
• 2011, P. G. Swanborn Prize. Best Master’s thesis written within the Faculty of
Social & Behavioral Sciences.
• 2011, Research MSc “with distinction” (cum laude).
Education
2015, PhD (with distinction). Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (3 years).
2013, Summer School on Smell & Taste. Uniklinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
2011, Research MSc in Social & Health Psychology (with distinction). Utrecht
University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• GPA: 8.5 / 10 (USA: 4.0). Salutatorian.
• Thesis grade: 9.5 / 10
• Awards: P. G. Swanborn Prize (see above) and Best Presentation Prize (SHP
Research Masters, UU), unanimously awarded by committee of SHP teachers.
• Extracurricular activities: Two (simultaneous) student assistantships, supporting
professor van den Hout and professor Smeets in collecting and analyzing data.
2009, BSc in Psychology, with a specialization in Social Psychology. Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands.
• GPA: 8 / 10 (USA: 4.0)
• Thesis grade: 9 / 10
• Extracurricular activities: von Humboldt College honors program.
Presentations
Invited presentations
de Groot, J. H. B. (2016, September). On the mechanisms of fear chemosignaling: A metaanalysis. In J. K. Olofsson & J. Freiherr (Chairs), Trends in human chemosensation:
Olfactory enhancement and chemosignalling. Symposium conducted at the 26th
Annual Meeting of the European Chemoreception Research Organization, Athens,
Greece.
de Groot, J. H. B. (2016, June). An integrative perspective on human olfactory
communication. Presentation at the 10th Annual Helmholtz Retreat. Schoorl, the
Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B. (2015, December). Rapid stress system drives chemical transfer of fear
from sender to receiver. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Dutch Association
of Social Psychologists. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B. (2015, July). The socially situated nature of emotional chemosignaling.
Presentation at the Helmholtz Institute “PhD day”. Utrecht, the Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B. (2015, April). The sense of smell: A meaningful sense. Presentation at the
yearly member meeting of the Dutch Association of Anosmics [Anosmie Vereniging
Nederland]. Maarssen, the Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B. (2015, March). Olfactory “Communication”: Human odors as information
source. Presentation at the Donders Institute, Max Planck Institute, and Center for
Language Studies research meeting. Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2014, June). The sense of smell,
emotions, and the brain. Presentation at the 8th Annual Helmholtz Retreat, Schoorl,
the Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2014, May). Emotion and the sense of
smell. Presentation at the Kurt Lewin Institute Biannual Congress, Zeist, the
Netherlands.
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2013, August). Fear chemosignals in
context. Presentation at the 15th European Social Cognition Network Transfer of
Knowledge Conference (ESCON), Vilnius, Lithuania.
Poster presentations
Leading to published abstracts in the peer-reviewed journal Chemical Senses
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., & Semin, G. R. (2016, April). Evidence of evidence for
human chemosignaling: Applying a novel meta-analytic technique. Published
abstract of research presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association of
Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FA.
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., & Semin, G. R. (2015, April). Rapid stress system
drives chemosignaling of fear in humans. Published abstract of research presented
at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Association of Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita
Springs, FA.
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2014, April). Chemosignaling of fear in
humans: A case of male-female asymmetry. Published abstract of research
presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association of Chemoreception
Sciences, Bonita Springs, FA.
Other poster presentations
de Groot, J. H. B., Semin, G. R., & Smeets, M. A. M. (2015, February). Rapid stress system
drives fear chemosignaling. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., & Semin, G. R. (2013, January). Chemosignals
communicate human emotions. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Conference co-productions
Smeets, M. A. M., de Groot, J. H. B. (2016, April). When all noses agree: Cross-cultural
universalities in the sensory rejection of malodor. Published abstract of research
presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association of Chemoreception
Sciences, Bonita Springs, FA.
Smeets, M. A. M., de Groot, J. H. B., & Semin, G. R. (2014, April). Equal relevance of
olfactory compared to audiovisual channels in communicating fear. Published
abstract of research presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association of
Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FA.
Smeets, M. A. M., de Groot, J. H. B., & Semin, G. R. (2012, April). The smell of disgust and
fear: Specific emotional chemosignalling of fear and disgust in humans. Published
abstract of research presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Association of
Chemoreception Sciences, Huntington Beach, CA.
Smeets, M. A. M., de Groot, J. H. B., & Semin, G. R. (2012, January). The smell of fear and
disgust: Chemosignalling of emotion via sweat. Bielefeld, Germany, Invited oral
presentation at The Evolution of Disgust: From Oral to Moral, Bielefeld, Germany.
Smeets, M. A. M., Toet, A., Duinkerken, R., de Groot, J. H. B., Kaldewaij, A., van den Hout,
M. A., & Semin, G. R. (2011, April). Human communication of emotion via sweat:
How specific is it? Published abstract of research presented at the 33rd Annual
Meeting of the Association of Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, FA.
