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  Mark Roelands Assistant professor

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

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  Marta Spreafico Assistant professor

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

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  Gianne Derks Scientific Director / Professor

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

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  Hans Dierckx Guest researcher

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

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  Michelle Krens Education coordinator

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

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  Pim Overgaauw Director of Operations

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

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  Samuel Tiersma PhD candidate

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

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  Fred Bakker Guest

  bakker@math.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…

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 24 November 2025

• In Memoriam - Bente Hilde Bakker News - 1 October 2024

  Recently, our respected and talented former colleague Bente Hilde Bakker passed away after a long and brave fight with illness. She received her mathematical training at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and also obtained her PhD there under the supervision of Jan Bouwe van den Berg and Robert van…

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 25 November 2025

• Afstudeerceremonie MSc Biologie Event - 27 October 2025

• Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology Event - 19 June 2025

  Graduation Ceremony

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 27 February 2026

• 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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  Bas Jansen Lecturer

  b.j.h.jansen@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frank van der Duijn Schouten Professor emeritus

  f.a.van.der.duijn.schouten.1@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jan Vonk Professor

  j.b.vonk@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277149

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  Roderick Bouman Postdoc

  r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272180

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  Berend Gagestein Mass spectrometry specialist

  b.gagestein@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274410

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

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

• New statistical method brings together studies at an early stage News - 4 April 2022

  During the coronavirus pandemic, scientists were in a hurry to find drugs that would help fight the disease. To combine the research that was being carried out around the world, PhD candidate Judith ter Schure developed a new statistical method: ALL-IN meta-analysis. This helps determine sooner whether…

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  Reinout Heijungs Researcher

  heijungs@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277461

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  Olga Lukina Assistant professor

  o.lukina@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277121

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  Moritz Otto Assistant professor

  m.f.p.otto@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michel Mandjes Professor

  m.r.h.mandjes@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277130

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  Rajat Hazra Associate professor

  r.s.hazra@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Dürre Assistant professor

  a.m.durre@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277040

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  Hanneke Langeveld-Groenewegen Management/office-assistent

  h.langeveld@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277111

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  Chantal van den Berge Student affairs staff member

  c.m.van.den.berge@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277137

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  Laura van Kempen-Helmsing Education coordinator

  l.c.helmsing@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278018

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  Dalia Terhesiu Associate professor

  d.e.terhesiu@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278029

• ‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’ News - 7 December 2023

  'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…

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  Pedro Rocha Peixoto Capitao PhD candidate / self funded

  p.rocha.peixoto.capitao@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aron van Baarsen PhD candidate / Self Funded

  a.n.van.baarsen@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Consensus, bias and polarisation: How mathematicians study opinions News - 25 November 2025

  How do opinions form and change in large groups of people? That's not just a sociological question, it's a mathematical one. PhD candidate Federico Capannoli studied opinion dynamics. He defended his thesis on November 19.

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• Mathematical models for mechanically induced morphogenetic pattern formation Event - 11 March 2026

  PhD defence

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  Arthur Ram Professor

  a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274914

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  Neeltje Blankenstein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.blankenstein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• In Memoriam - Professor Bert Peletier News - 5 January 2024

  On December 16, 2023, our respected and beloved former colleague prof.dr.ir. Bert Peletier passed away.

• Satellite swarms, random walks and a cup of tea News - 27 January 2025

  He brings order to chaos and analyses satellite swarms. During his PhD research, mathematician Oliver Nagy delved into random networks and how they reach equilibrium. Along the way, he also developed a handy tool. This knowledge is valuable for calculations related to communication networks.

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  Ewa Snaar-Jagalska Professor emeritus

  b.e.snaar-jagalska@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Triturus newts reveal a genetic balancing act News - 9 December 2025

  An evolutionary 'trap' that has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise – yet persists all the same. How is that possible? PhD candidate James France found new clues.

• Food for Thought “Generation of the Future” Event - 19 May 2026

  Lecture, Food for Thought