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For the following years, Dr Aitor Burguet-Coca will be a returning face at the Faculty of Archaeology. He will join Dr Amanda Henry’s team with his expertise on prehistoric fire use and the methodologies that studying ancient hearths requires.

In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.

The Dutch police face complex challenges, from organised crime and polarisation to digitalisation and new forms of crime. To deal with this effectively, they need innovation and intensive collaboration, says Professor by Special Appointment of Police Studies, Monica den Boer, in her inaugural lectur…

Feibo Duan is a PhD candidate, who focuses on displaying and processing of High-Resolution Imagery. She is also interested in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Can a robot perform a religious ritual just like a monk? And what exactly is a religious ritual? Robots and religion seem to be two different subjects, but according to university lecturer Elpine de Boer, both can make us think about what it means to be human and what we consider to be of value. Together…

The Teaching Fair is coming up again. On Thursday afternoon, 20 June, you can be inspired by your colleagues about educational innovation. University lecturer Elpine de Boer will be at the information fair with her project on social issues and an external client.

Storing energy is one of the biggest challenges in the energy transition. Hydrogen could be a solution. Chemist Daan den Boer is researching how to make the chemical reaction needed to store energy in hydrogen as cheap and efficient as possible.

On Thursday 23 May, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw, gave a guest lecture on the regulation of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) in the European Union at Kyoto University.

Gerhard Burger (M.Sc.) is a PhD student at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety

PhD defence

Mark Hazekamp is professor of pediatric cardiac surgery and working as a cardiothoracic surgeon/ pediatric cardiac surgeon in LUMC, Leiden and AMC, Amsterdam. He is chair of the committee for congenital cardiothoracic surgery and member of the committee for professionality of the Dutch Association…

Andrew G.Webb is a Professor of Radiology and the founding Director of the Gorter MRI Center at the Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. He has been awarded a Wolfgang Paul Prize from the German Humboldt Foundation (2004), Simon Stevin Meester Prize from the NWO (2017), two ERC Advanced Grants (2014-2020,…

Rob C.M. Pelger is professor and chairman of the department of Urology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and chairman of the Urology 1973 Foundation.

Katja Zeppenfeld is a professor of clinical electrophysiology and head of the clinical electrophysiology research and treatment centre in Leiden, The Netherlands. She is furthermore involved in numerous directorial duties within the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

Nic J.A. van der Wee is psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry, in particular Biological Psychiatry, at Leiden University Medical Center. He is member of the management teams of the LUMC research profile area Translational Neuroscience and the interfaculty Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition,…

Hans Morreau is a registered medical specialist (attending anatomic and molecular pathologist), affiliated to the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. He is professor of Pathology and head of the molecular diagnostic unit of the department. Furthermore he is a registered “clinical molecular…

On Tuesday, September 17th, the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, will present the plans of the new government of the Netherlands. This government’s aspirations, led by the party (PVV) of right-wing nationalist Geert Wilders, are mostly defined by budget cuts. One of the sectors receiving such budget cuts…

Lecture, VVIK lecture

We often feel at ease in a salon chair, and the conversation soon starts to flow. That feeling will be recreated in the coming weeks in the [s]TATTOO pop-up studio. Students and staff can share their thoughts, feelings or worries – and will leave with an artwork based on their story.

PhD defence

Assistant professor Joost Willemse firmly believes that as a teacher, you’re never done learning. ‘Students ask questions about things you’ve never thought of yourself. Ultimately, that makes you better at your job.’ That’s why he always encourages his students to ask questions. And it’s appreciated:…