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• Emergent Space-Time, Black Holes and Quantum Information Event - 7 February 2024

  PhD defence

• Former scientific director physics remains active. ‘Through this role, I continue being part of the future.’ News - 5 August 2024

  For many years, he was active in various management positions at the LION and even after his retirement he is still very involved. Professor Jan Aarts leads the Leiden hub of the Quantum Delta NL growth fund and is now temporarily responsible for national educational activities. In this way, he is helping…

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  Nandan Malhotra PhD candidate-guest

  Faculty of Science

  n.malhotra@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Stories from women in physics: ‘I want to understand how the world works’ News - 10 February 2023

  For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, women students and researchers from physics talk about what inspires them about their work. From quantum to cosmology and biophysics, their curiosity about how nature works is what connects these women. What do these 5 scientists want to share…

• Cheaper, more accurate DNA sequencing News - 3 February 2025

  A new graphene-based method could make for faster, cheaper and more accurate DNA sequencing, say a group of Leiden physicists and chemists.

• Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers News - 11 July 2022

  Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura i Brugués and health psychologist Liesbeth van Vliet.

• Remarkable achievement: Leiden professor appointed AAAS Fellow News - 26 April 2024

  Carlo Beenakker has been appointed a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organisation behind the journal Science. Among the Fellows, he is the third Dutch person and first Leiden researcher.

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  Thijs Hoogenboom Precision mechanics technician

  Faculty of Science

  hoogenboom@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1897

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  Raphaël Zwier Precision mechanics technician

  Faculty of Science

  zwier@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5573

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  Herman Spaink Professor of Molecular cell biology

  Faculty of Science

  h.p.spaink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275055

• KHMW graduation prize for research on superconducting qubits News - 28 November 2023

  Matthias Flór receives the KHMW Graduation Prize in Theoretical Physics for his master's thesis. His research on exotic superconductors at Leiden University and TU Delft struck a chord with the jury. The jury unanimously chose to award Flór noting that ‘he demonstrated impressive technical abilities…

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  Bob van de Water Professor of Drug safety science

  Faculty of Science

  water_b@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6223

• Separating quantum and classical computing: rigorous proof and practical application Event - 27 May 2025

  PhD defence

• Hybrid Quantum-Classical Metaheuristics for Automated Machine Learning Applications Event - 18 November 2025

  PhD defence

• Computational speedups and learnability in quantum machine learning Event - 4 April 2024

  PhD defence

• Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model Event - 23 January 2024

  PhD defence

• The power of one qubit in quantum simulation algorithms Event - 22 February 2024

  PhD defence

• Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatre News - 22 July 2025

  Astronomers and surgeons from Leiden are collaborating with industry to develop an optical instrument that delivers faster, more accurate imaging of tumour tissue and abnormal blood flow during surgery.

• Cognitive Mechanism of Conformity Event - 26 October 2023

  PhD defence

• Unravelling Glycosylation Reaction Mechanisms Event - 9 October 2025

  PhD defence

• Colloidal Mechanical Metamaterials Event - 5 June 2025

  PhD defence

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  Wolfgang Löffler Associate professor / director of educations

  Faculty of Science

  loeffler@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5931

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  David Simon Dechant PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  dechant@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vedran Dunjko Professor in Quantum Computing

  Faculty of Science

  v.dunjko@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2873

• On quantum transport in flat-band materials Event - 4 October 2023

  PhD defence

• In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper News - 22 January 2024

  This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…

• Leiden University supports Zuid-Holland Acceleration Programme News - 16 December 2025

  Leiden University supports the new Zuid-Holland Acceleration Programme, which builds on the Growth Agenda for Zuid-Holland and focuses on accelerating innovation, sustainability and economic growth in the region.

• Computing with rubber News - 22 May 2024

  Without electronics carrying out computational tasks our daily lives would look very different. Devices such as elevators, vending machines, turnstiles, washing machines and even traffic lights use a simple form of electronic computing to switch from state to state. But, what if power supply is not…

• Hysterons and Pathways in Mechanical Metamaterials Event - 31 May 2023

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  Bas Hensen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  hensen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1889

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  Milan Allan Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  allan@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275819

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  Stefano Polla Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  polla@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5526

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  Yudai Sato Postdoc / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  sato@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  JINYU ZHANG CSC PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  zhang@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Zhiyuan Cheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  cheng@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Owidiusz Makuta Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  makuta@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thomas Steenbergen Phd candidate

  Faculty of Science

  steenbergen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5926

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  Albert Gasull Celades Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  gasullcelades@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Saqib Ahmad Education/research assistant

  Faculty of Science

  ahmad@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275896

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  Maria Luisa Mattana Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  mattana@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276565

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  Jurriaan Langendorff PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  langendorff@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464

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  Junxiang Yao Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  yao@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kshiti Sneh Rai PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  sneh@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5528

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  Vitalii Fedosieiev Researcher

  Faculty of Science

  fedosieiev@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278405

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  Dennis Uitenbroek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  uitenbroek@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6464

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  Aletta Meinsma Guest

  Faculty of Science

  meinsma@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Resi Aarts PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  raarts@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275926

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  Patrick Emonts Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  emonts@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kirsten Kanneworff Guest - PhD

  Faculty of Science

  kanneworff@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mengyao Hu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  mengyao@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275504