| MAVO (medium level general education) Chr MAVO Uitermeer, Lisse. | 1979 - 1983. |
| HAVO (higher level general education) Sg. Rijnlands Lyceum, Sassenheim. | 1983 - 1985. |
| VWO (preparatory scientific education) Sg. Rijnlands Lyceum, Sassenheim. [Subjects: Dutch, English, Math. (A+B for VWO), Physics, Biology, History]. | 1985 - 1987. |
| Astronomy, Leiden University | 1987 - 1988. |
| English, Leiden University | 1988 - 1992. |
| General Linguistics, Leiden University | 1989 - 1993. |
| NWO PhD student (OIO) Research School “Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics” | 1993 - 1997. |