His specific interest is in cardiac regenerative therapy, valvular disease and cardiac imaging. He combines state-of-the-art cardiac care with promising experimental techniques and tries to implement new strategies and techniques in the pre-clinical as well as the clinical phase. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers (H-index 35) and is an active member in the Dutch and European Society of Cardiology (eg. nucleus member of working group CARE), and scientific advisory board of the Dutch Heart Foundation, and the International Society of Cardiovascular Translational Research (ISCTR). He was (co-)PI in several large international research consortia and clinical trials, primarily focused on stem cell treatment, and valvular disease.