Welcome to my webpage

I am an assistant professor at the Mathematical Institute of Utrecht University.

I am a co-PI of the NWO-XL consortium "Rational points: new dimensions"; the project runs from 2023 to 2028. You can find the consortium website here.
From 2024 to 2029 my research is funded by an NWO VIDI grant.
From 2020 to 2023 my research was funded by an NWO VENI grant.

My research is in arithmetic geometry.
You can find out more by going to my Research pages.

As of March 2024, I am a member of De Jonge Akademie.
You can find their website here.

As of March 2021, I am a member of the Utrecht Young Academy. From 2023 to 2024 I served as a board member. You can find the UYA website here.

From 2019 to 2024, I was a board member of the NWO Diamant cluster.
You can find the Diamant website here.

In August 2022, I organised the workshop "Women in Numbers - Europe 4''. You can find the conference website here.

In 2013, I co-founded EWM-NL (European Women in Mathematics - the Netherlands). From 2013 to 2015 and from 2020 to 2021 I was a board member. You can find the EWM-NL website here.

A while ago I was interviewed for a (Dutch) podcast about life as a mathematician. You can find the podcast here. This was turned into an interview in the magazine Pythagoras, as you can read here.

At the bottom of this page you can find my pictorial CV. My full CV is available upon request.

Email V.Z.Karemaker"at"uu.nl
Phone number +31(0)30-2534790

Mailing address
Mathematisch Instituut
Universiteit Utrecht
P.O. Box 80010
3508 TA Utrecht
The Netherlands

Last updated: 9 April 2025.