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CURRICULUM VITAE Mieke Marianne Pleumeekers was born on the 29 th of December 1983 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from Johannes Calvijn in Rotterdam in 2002, she started medical school at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. During an elective internship at the surgery department in Mzuzu, Malawi, she got in touch with facial plastic surgery. From that moment on, Mieke was fascinated by its technical and artistic challenges and was offered the chance to work her final months of medical school at the plastic and reconstructive surgery at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam (prof. dr. S.E.R. Hovius). She received her medical degree in 2009 and worked another 6 months as a senior house officer in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam (prof. dr. S.E.R. Hovius). During this period of time, she was introduced to the Connective Tissue Cells and Repair group (CTCR-group; department of Orthopaedics and Otorhinolaryngology) of prof. dr. G.V.J.M. van Osch and her PhD-training was initiated July 2010. The research was performed within the framework of a European research consortium: EuroNanoMed (EAREG-406340- 131009/1). During her PhD-training, Mieke was accepted as a trainee at the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery Erasmus MC in Rotterdam (prof. dr. I.M.J. Mathijssen). Her residency started the 1 st of December 2014 at the general surgery department at the Franciscus Gasthuis en Vlietland in Rotterdam (dr. T.M.A.L. Klem). 231 CURRICULUM VITAE