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548 search results for “history of space” in the Staff website

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  Vincent Chang Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272151

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  Bareez Majid Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154

• Is our water older than the sun? Astronomers find clue in ice around young star News - 16 June 2025

  A team led by Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have, for the first time, robustly detected semi-heavy water ice around a young sunlike star. In this ice, some of the ordinary hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, a heavier variant of hydroge…

• Webb detects icy ingredients for making potential habitable worlds News - 13 March 2024

  An international team of astronomers, led by Will Rocha of Leiden Observatory, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed.

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271925

• CKN Knowledge Session: China and Security Developments in Space Event - 17 February 2026

  Lecture and panel

• Sunken History Event - 8 April 2025

  PhD defence

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  Pouwel van Schooten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.s.van.schooten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271589

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  Michael Newton University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.newton@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272165

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  Robbert Striekwold External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.striekwold@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasia Nikulina Postdoc

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

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  Jesse Doornenbal Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.doornenbal@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Danny Jol Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.s.jol@law.leidenuniv.nl | 0654303424

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  Salvador Santino Regilme Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.s.regilme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271742

• For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system News - 17 July 2025

  International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the James Webb Space Telescope, they have observed the creation of the first…

• The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in Interstellar Space Event - 4 June 2026

  Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize lecture

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  Frank van Lunteren PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  f.w.van.lunteren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Rozemarijn Vlijm PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.vlijm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Manon Post PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.j.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271257

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  Neilabh Sinha PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.sinha@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Beryl Prenen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.b.prenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Savvas Skoufaridis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.skoufaridis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jelmer Rotteveel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.rotteveel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Marjolein Jorna PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.jorna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Willemijn Tuinstra PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.tuinstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Travis Bowman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.m.b.bowman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Daan Stremmelaar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.stremmelaar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Lina Lerch PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.lerch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Caspar Dullemond PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.dullemond@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Hannah Busch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.f.busch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Aart Ruijter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.ruijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Petr Koluch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.v.koluch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Leonard Ornstein PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.s.ornstein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  David Knibbe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jonathan Verwey PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.verwey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Natalie Everts PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.everts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Gerda Huisman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.c.huisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Celine Oldenhage PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.w.oldenhage@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ton Elias PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.m.c.elias@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mark Loderichs PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.loderichs@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Geert Stroo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.j.stroo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Maretta Johnson PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.johnson@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

• Vici grants for research into antibodies, galaxies and Indigenous communities News - 26 February 2026

  Three Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vici grant by the Dutch Research Council. The funding of up to 1.5 million euros supports ‘talented, adventurous and pioneering researchers’. A total of 39 projects at Dutch institutions will receive a grant.

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

• Astronomers spot benzene in planet-forming disk around star for first time News - 11 May 2023

  An international team of astronomers including Leiden professor Ewine van Dishoeck has observed the benzene molecule (C6H6) in a planet-forming disk around a young star for the first time. The observations tell us more about the forming of planets in this disc, like our own Earth. The scientists publish…

• First detailed picture of ice in planet-forming disk News - 6 December 2023

  An international team of astronomers led by Ardjan Sturm of the Observatory has made the first two-dimensional inventory of ice in a planet-forming disk of dust and gas surrounding a young star. The researches, including Melissa McClure, used the James Webb Space Telescope and publish their findings…

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  Isaac Scarborough Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.m.scarborough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272655

• Leiden physicists search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle News - 27 June 2025

  Is it possible to measure subtle oscillations caused by dark matter moving through the earth? A Dutch-American physicist team have discovered a new route toward what could be the first-ever measurement of ultralight dark matter. They suspended a microscopic magnet inside a superconducting enclosure,…

• Accidental double zoom reveals millimetre waves around supermassive black hole News - 21 August 2025

  An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is generated close to the core of a supermassive black hole. Their findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

• Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatre News - 22 July 2025

  Astronomers and surgeons from Leiden are collaborating with industry to develop an optical instrument that delivers faster, more accurate imaging of tumour tissue and abnormal blood flow during surgery.