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+---
+# Display name
+title: Olaf Erkemeij
+#8f9521
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- olaf
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: Research Assistant
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: University of Amsterdam
+  url: "https://www.uva.nl/en"
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+# bio:
+
+interests:
+ - Programming Languages
+ - Functional Programming
+ - Web Security
+
+education:
+  courses:
+  - course: MSc Software Engineering
+    institution: University of Amsterdam
+    year: 2024
+  - course: Bachelor Computing Science
+    institution: University of Amsterdam
+    year: 2023
+
+social:
+ - icon: github
+   icon_pack: fab
+   link: https://github.com/Olaf-Erkemeij
+#- icon: google-scholar
+#  icon_pack: ai
+#  link: https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=Kr9HqXAAAAAJ
+#- icon: orcid
+#  icon_pack: ai
+#  link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1016-5303
+
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ""
+
+# Highlight the author in author lists? (true/false)
+highlight_name: false
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
+user_groups:
+- Research, Technical and Administrative Support
+---
+
+<h2> Hi there!</h2>
+<p>
+I am currently working as a part-time research assistant. I work on a new interpreter for the <a href="https://gitlab.com/eflint">eFLINT programming language</a>. This server-side interpreter is meant to act as an efficient alternative to the reference interpreter in Haskell.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Next to being a research asistant, I am currently also a student here at the University of Amsterdam, attending the Software Engineering master.
+</p>
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