After receiving her dental degree at the University of Amsterdam in 1988, Linda completed her postgraduate training in Endodontology at Baylor college of Dentistry in the Dallas (TX) USA.

After returning to the Netherlands she was co-founder and  coordinator of  the new  postgraduate training programme in Endodontology at the Academic Centre for Dentistry in Amsterdam.

In 2002 Linda finished her PhD thesis  “Endodontic infections and Apical periodontitis” for which she received the Hans-Genet award of the European Society of Endodontology.  She has authored and co-authored  national and international refereed papers , endodontic teaching manuals and has given many lectures and courses on endodontics.

Presently Linda runs a private Endodontic practice in Amsterdam,  is associate professor at the department of conservative dentistry at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and  is  member of the editorial board of the “International Endodontic Journal”.