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1,450 search results for “discovery of the yara” in the Staff website

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  Liselotte Kleine Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.m.kleine@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271985

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  Michèle Verberg Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.verberg@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278890

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  Ilone de Vries-Lemaire Asministrator FEZ / HR advisor

  a.t.j.m.de.vries@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lorike Waldus Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.c.waldus@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271231

• RARE-NL: LUMC joins consortium to find treatments for rare diseases News - 26 August 2024

  RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the LUMC in the initiative.

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  Cecilia Bergonzini PhD candidate / guest

  c.bergonzini@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274496

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  Chenlin Feng Researcher/guest

  c.l.feng@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Ecologist Michiel Veldhuis is the Discoverer of the Year 2020 News - 25 February 2021

  Michiel Veldhuis received the most public votes for the C.J. Kok Public Award and may therefore call himself Discoverer of the Year. Veldhuis researches how climate change affects savannah ecosystems in Africa and how we can protect them.

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  Gilles van Wezel Professor

  g.wezel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274310

• New Nature study reveals surprising diversity among Europe’s last Neandertals News - 24 June 2026

  A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neandertal diversity in western Europe shortly before their extinction.

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  Esther van Ginneken Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.f.j.c.van.ginneken@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272827

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  Florian Schneider Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272544

• Erik Danen new Dean of the Graduate School of Science News - 24 October 2023

  The Graduate School of Science starts 2024 with a new Dean. The Faculty Council appointed Erik Danen for the coming four years. He succeeds Eric Eliel, who has held the position since May 2020.

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  Saskia van der Werf-Bijvoet Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.c.g.m.van.der.werf@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271985

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  Lucinda Truijers-Jansen Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.l.truijers@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277548

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  Marlena Antczak-Mackowiak Guest

  m.m.antczak@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Johan Memelink Professor emeritus

  memelinkj@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Merel Vesseur-van Leeuwen Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.vesseur@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271269

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  Regina Noort Management/Office assistant

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.a.g.noort@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Monique Arntz Guest researcher

  m.arntz@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Judith Naeff University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8004192

• Ancient humans may have been making fire 350.000 years earlier than previously thought News - 18 December 2025

  Buried beneath a Suffolk forest, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known human-made fire. A fire that was sparked 400,000 years ago. This stunning UK discovery may rewrite our evolutionary story, potentially pushing fire-making back by more than 350,000 years.

• Step-by-step plan towards more impact Roadmap and examples

  An important question being asked, both in the academic world and in society, concerns the impact of our research and education. By providing a well-supported answer, we not only create a strong position for our research, we also increase our chances of success in applying for research grants and retaining…

• Step-by-step plan towards more impact

  An important question being asked, both in the academic world and in society, concerns the impact of our research and education. By providing a well-supported answer, we not only create a strong position for our research, we also increase our chances of success in applying for research grants and retaining…

• Global network puts spotlight on quantum software News - 10 February 2026

  Quantum software is essential to make quantum technology work. Research centers QuSoft and aQa work together at the forefront of the Netherlands’ quantum software efforts. With the launch of the Quantum Software Alliance (QSA), this collaboration now scales globally.

• ‘The sun is dying out’ as a wake-up call for better science communication News - 7 June 2024

  ‘Take science communication more seriously.’ This is the message that Ivo van Vulpen, professor by special appointment in Science Communication in Physics, wants to convey during his inaugural lecture. At the moment, a lot of researchers look down their noses at this while it is extremely important…

• Celebrating 40 Years of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences News - 19 December 2024

  During our special Fall symposium on November 28, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences. Organized in collaboration with our study association L.P.S.V. „Aesculapius”, the event brought together staff, students, and alumni for an afternoon focused on four decades of ‘Innovation…

• A princess’s psalter recovered? Pieces of a 1,000-year-old manuscript in Alkmaar book bindings News - 11 January 2024

  A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: a number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century. The original manuscript may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the Norman Conquest.

• Astronomers Discover Ancient Solitary Quasars with Mysterious Origins News - 18 October 2024

  An international team of astronomers, including Leiden PhD student Elia Pizzati, has observed several ancient quasars that, surprisingly, appear to be floating alone in the early universe (less than a billion years after the Big Bang). Until now, astronomers, based on models, assumed that quasars are…

• Staying a step ahead of infections that threaten safe transfusion and transplantation News - 30 March 2026

  Preventing viral infections from being transmitted through blood transfusion and organ transplantation lies at the heart of the work of medical microbiologist and virologist Mariet Feltkamp and her team.

• Revolution in Archaeology: Virtual Excavation with AI iDig News - 24 March 2026

  The days of an archaeologist studying soil traces with a shovel in hand seem to be numbered. Digital archaeologists will soon launch the first version of software capable of carrying out a virtual excavation.

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

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  Harry Fokkens Professor emeritus

  h.fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  b.ribeiro.de.almeida@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Janine Ubink Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277493

• Natalia Ortiz – Winner of the 2019 - 2020 KNCV Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology thesis prize News - 10 June 2021

  Natalia Ortiz (Division of Drug Discovery and Safety) has been awarded the 2019-2020 PhD-thesis prize by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology, from the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV-MCCB). The KNCV-MCCB thesis prize is a biannual award which is granted to the best PhD thesis…

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  Hans Franken Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.franken@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838

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  Matthew Canfield Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.c.canfield@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Evert de Jonge Professor emeritus

  e.de_jonge@lumc.nl | 071 5269111

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  Burcu Yildirim PhD candidate

  b.yildirim@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rogier Hartendorp Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.c.hartendorp@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277442

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  Donna de Groene Postdoc

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  Aurora de Leeuw Administrative Officer, Board of Examiners Secretariat

  a.d.de.leeuw@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nanou van Iersel PhD candidate / guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.van.iersel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sander Tetteroo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.g.tetteroo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Wei Ping Young PhD candidate

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  Jimmy Mans Head of Research Affairs

  j.l.j.a.mans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272446

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  Alejandra Roche Recinos Assistant professor

  a.roche.recinos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271138

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  Zara Ali PhD candidate

  z.l.y.ali@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lisa Harms Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  l.harms@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260