Jan-Cees van der Meer is  assistant professor in the Applied Analysis group of the Mathematics Department of the Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests are nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation theory.

Some dates:
1973 Atheneum B, Comenius Scholengemeenschap, Capelle a/d IJssel.
1977 Bachelors degree Mathematics, University of Utrecht, minor Mathematical Biology.
1979 Masters degree Mathematics (analysis), University of Utrecht, minor in educational theory and didactics.
1979-1985 Research and teaching assistant and Phd student at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Utrecht.
1985 Phd degree in Mathematics and Science, University of Utrecht. Supervisors: prof. dr J.J. Duistermaat and dr R.H. Cushman.
1985 Researcher at the Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik of the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule , Zürich, Switserland.
1985-1986 Researcher at the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam.
1987 Visiting assistant professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Houston, U.S.A.
1986 - ...  Assistant professor at the department of Mathematics and Computing Science of the Eindhoven University of Technology.