Paul Wouters came to the Faculty of Science for a few months to help with organising day-to-day issues after the previous dean left. This has involved rather more than he expected. ‘I can now really understand why every faculty has its own dean.’

In love, we like to use great words. We promise to love each other ‘forever’ and praise the beloved as nothing less than ‘the one’ . Meanwhile, we know very well that we don’t live eternally and that we may find our ‘true love’ one day on the opposite side of the divorce table. So why do we continue…

Alumni event, Symposium

Wilco Achterberg is professor of institutional care and elderly care medicine at Leiden University Medical Center.

Christoph Keller is a full Professor of Experimental Astrophysics at the Leiden Observatory. His research centers around polarized light.

Jarle Brinchmann has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Astronomy from the University of Oslo. He obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge with his thesis

Joop Schaye is a Full Professor at Leiden University. His research focuses on the formation of galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM).

Matthew Kenworthy is an Associate Professor at the Leiden Observatory. His research interests are in searches for extrasolar planets and the techniques that can help us find them, such as coronagraphic optics and point spread function reconstruction techniques.

Xander Tielens is an emeritus professor at Leiden University. His research involves Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH molecules). He was one of the first people to acknowledge the importance of these molecules in the universe. In 2012, Tielens was the most cited astronomer of The Netherlands and…

Ignas Snellen is a Full Professor at Leiden University. His main area of research is extrasolar planets.

Koen Kuijken is a Professor at the Leiden Observatory since 2002, carrying out research on galaxies and cosmology, particularly regarding the distribution of dark matter. From 2007 until 2012 he was the Scientific Director at the Leiden Observatory, before stepping down to return to full-time research…

Cleody van der Eijk recently started as the new study advisor and exchange coordinator at Archaeology. Aside from helping students out when they encounter issues during their studies, she will also focus on the process of studying abroad. ‘It is very valuable to get to know another culture, while you…

Joanita Vroom is Professor in Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia, specializing in the material culture of the 7th to 19th centuries.

Lecture

In the documentary ‘Pretend Student’, former students talk about why they let everyone believe they were still studying. How can you make sure you don’t end up in such an impossible situation? Four questions for Leiden Student Dean, Romke Biagioni, who worked on the documentary.

With a €1.5 million European grant, industrial ecologist Stefano Cucurachi will work on more sustainable production methods for the pharmaceutical industry. The Italian company Angelini Pharma intends to use the resulting knowledge to make its production process more sustainable.

René Kleijn holds an MSc in chemistry and a PhD in Industrial Ecology both from Leiden University. He is now an associate professor at Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University.

Inaugural lecture

An impressive 875 students from all corners of the globe are taking part in Orientation Week Leiden (OWL). After all the lockdowns in their own countries, they’re glad to meet up in real life in Leiden. What do they expect of their studies here?

Film screening and panel discussion

PhD defence

Daphne Wouts is an external PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Irene O'Daly is an assistant professor at the Centre for the Arts in Society specialising in manuscript studies, the history of ideas, and classical reception.

Thato Magano is an External PhD Candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Jacqueline Hylkema is Assistant Professor of Cultural History at Leiden University College and Senior Scaliger Fellow at Leiden University Libraries’ Scaliger Institute. Her research focuses on forgery in early modern print culture, particularly in the Dutch Republic and Britain. Hylkema is currently…

Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for students.

Marcellus Ubbink studies the relation between evolution, structure, dynamics and function of enzymes, with a particular interest in beta-lactamases. He uses a range of biophysical techniques for this purpose.

Central to the research of Lies Bouwman is the aim to gain understanding of transition metal complexes and their properties and reactivity at the molecular level. She then uses this understanding to ‘teach’ metal complexes to perform new catalytic reactions.