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• Wild plants through the lens of a biologist News - 27 October 2025

  What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.

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  Thijs Vos PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.verdun@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Faizal Rianto PhD candidate / contract

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.rianto@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jan Meijer Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.meijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

  Faculty of Science

  t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Towards a Structural Understanding of Plant─Microbiota Interactions using cryo-EM Techniques Event - 4 December 2025

  PhD defence

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  Cynthia van Vonno Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  vonnocmcvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Raafat Shamieh Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.shamieh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellen Cieraad Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Daan van den Wollenberg PhD candidate / self funded

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.van.den.wollenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  n.r.j.b.blarel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Martijn Bezemer Professor Ecology of Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions

  Faculty of Science

  t.m.bezemer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5158

• Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus News - 22 October 2021

  Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…

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  Tim Mickler Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.a.mickler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276199

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Simon Otjes Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.p.otjes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273946

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903

• Indonesian 'coffee plant' named after Leiden researcher News - 19 April 2023

  Research on Asian plants is his life's work. Now a crown is added to that: a plant from the coffee family bearing his name. Paul Kessler is LUF professor of botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia and Scientific Director of the Hortus botanicus. 'Completely unexpectedly, you get to see the results…

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  Cécile Pick PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.pick@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Morena Skalamera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.skalamera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1982

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  Floris Mansvelt Beck Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.f.mansvelt.beck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276789

• Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants News - 22 April 2024

  The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analysing 87 years of measurements from over 365,000 plots. The news is alarming for our biodiversity and food security. ‘75 per cent of our crops and 90% of…

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Silke Herms PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.b.herms@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Barbara Gravendeel Prefect/Professor Plants and Society

  Faculty of Science

  b.gravendeel@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 06 10664277

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  Tom Louwerse Director of Research / Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.p.louwerse@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Denny van der Vlist PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.d.van.der.vlist@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor Political Philosophy

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1983

• Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants News - 4 April 2024

  Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…

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  Kiki Spaninks Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274835

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  Kevin Bretscher PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.m.bretscher@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384

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  Marieke Elfferich PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.elfferich@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5110

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  Sofia Fernandes Gomes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.i.fernandes.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5118

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  Peng Sun Guest PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Peiyan Qin PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  p.qin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Evolutionary change in protective plant odours News - 23 June 2021

  Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.

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  Adam Fairclough Professor emeritus of American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• Calcium-dependent regulation of auxin transport in plant development Event - 11 January 2024

  PhD defence

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus Political Behaviour and Research Methods

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  holsteyn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michael Meyer PhD candidate / self funded

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.meyer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Adapt or perish – traits identified that help plants survive News - 5 September 2024

  PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that she used to analyze how easily or difficultly plants adapt to changing conditions. Zhou defended her PhD thesis on 4 September.

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  Luc Verheij Professor Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculty of Law

  l.f.m.verheij@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Petr Kopecky Professor of Comparative Studies Political Parties and Party Systems

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273602

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  Marijn Nagtzaam Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.m.nagtzaam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Max Joosten Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.joosten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Castenmiller Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  p.g.castenmiller@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273879

• Politics and Governance: Shape tomorrow’s decisions

  The bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, based in the city of international cooperation and politics – The Hague – prepare you for a future in governance, leadership, and diplomacy. In the administrative heart of the Netherlands, you will learn to tackle the challenges…