66 search results for “geometry” in the Staff website
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Martin Brightm.j.bright@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277132
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Ronald van Luijkrvl@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277147
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Marco Strengstreng@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277093
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Robin de Jongrdejong@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274829
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Rusydi Makarimr.h.makarim@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Half a million for X-ray research to conserve masterpieces
Professor of Computer Science Joost Batenburg has received half a million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to improve the conservation of historical paintings with 3D X-ray imaging.
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Yuezhao Liy.li@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Spectral localisers and aperiodic topological phases in noncommutative geometry
PhD defence
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Jan Vonkj.b.vonk@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277149
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Losing count: the mathematical magic of counting curves
How can you figure out which points lie on a certain curve? And how many possible curves do you count by a given number of points? These are the kinds of questions Pim Spelier of the Mathematical Institute studied during his PhD research. Spelier received his doctorate with distinction on June 12.
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Honouring a mathematical legacy: Edixhoven fellow tries to understand millennia-old problems
Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been occupying mathematicians for over two millennia,’ says theoretical mathematician David Lilienfeldt. In September, he started at the Mathematical Institute…
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Joost Batenburgk.j.batenburg@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276985
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ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe'
On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.
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Haowen Zhangh.zhang@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Emre Sertöze.c.sertoz@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274839
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Léo Ducas
l.ducas@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yajnaseni Duttay.dutta@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274844
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Elie Studnia
e.n.g.studnia@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eugenia Rosue.rosu@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277138
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Jonathan Love
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Tropical Tensor Networks and Bell Inequalities: From Multipartite Nonlocality to Quantum Device Certification
PhD defence
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Sanskar Agrawal
s.agrawal@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Paolo Bordignon
p.bordignon@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jorre The
j.c.the@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Stef Nomden
s.nomden@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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New professor David Holmes engages with age-old counting problems
As of 1 October, David Holmes has been appointed full professor of Pure Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). His work lies at the intersection of algebra, geometry and number theory.
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Alexander Molyakov
a.molyakov@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Amira Tlemsani
a.tlemsani@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Victor de Vriesv.w.h.de.vries@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zhelun Chen
z.chen@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Antigona Pajaziti
a.pajaziti@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Xiao Yang
x.yang@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Shane Gibbons
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Honourable mention for Rosa Schwarz at Christiaan Huygens Prize 2024
During the award ceremony of the Christiaan Huygens Prize on 16 October, mathematician Rosa Schwarz received an honourable mention. Schwarz, former PhD candidate of the Mathematical Institute, received the mention for her dissertation ‘Logarithmic approach to the double ramification cycle’.
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Céline Fietz
c.fietz@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Michael Yonli
m.yonli@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Charlotte Dombrowskyc.k.l.dombrowsky@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rubicon grant for Leiden physicist: why do leaves of a tree always grow in the same shape?
PhD candidate Ludwig Hoffmann will spend two years at Harvard University in the US thanks to a Rubicon grant he won on April 11. Using theoretical models he studies biological tissues, for example during morphogenesis. This is the process that causes tissue or organisms to develop their shape. ‘This…
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers
Two Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to 2 million euros will enable them to continue and develop their research.
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In Memoriam - Bas Edixhoven
On January 16, 2022, our respected and beloved colleague Prof. dr. Bas Edixhoven passed away after a short period of serious illness.
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Mathematics lecture: Manjul Bhargava - Magic squares, cubes and hypercubes
Lecture
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‘As long as the logic works, you can do whatever you want’
With a healthy dose of logic and creativity, mathematics student Lance Bakker shows how computers can prove complex mathematics. His method proves intricate formulas without calculating every intermediate step. It earned him a nomination for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2025.
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70 years Mathematical Institute - growth, prosperity and (mathematical) challenges
Floreat et crescat. Flourish and grow. That was what was wished for the Mathematical Institute at its opening. Now, the institute proudly celebrates its 70th anniversary. Time to reflect on how it all began. And importantly, how is it doing now?
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers
Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elaborate their ideas over a period of three years.
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Jan Vonk appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 November, Jan Vonk has been appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). The institute is delighted with Jan’s appointment, as is he. ‘At the MI we combine the abstract with the concrete like no other.’
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From equations to excursions: Leiden students excel at International Maths Competition
Five mathematics students from Leiden University and their coach stood out this summer in Bulgaria at the IMC: the International Mathematics Competition for university students. Lance, Ryan, Casper, Mads and Lars tackled tough maths problems and also made the most of the Bulgarian sunshine.
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Three Leiden researchers receive NWO Open Competition grant for innovative science
Sustainable biotechnology, new insights into genome evolution and combining forces in mathematics. The NWO has awarded grants to these three innovative Leiden research projects in the ENW-M Open Competition.
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Executive Board visits institutes: ‘We want to talk to our colleagues in the place where it all happens’
Board members Annetje Ottow and Hester Bijl recently visited the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL, Faculty of Humanities) and the Mathematical Institute (MI, Faculty of Science). This was the start of a series of visits to institutes at our university. The focus is on talking to researchers…
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ERC Consolidator grant for Alessandra Silvestri: putting gravity to the test on cosmological scales
Does gravity work the same when you look at the largest scales in our universe? That’s what Leiden physicist Alessandra Silvestri will study with a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator grant. ‘We assume that it does, but we don’t actually know.’