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• Eleven Open Competition Domain Science XS grants for Leiden researchers News - 9 December 2025

  Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their research projects. They are researching how to make software faster and greener, improve cancer detection and reduce anxiety by manipulating the biological…

• Data Structures for Quantum Circuit Verification and How To Compare Them Event - 25 February 2025

  PhD defence

• Computational aspects of class group actions and applications to post- quantum cryptography Event - 28 February 2024

  PhD defence

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  Sense Jan van der Molen Scientific Director / professor of Physics of condensed matter

  Faculty of Science

  wd-lion@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5708

• A glimpse into my research between Bayesian Optimization and Mechanics Event - 24 July 2023

  Lecture

• With this algorithm, new medicines can be found more quickly News - 27 March 2024

  Did he dare take a gamble with his PhD research? Jeroen Methorst didn’t have to think long about it. It could fail or turn out very well. The latter is the case. Methorst developed a computer system that helps researchers find the protein they need. ‘Our whole group is now using this program.’ Methorst…

• A lifestyle app or a children’s book? Summer school for scientists News - 1 April 2021

  It’s about much more than learning how to write a readable piece or give a presentation that doesn’t send the audience to sleep. The intensive Science Communication Summer School gives young scientists the chance to really make contact with the public.

• [CANCELLED] Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire Event - 8 April 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

• Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor Event - 13 February 2024

  Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

• Regulation of autophagy-related mechanisms during bacterial infection Event - 5 December 2023

  PhD defence

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  Jordi Tura Brugués Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  tura@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michiel de Dood Associate professor / Head of BSc Physics

  Faculty of Science

  dood@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5929

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  Edison Salazar Quezada Guest postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  salazar@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vadim Cheianov Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  cheianov@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5935

• 
  Jacopo Piantanida Chiesa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Jonah Post PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  post@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4380

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  Julius Mildenberger Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  mildenberger@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Guido Stam Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  wgstam@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5470

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  Tjerk Oosterkamp Professor of Experimental physics

  Faculty of Science

  oosterkamp@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275424

• 
  Jan Aarts Professor Emeritus Experimental physics

  Faculty of Science

  aarts@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Louk Rademaker Visiting fellow

  Faculty of Science

  rademaker@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Simona Borrelli Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

• Mechanism-Based Inhibitors and Probes for Neuraminidases Event - 12 September 2023

  PhD defence

• Gibbs States in Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems Event - 2 September 2025

  PhD defence

• Single-cell mechanics for disease biology and pharmacology Event - 26 March 2024

  PhD defence

• Exploring the mechanisms of metastatic onset for novel treatment strategies Event - 5 December 2023

  PhD defence

• A quirky block of rubber as a calculator News - 30 May 2023

  PhD candidate Jiangnan Ding explores how you can design a thick slab of rubber in a way that it might act as a mechanical computer bit. This so-called mechanical metamaterial is pushed in a specific way to change its shape. ‘With a very simple material, we might be able to do simple calculations in…

• Kiem projects 2024-2025 Kiem grant

  From health to migration to climate: 25 interdisciplinary research and education initiatives received a Kiem grant in 2024.

• Establishment of a New International Humanitarian Law Compliance Mechanism Event - 18 June 2024

  PhD defence

• Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant News - 23 October 2025

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.

• Rubicon grant for Remko Fermin: superconducting diodes for energy-efficient data centres News - 10 August 2023

  Physicist Remko Fermin from Leiden University was awarded a Rubicon grant from NWO. He will use it to study superconducting diodes that could contribute to reducing the CO2 emission of data centres.

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  Mio Poortvliet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  poortvliet@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4380

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  Yingjian Liu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  yingjian@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Riccardo Molteni PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  r.molteni@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Samuel González Castillo PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Science

  s.gonzalez.castillo@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasiia Lukianenko PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.lukianenko@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Camille de Valk PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Science

  devalk@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francien Bossema Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  bossema@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  José Dupont PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  dupont@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464

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  Koenraad Schalm Professor of Theoretical physics

  Faculty of Science

  kschalm@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5516

• A piece of rubber can't count. Right? News - 3 July 2023

  Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden university and AMOLF) develop a mechanical metamterial that can count to ten in their research.

• Mechanisms and consequences of horizontal gene transfer in cell wall- deficient cells of Kitasatospora viridifaciens Event - 31 January 2024

  PhD defence

• Shifting Relationships between Civil Society and International Criminal Mechanisms Event - 26 January 2023

  Conference, Discussion

• Lorentz Lecture: Superconductivity Event - 12 February 2025

  Lecture

• A theory rarely proves true in practice News - 14 October 2024

  Leiden students often prefer complicated theory and a difficult test to experiments. Yet associate professor Paul Logman believes students learn a lot from practical teaching. He challenges his students to come up with their research questions themselves. The Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is at…

• How to make cryptographic techniques more efficient? News - 1 June 2023

  Sharing scientific data, transferring money, or sending other sensitive information online: with cryptography, applications make sure your data does not fall into the wrong hands. Mathematician Thomas Attema (CWI/TNO/Leiden University) helps with this. For his PhD research, he developed a new technique…

• shaped by words: A cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production Event - 17 December 2025

  PhD defence

• Interactive lecture 'Brown Eyes Blue Eyes' Course

  Diversity

• A book discussion with Judge Theodor Meron CMG Event - 3 February 2026

  Book Launch

• centralised application of national law under the Single Supervisory Mechanism: A rule of law analysis Event - 13 May 2025

  PhD defence