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Dr. Nicole van der Meulen is an expert in cybercrime and cybersecurity, currently serving as the Cyber Security Innovation Lead at SURF. With an academic background from Tilburg University, where she earned her PhD in 2010 with a comparative study on digital financial identity theft between the United States and the Netherlands, Dr. van der Meulen has developed extensive experience in the field. She has held key roles, including Head of Policy & Development at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), where she was responsible for the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA). Additionally, she has advised on security affairs for the Dutch Banking Association and led the cybersecurity team at RAND Europe’s Defence, Security and Infrastructure group in Cambridge, UK. Throughout her career, Dr. van der Meulen has collaborated with governmental agencies, private sector organizations, and academic institutions to address key cybersecurity challenges.