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164 search results for “optics tweezers” in the Staff website

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  Richard Wagner PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  wagner@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276465

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  Gerrit Tjalma Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Science

  tjalma@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Saqib Ahmad

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  John Hefele Buitenpromovendus

  Faculty of Science

  hefele@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sense Jan van der Molen Scientific Director / professor

  Faculty of Science

  wd-lion@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275708

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  Kaveh Lahabi Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  lahabi@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275603

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  Jan van Ruitenbeek Professor

  Faculty of Science

  ruitenbeek@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275450

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  Julius Mildenberger Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  mildenberger@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michiel de Dood Associate professor / Head of BSc Physics

  Faculty of Science

  dood@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275929

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  Xiaoyu Liu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  xiaoyu@lorentz.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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  Jordi Tura Brugués Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  tura@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Simona Borrelli Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Jacopo Piantanida Chiesa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  piantanida@physics.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Zherui Wang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  zherui@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wolfgang Löffler Associate professor / director of educations

  Faculty of Science

  loeffler@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275931

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  Tycho Blom Phd candidate

  Faculty of Science

  blom@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275476

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  Vadim Cheianov Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  cheianov@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275935

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  Jonah Post PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  post@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274380

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  Jan Aarts Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  aarts@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275478

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  Jinfu Chen Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  jinfuchen@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eli van der Bent PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  vanderbent@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276465

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  Alice Barthe PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Science

  barthe@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roya Sadid Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  sadid@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275519

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  Sebastián Alfonso Bahamondes Naranjo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.a.bahamondes.naranjo@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Reinier Regter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  rregter@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nico Pos Guest PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  npos@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Examining DNA molecules one by one: how combining techniques can help us understand diseases such as dementia News - 30 January 2026

  ‘By cleverly combining new techniques for analysing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia,’ predicts Professor John van Noort. Together with four leading biophysics research groups, he has written a review article in…

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  Martin van Exter Professor

  Faculty of Science

  exter@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275927

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  Mio Poortvliet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  poortvliet@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274380

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  Yingjian Liu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  yingjian@lorentz.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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  Henrik Nieratschker PhD Candidate / Self Funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.nieratschker@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jan Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  janli@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marien Raat PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  raat@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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…

• A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’ News - 7 February 2025

  Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights and robots in surgery, for example. The children get to do activities. And ask questions: ‘How do you become a professor?’

• ‘Doing a PhD is never boring!’ How Guido Stam built a microscope that can measure bacteria without causing harm News - 5 June 2025

  A microscope with incredible sharpness that leaves samples unharmed – Guido Stam helped develop one. During his PhD research, he combined light and electrons to study biological samples. ‘We can now measure things that simply weren’t possible before.’

• A suitcase containing quantum inspiration on a trip across Europe: ‘We gained new insights’ News - 16 January 2025

  A suitcase as a messenger of quantum science. That is the idea behind QuanTour, a project connecting researchers from 12 European universities. In December, the suitcase landed in Leiden. A month later, it is time to pass the baton to Copenhagen. But what happened to it in Leiden?

• Design METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope finalised News - 16 May 2024

  The design for the METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is final. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has given the green light for production of all parts of the instrument. It is the first ELT instrument, designed and to be built under Dutch leadership, to formally pass the…

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  Semonti Bhattacharyya Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

  bhattacharyya@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275913

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  Vincent Koeman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  koeman@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Koenraad Schalm Professor

  Faculty of Science

  kschalm@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275516

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  Mikhail Elkhimov PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  elkhimov@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272700

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  Tom O'Brien Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  obrien@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275568

• Hooray! This extremely sensitive microscope survived its relocation News - 6 April 2023

  Moving an electron microscope of 2000 kg is a delicate challenge. The highly sensitive instrument needed to be moved to a new measurement hall, but even a tiny bump could damage it. After a few nerve-racking weeks of preparing the move and reinstalment, the researchers finally have a verdict: the instrument…

• A suitcase containing a quantum light source: QuanTour visits Leiden News - 12 December 2024

  A suitcase covered with stickers from various universities, containing a quantum light source. Since April 2024, this suitcase has been visiting scientists in Europe researching single photons: the smallest possible quantity of light. The suitcase, also called ‘Q-torch’, travels from lab to lab like…

• First MIRI-image by the James Webb Space Telescope News - 29 April 2022

  The alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is complete. The space observatory is able to capture sharp, well-directed images with each of its four powerful scientific instruments on board. The MIRI instrument, on which Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck also worked, was the…

• How sound and light act alike – and not – at the smallest scale News - 13 November 2025

  A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in Leiden has produced new insights that could be applied in 5G devices and the emerging field of quantum acoustics.

• In Memoriam Erik Deul 1958 – 2026 News - 17 March 2026

  On March 13, Dr. Erik Deul passed away at the age of 67. He leaves behind his wife Wilma, children Caroline and Wouter, and grandchildren Joris, Stach, Viggo, Archie and and a granddaughter expected later this year. Erik served as head of ICT at Leiden Observatory for 35 years, and later also at the…