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• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so) News - 24 October 2024

  Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbreaking AI model, AlphaFold. This programme accurately predicts protein structures based on their genetic code—a crucial step in understanding biological…

• A chemical biology approach to explore lipid metabolism in neurological disorders Event - 24 June 2025

  PhD defence

• Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic News - 7 September 2023

  A group of biology students are working on a solution to the world’s plastics problem by getting bacteria to make biodegradable plastic.

• New endowed chair brings astronomy and AI together. ‘AI can help improve our understanding of the Universe’ News - 2 December 2025

  ASTRON en de Universiteit Leiden beginnen samen een nieuwe leerstoel over sterrenkunde en AI. Bijzonder hoogleraar Joeri van Leeuwen gaat deze positie vullen.

• Quantum research in two ways: from proving someone's location to simulating financial markets News - 13 February 2026

  Kirsten Kanneworff and David Dechant defend their PhD research on quantum physics at Leiden University. Fundamental work with applications in location verification and the financial world.

• Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers News - 11 July 2022

  Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura i Brugués and health psychologist Liesbeth van Vliet.

• Affective Computing and the interaction between humans and socially interactive agents. Event - 27 February 2026

  Alumni event

• How a game can show that working together is essential in the nitrogen crisis News - 27 June 2023

  The Netherlands is embroiled in a complex nitrogen crisis. Berent Baris wants to use his NitroGenius game to demonstrate the complexity of this crisis.

• What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet News - 24 October 2024

  Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.

• Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers News - 23 November 2023

  Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.

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  Geert-Jan Will Affiliate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  g.j.will@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Better ship designs thanks to smart algorithms News - 7 October 2024

  The perfect ship is light and sleek for speed, but also needs to be strong and stable for safe sailing. These and other conflicting requirements make it difficult, even with a supercomputer, to find the ideal design. Computer scientist Roy de Winter has developed an algorithm that helps strike the perfect…

• Lowlands visitors will teach scientists more about quantum mechanics News - 30 July 2024

  Goldband, Skrillex, Róisín Murphy and... quantum: the latter may not be a band but is part of the Lowlands line-up nonetheless. Scientists from Leiden University are using the festival for research on the very smallest particles.

• Getting personal: Advancing personalized oncology through computational analysis of membrane proteins Event - 24 January 2025

  PhD defence

• Can birds imitate Star Wars robot? Yes – and some are surprisingly good at it News - 10 November 2025

  Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how the structure of a bird’s vocal organ determines its vocal abilities – and how citizen science helps uncover it.

• Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections News - 1 November 2023

  They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and more accurate, PhD candidate Dirk Meijer has discovered. Algorithms are also proving to be a godsend deep underground.

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  Fons Verbeek Professor

  f.j.verbeek@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275773

• Embryos of the bitterling perform a somersault. This teaches us something new about natural selection News - 20 February 2024

  Even embryos can become embroiled in an evolutionary arms race with another species. Leiden biologists demonstrate this with larvae of the rosy bitterling that parasitize the gills of freshwater mussels. They published their research on February 19 in PNAS.

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  Joost Broekens Associate professor

  d.j.broekens@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277139

• A Computational Approach to the Segmental and Tonal Classification of Yue Dialects Event - 10 December 2025

  Lecture, CHiLL series

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  Eva van der Kruk Board secretary

  e.m.van.der.kruk@science.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272951

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  Mischa Hautvast Project coordinator

  m.hautvast@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276985

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  Marc Boef PhD candidate

  m.a.boef@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kristoffer Kalavainen Lecturer

  m.k.k.kalavainen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mazarine Hoes Staff member Servicedesk HR

  ASSC

  m.g.a.m.hoes@assc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  George Hendrikse Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  g.w.j.hendrikse@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nada Badr PhD candidate / self funded

  n.badr@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bola Khalil External PhD Candidate / Guest

  b.a.a.khalil@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Linde Schoenmaker PhD candidate

  l.schoenmaker@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274607

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  Saber Salehkaleybar Assistant professor

  s.salehkaleybar@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yujie Li PhD candidate

  y.li@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Guus Ramackers Assistant professor

  g.j.ramackers@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277036

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  Antonio Pereira Barata Guest employee

  a.p.pereira.barata@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom Associate professor

  h.j.hoogeboom@liacs.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Xiaohan Wei PhD candidate / contract

  x.w.wei@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Andrii Kleshchonok Guest

  a.kleshchonok@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francesco Bariatti Lecturer

  f.bariatti@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277052

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  Rob Konijn Guest

  r.m.konijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Walter Tockenburger Lecturer

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  Marloes van der Nat Official secretary Board of Examiners/International Coordinator

  m.van.der.nat@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277061

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  Kaifeng Yang Researcher / Guest

  k.yang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Muhammad Mahmoud Postdoc

  m.o.mahmoud@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yi Lin Education and Research Staff Member

  y.lin@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Chase Ford Postdoc

  m.c.ford@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Richard van Dijk Research Software Engineer

  m.k.van.dijk@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Luc Edixhoven Postdoc

  l.j.edixhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jonathan Vis Assistant professor

  j.k.vis@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gijs Wijnholds Assistant professor

  g.j.wijnholds@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jetty Kleijn Professor Emeritus

  h.c.m.kleijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jos Zandvliet Education and Research Staff Member

  j.j.m.zandvliet@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799