I obtained my bachelor and master degree at the department of the Built Environment at the university of technology of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Recently I started as a PhD student at the same university for the Interreg Smart Circular Bridge project. This project has the aim to use structural health monitoring to estimate the degradation and the remaining service life as well as current level of structural safety of pedestrian bridges. My aim in the related PhD research is to investigate the influence of moisture on the long term performance degradation of natural fibre reinforced polyester in the context of a structural health monitoring system.