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502 search results for “mathematics biology” in the Staff website

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  Robert Istrate Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  i.r.istrate@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daniel Zumel Gete PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

• How quantum mechanics threatens our digital lives – and makes them safer News - 23 September 2022

  Much of the work of Serge Fehr, Professor of Quantum Information Theory, is abstract and theoretical and comprehensible to very few people. But his work helps make the digital world safer so that in future our internet banking will still be problem free, for instance. He will explain more in his inaugural…

• Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions News - 15 October 2024

  A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…

• 'I have always worked for a better world. Here at Biology we do the same' News - 6 July 2022

  The new institute manager of the IBL studied biology for six months, but went in a completely different direction: development cooperation and the financial sector. Three decades later, Resi Janssen is making a radical career switch. Or isn’t she? 'In ten years’ time I want IBL to be in a new, sustainable…

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  Lina Bayona Maldonado Education and research technician

  Faculty of Science

  l.m.bayona.maldonado@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274791

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  Madeline Kavanagh Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Emily Strange Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Martijne Kannekens PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

• The career choices of cells News - 16 December 2022

  How does an embryonic stem cell decide if it becomes a heart cell or a kidney cell? That’s the question computational biologist Maria Mircea studied for her PhD research. She looked at the inside of individual cells to analyse how they change. This is what she discovered.

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  Han de Winde Professor

  Faculty of Science

  j.h.de.winde@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271036

• 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…

• Mathematics lecture: Manjul Bhargava - Magic squares, cubes and hypercubes Event - 30 April 2026

  Lecture

• 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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  Jitske van Welsen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.van.welsen@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marjolein Crooijmans PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Merijn de Bakker Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Han van Konijnenburg Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Karline Janmaat Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.r.l.janmaat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Göran Sundholm Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.g.sundholm@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emilie Prast Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.j.prast@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michael Richardson Professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.k.richardson@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275215

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  Maarten Kampert Director LUXs

  LURIS

  m.m.d.kampert@luris.nl | 071 5272727

• International Credit Mobility grant brings mathematicians together in Leiden News - 19 November 2021

  Leiden and South Africa have long standing historical ties in the field of mathematics. These ties have now been strengthened thanks to an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) grant. Four researchers from Pretoria are now visiting Leiden. ‘No matter how good we are at dealing with Teams and…

• Solving Mathematical Challenges with Symbolic AI Event - 26 May 2025

  Lecture

• Mathematics in the age of automated proofs Event - 19 September 2025

  Conference

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  Meindert Lamers Professor of Structural Biology & Director of NeCEN

  Faculty of Science

  m.h.lamers@lumc.nl | 071 5271413

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  Anthe Janssen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Sandra Irmisch Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.irmisch@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esther van der Ent Program Manager LDE Thesis Labs Programme

  Faculty of Science

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

• What do maths and blood clots have to do with each other? News - 17 June 2024

  Mathematics can help predict thrombosis. Mathematician Mark Alber has developed models that even aid in suggesting treatments. In the Kloosterman lecture on 27 June, he will explain how this works.

• Graduation Ceremony Biology MSc Event - 17 October 2025

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  Pieternel Gort Communications officer

  Faculty of Science

  p.gort@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277141

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  Mirko Signorelli Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.signorelli@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277131

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  Fred Bakker Guest

  Faculty of Science

  bakker@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Samantha Strijker Management assistant

  Faculty of Science

  s.j.strijker@math.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Pim Overgaauw Director of Operations

  Faculty of Science

  p.w.overgaauw@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275320

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  Michelle Krens Education coordinator

  Faculty of Science

  m.h.g.krens@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278018

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  Samuel Tiersma PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.j.tiersma@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Qiyao Peng Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  q.peng@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mark Roelands Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.roelands@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277112

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  Marta Spreafico Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.spreafico@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gianne Derks Scientific Director / Professor

  Faculty of Science

  g.l.a.derks@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277119

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  Jop Briët Professor of Discrete Mathematics by special appointment

  Faculty of Science

  j.briet@math.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Hans Dierckx Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  h.j.f.dierckx@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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…