Renes, R. A., de Groot, J. H. B., Geertjes, S., van Nunen, A. M., Ruys, K. I., & Aarts, H.
(2009, December). Boosheid als positieve kracht: Hoe boosheid onbewust leidt tot
gemotiveerd gedrag [Anger as an implicit motivator: How anger subconsciously leads
to motivated behavior]. In J. W. Prooijen, B. Derks, M. Stel, M. Vliek, & R. J. Renes
(Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2009, Groningen, The Netherlands: ASPO
Pers.
Ad hoc reviewer
Annals of Human Biology
Biological Psychology
Chemical Senses (2)
Emotion
Frontiers in Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
PLoS One
Psychological Science
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Teaching and administrative tasks
Ongoing
• Master’s thesis supervision (Sharah Wisman, Sadja Faili, Sander Vink, Andy Tsin)
• Bachelor’s thesis supervision: 21 students
2015/2016
• Lecture (150 people) on ‘The sense of smell’ and lecture on ‘The sense of taste’ for
the Bachelor’s course Sensation and Perception, Psychology, Utrecht University
• Three specialist lectures (14 people) on programming in Inquisit in a Research
Methods Course, Social & Health Psychology Research Master’s, Utrecht University
• Research Internship Supervisor for Social & Health Psychology Research Master’s
student Cristina Spoiala
• Seven double lectures (60 people in total) Bachelor’s course Social Cognition
2014/2015
• No teaching (last year dissertation)
2013/2014
• Lab Planner Social & Organizational Psychology
2012/2013
• Four lectures (30 people) Bachelor’s course Methods & Statistics II
Media appearances
Public interview
 Presenter at Science Café Utrecht as part of Studium Generale (estimated 700
attendants) panel discussion/lecture about what constitutes happiness. I represented
the fields of psychology and olfaction.
General link: https://www.sg.uu.nl/agenda/2016/science-caf%C3%A9-geluk
Link to podcast: https://www.sg.uu.nl/videos/podcast-science-café-geluk
Link to blog: https://www.sg.uu.nl/nieuws/2016/maakbaar-geluk
Television interviews
 VRT (Flemish Radio & Television): “Ook getest op mensen”
Link: http://www.een.be/programmas/ook-getest-op-mensen/angstzweet
 RTV (Radio & Television) Utrecht: “Westbroek!”
Link: http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/gemist/uitzending/rtvutrecht/westbroek/20141118-0711/
Live radio interviews
 Radio M (2015), “Aan Tafel!”
Link: http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/gemist/uitzending/radiomutrecht/aan-tafel/20150513-1300/
 Radio M (2014)
 Fun X (2013)
 RTV Utrecht (2013)
Radio interviews
 NPO Wetenschap [Science] (2015, June), “De Kennis van Nu”
http://www.npowetenschap.nl/site/media/Bacterien-die-kanker-veroorzaken/207
 BNR Nieuwsradio [News radio] (2015, June),
http://www.bnr.nl/?player=archief&fragment=20150609063905300
 BNR Nieuwsradio [News radio] (2015, April)
http://www.bnr.nl/radio/bnr-spitsuur/wetenschap-vandaag/591349-1504/de-geur-vaneen-lach
Written press
International papers, e.g.: Time; BBC; Research Digest; Huffington Post; Psychology
Today; New York Daily News; Men’s Health; Women’s Health
National papers, e.g.: Algemeen Dagblad; Dagblad van het Noorden; Gooi en
Eembode; Leids Dagblad; de Telegraaf; de Volkskrant
Extracurricular activities and/or volunteer services
Paid
 2016: Business Consultant for Unilever, London, United Kingdom.
o Two days of pre-work, assembling material for the workshop, and one day
expert meeting (daily rate: €700 net)
 2015/2016: Literature Review supervisor of Neuroscience & Cognition student Miriam
Hoffmann-Harnisch.
Unpaid
 2016: Research Assistant assessment committee member
 2015/2016: Organizer of the Social Neuroscience monthly meeting, bridging research
of members from the departments Social, Health, and Organizational Psychology
and Psychonomics.
 2015: Written article on the psychological aspects of the sense of smell as part of a
newsletter for the Dutch Association of Individuals with Anosmia
(http://www.ruikenenproeven.nl/geur-en-herinneringen-de-wetenschap-aan-hetwoord/)
 2015: PhD student assessment committee “Internationalization”.
 2015: Oral presentation on “the sense of smell as a meaningful sense” at the Annual
meeting of the Dutch Association of Individuals with Anosmia.
 2015: Volunteer services. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (37th Annual
Meeting), Bonita Springs, Florida.
 2014: Volunteer services. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (36th Annual
Meeting), Bonita Springs, Florida.