Jikke Adema has over 20 years of expercience as project manager / change manager and (senior) research support officer, mostly in an academic environment and some in the public sector, both in Australia and the Netherlands. This gives her a wide perspective on how to plan, budget, and run research projects, and how to support academics with their career development. Examples of past experience include project management of science projects; coordinating multidisciplinary science projects as part of larger programs; research data management; use of electronic learning environments in tertiary education; e-Research. Apart from that she has a strategic view on the research landscape with a focus on removing barriers and improving processes for the longer term.

Currently Jikke supports research staff and particularly the Dean (Research) at the College of Science and Engineering.