\project thesis \startcomponent curriculum-vitae \startchapter [title={Curriculum Vitae}, reference=chap:curriculum-vitae] Joshua Moerman was born in 1991 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. After doing gymnasium at the Christiaan Huygens College in Eindhoven (2003 -- 2009), he did a double bachelor programme in {\it mathematics} and {\it computer science} at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. In 2013, he obtained both bachelors {\it summa cum laude} and continued with a master in mathematics. He obtained the degree of Master of Science {\it summa cum laude} in Mathematics in 2015, with a specialisation in algebra and topology. In February 2015, he started his Ph.D. under supervision of Frits Vaandrader, Sebastiaan Terwijn, and Alexandra Silva. This was a joint project with the computer science institute (iCIS) and the mathematics departement (IMAPP) of the Radboud University. During the four years of his Ph.D., he spent a total of six months at University College London, UK. As of April 2019, Joshua works as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Joost-Pieter Katoen at the RWTH Aachen, Germany. \stopchapter \stopcomponent