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• 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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  Wolfgang Löffler Associate professor / director of educations

  loeffler@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275931

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  Kees van Oosten Precision mechanics technician

  oosten@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275442

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  Fred Schenkel Instructor Practical Education / Technical Education

  schenkel@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275770

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  Thijs Hoogenboom Precision mechanics technician

  hoogenboom@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271897

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  Ruud van Egmond Precision mechanics technician

  egmondr@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271880

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  Gijsbert Verdoes Project coordinator fine mechanical department

  verdoes@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275562

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  Manon Mulder Warehouse manager fine mechanical department

  mulder@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275719

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  Martijn Witlox Precision mechanics technician

  witlox@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275788

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  Jeroen Mesman Precision mechanics technician

  mesman@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275641

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  Emiel Wiegers Precision mechanics technician

  wiegers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271248

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  Nandan Malhotra Guest researcher

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

• 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…

• 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

• 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.

• Colloidal Mechanical Metamaterials Event - 5 June 2025

  PhD defence

• Unravelling Glycosylation Reaction Mechanisms Event - 9 October 2025

  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.…

• Grants for AI in healthcare, computing with light and climate-resilient cities News - 28 May 2026

  Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognised through grants, prizes and other awards. We highlight some of these achievements below.

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  Vedran Dunjko Professor

  v.dunjko@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272873

• 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…

• 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

• Superposition: Exploring (In)Effective Public Communication About Quantum Technology Event - 28 January 2026

  PhD defence

• Experimental quantum position verification: practical challenges and single-photon correlations Event - 18 February 2026

  PhD defence

• Post-quantum Security of Cryptographic Transformations in the Random Oracle Model Event - 1 April 2026

  PhD defence

• 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.

• 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…

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  Owidiusz Makuta Postdoc

  makuta@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jinyu Zhang CSC PhD candidate

  zhang@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eloïc Vallée PhD candidate

  vallee@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yudai Sato Postdoctoral Researcher

  sato@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jurriaan Langendorff PhD candidate

  langendorff@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464

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  Patrick Emonts Guest researcher

  emonts@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Liubov Markovich Postdoc

  markovich@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Unggul Karami PhD candidate

  ukarami@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Albert Gasull Celades Postdoc

  gasullcelades@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dennis Uitenbroek PhD candidate

  uitenbroek@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276464

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  Loek van Everdingen PhD candidate

  everdingen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Martijn Janse PhD candidate

  janse@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275475

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  Enrique Morell Salcedo PhD candidate

  morell@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278405

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  Bas Hensen Assistant professor

  hensen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271889

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  Thomas Steenbergen Phd candidate

  steenbergen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275926

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  Kshiti Sneh Rai PhD candidate

  sneh@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275528

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  Vitalii Fedosieiev Researcher

  fedosieiev@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278405

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  Sander van Leeuwen Research Technician

  svanleeuwen@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275448

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  Zhiyuan Cheng PhD candidate

  cheng@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727