Michiel T. van der Meer

Michiel T. van der Meer

Postdoctoral Researcher at Leiden University

Teaching Experience

Lectures & Course Organization

  • Agentic Large Language Models (2026 – 2027)
    Leiden University | MSc
    Organizing and lecturing for the Agentic LLMs course (4343ALLMOY).
    Study guides: 2026/27
  • Natural Language Processing (2024 – 2027)
    Leiden University | BSc
    Organizing and lecturing for the NLP course (4032NLP6X/C).
    Study guides: 2026/27, 2025/26, 2024/25
  • AI & Robotics Challenge (AIR) (2023 – 2024)
    Leiden University | BSc
    Co-organized the extracurricular AIR challenge for BSc Informatica students.

Assistance & Guest Lectures

  • Natural Language Processing for Society (2025 – 2026)
    TU Delft | Guest lecture and assistant for course DSAIT4100.
  • Software Engineering (2022 – 2023)
    Leiden University | Assistant for the software engineering project (4032SFTE6).
  • Text Mining (2020 – 2022)
    Leiden University | Gues lecture and assistant for the 4343TXTMN course for two consecutive years.
  • Seminar on Surveillance Politics and Voter Manipulation (2022)
    University of Stuttgart | Guest lecture on digital deliberation for BSc students in Political Science.
  • Human-Robot Interaction (2021 – 2022)
    Leiden University | Assistant for the 4032KIHR6 course.
  • Computersystemen (2018 – 2019)
    Universiteit van Amsterdam | Assistant for the 5082COSY6Y course.

Thesis Supervision

As a postdoctoral researcher, I supervise BSc/MSc thesis students on topics related to my research.

Availability

I am currently accepting new BSc and MSc students from Leiden University for thesis projects on topics that match my research interests: natural language processing, large language models, agentic LLMs, subjectivity in NLP, and human-AI collaboration. Bring your own proposal or ask me for a suggestion, and get in touch via email.

Completed Projects