Hylke Vervaeke teaches the courses 'Brain & Mind' and 'Brain & Behavior' at AUC and is a lecturer of Neuroscience at the VU University Amsterdam, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam.Hylke obtained her MSc in Biomedical Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. She then moved to Amsterdam and received her PhD (on the behavioural aspects and social context of ecstasy use) from the University of Amsterdam in 2009. She has also co-authored a book on Drugs and Alcohol ('Drugs en Alcohol. Gebruik, misbruik en verslaving.', 'Drugs and Alcohol. Use, Abuse and Addiction.' by R. Kerssemakers; R. van Meerten; E.A. Noorlander; H. Vervaeke).