Danny obtained his BSc degree with honors in 2010 at the HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht. He obtained his MSc degree cum laude in 2012 at the VU University Amsterdam. Subsequently, he moved to the University of Amsterdam where he obtained his PhD in Chemistry cum laude in 2016, under supervision of Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt and Joost Reek, working on redox-active ligands. After his PhD, Danny worked as a NWO Rubicon Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Patrick Holland at Yale University on a NWO Rubicon fellowship, working on the development of low-valent iron complexes for the conversion of dinitrogen into organic amines. In September 2018, Danny started as a tenure track assistant professor at Utrecht University where he received tenure and was promoted to associate professor per January 2024. His research focusses on the development of well defined homogeneous multimetallic catalyst systems.

Danny serves on the Early Career Advisory Boards of both JACS Au and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry and was selected as a member of the Utrecht Young Academy in 2022.  He also is a regular member of the SIA Kiem GoChem  committee and a regular reviewer for top chemistry journals such as JACS, Angewandte Chemie and Chemical Science. Danny also coordinates the Organic Chemistry line within Utrecht University’s BSc program and teaches several courses on Organic and Organometallic Chemistry at the BSc and MSc level.