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• Two new Directors of Education at the Institute of Biology Leiden News - 28 September 2022

  From 1 October, two new Directors of Education will start at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL). Dennis Claessen as the new director for the master's programme of Biology and Marcel Schaaf as director for the Biology bachelor's programme. Claessen and Schaaf have been appointed for a period of four…

• Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize News - 29 November 2022

  Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a new drug for type 2 diabetes. He collected his prize in Wageningen on 24 November.

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  Geert de Snoo Professor

  g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anagnostis Theodoropoulos PhD candidate

  a.theodoropoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274882

• The quantum computer: it doesn't exist yet, but still we understand increasingly better what problems it can solve News - 9 April 2024

  How do we know what a quantum computer is good for when it hasn't been built yet? That's what PhD candidate Casper Gyurik investigated by combining two terms you often hear: quantum computing and machine learning.

• video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Azra and Biology student Floris News - 11 October 2024

  In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth video of this series, archaeology student Azra spoke with Biology student Floris in Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

• College or university? Computer science students in the right place News - 27 February 2024

  The right student in the right place. That is what LIACS programme director Frank Takes and education coordinator Joyce Glerum are aiming to do with the ‘Wisselstroom’ project. By next year, they hope to have a standardised protocol that will make it easier for computer science students to transfer…

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  Filippo di Tillio PhD candidate / Guest

  f.di.tillio@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tianyuan Wang PhD candidate / guest

  t.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rahul Bandyopadhyay PhD candidate

  r.bandyopadhyay@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Valentin Rosario PhD candidate

  v.rosario@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marcello Bonsangue Scientific Director / Professor

  m.m.bonsangue@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277095

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  Peng Sun Guest PhD candidate

  p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daniel Zumel Gete PhD candidate

  d.zumel.gete@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Philipp Kropf PhD candidate

  p.kropf@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Simon Portegies Zwart Professor

  spz@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278429

• Smart programming for the quantum computer that does not exist yet News - 3 December 2024

  Designing innovative algorithms, thinking outside the box, and brainstorming over coffee with his colleagues — this is what physicist Stefano Polla enjoys most. His success shines through in his nomination for the C.J. Kok Jury Award 2024 for PhD thesis of the Year.

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  Arend-Jan Quist PhD candidate

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

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  Madeline Kavanagh Assistant professor

  m.e.kavanagh@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emily Strange Assistant professor

  e.f.strange@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Martijne Kannekens PhD candidate

  m.p.e.kannekens@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• This is what you want to know about the new directors of education Biology as a student News - 4 October 2022

  From 1 October onwards, Dennis Claessen and Marcel Schaaf will be the new directors of education of Biology. They will replace Han de Winde. Schaaf will be responsible for the bachelor, while Claessen will mainly focus on the master tracks of Biology. We gave students and the education office the change…

• Biology student Sander van Zon: ‘We can still learn so much more about lichens’ News - 6 January 2023

  Lichens enthusiast Sander van Zon was eager to use his knowledge for his internship. He wrote an excellent thesis on lichens’ biodiversity in the city, of which his first scientific publication will appear soon. With it, he is nominated for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2022.

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  Alina Karakanta Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.karakanta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272978

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  Marjolein Crooijmans PhD candidate

  m.e.crooijmans@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275075

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  Diego Barbosa Arize Santos Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.arize@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Juan Claramunt Gonzalez Scientific information expert

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.claramunt.gonzalez@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276026

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  Agnes Schneider PhD candidate

  a.schneider@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Qinyu Chen Assistant professor

  q.chen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Akrati Saxena Assistant professor

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

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  Merijn de Bakker Education and research staff member

  m.a.g.de.bakker@biology.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Surendra Balraadjsing PhD Candidate

  s.balraadjsing@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Han van Konijnenburg Professor emeritus

  j.h.a.van.konijnenburg-van.cittert@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mayra Nas PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.o.nas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hossam Ahmed Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.i.ahmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274417

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  Michael Lew Professor

  m.s.lew@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277034

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  André Mesquita Fery Antunes PhD candidate / Marie Curie fellow

  a.r.mesquita.fery.antunes@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alan Kai Hassen Guest PhD candidate

  a.k.hassen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Gamal Adel Elgamal PhD candidate

  i.m.a.f.elgamal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anthe Janssen Assistant professor

  a.p.a.janssen@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esther van der Ent Program Manager LDE Thesis Labs Programme

  e.van.der.ent@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hadassah Drukarch PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.g.drukarch@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Graduation Ceremony Biology MSc Event - 17 October 2025

• Sugar chemistry – Wouter Remmerswaal’s unrelenting pursuit of understanding News - 25 November 2024

  The dark matter of biology: clumps of sugar molecules that, for example, form sugary webs around pathogens. We know very little about them. Wouter Remmerswaal threw all his talent into the challenge – both in the lab and as a modeller – and succeeded. He received his PhD on 12th September.

• Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology Event - 26 February 2025

  Graduation Ceremony

• Leiden students build smart antibodies with protein 'Velcro' News - 18 September 2025

  Nine students dove into a challenging iGEM project this summer. With their idea, they aim to make antibodies more efficient - and in the meantime learn at least as much about collaboration, creativity and their own future.

• What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noise News - 24 September 2025

  ‘Wadden Sea Sounds’ is the name of a new project launched by the Waddenvereniging in collaboration with researchers from Leiden University and the University of Groningen. The aim is to find out how underwater noise affects marine life in the Wadden Sea.

• Biology brothers write book about nature and adventure in Eastern Europe: 'I didn't know there live pelicans in Romania' News - 29 June 2022

  With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they search for wild animals, beautiful nature and places to sport. From a long search for a bear in the Slovakian wilderness to the discovery that pelicans…

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 24 November 2025

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 25 November 2025