• Public website
• Student website
• Staff website
• Organisational structure
• Library website

279 search results for “experimental astrophysics” in the Staff website

• One step closer to understanding planet-formation: Julia Santos refutes a 20 year standing paradigm News - 24 November 2025

  How do atoms and molecules end up forming planets? That's what astrochemist Julia Santos studied during her PhD. She discovered the dominant process behind the formation of methanol in space – a finding that surprised the entire field.

• 
  Yaming Zhang Lab coordinator & technician

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278104

• 
  Bart Alewijnse Programmer/lab technician

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.alewijnse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272320

• Experimental quantum position verification: practical challenges and single-photon correlations Event - 18 February 2026

  PhD defence

• 
  Tim Laméris University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275634

• 
  Yingyang Wang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wang.116@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273096

• Ewine van Dishoeck receives Fritz Zwicky prize for astrophysics & cosmology News - 11 March 2022

  The Fritz Zwicky Prize 2022 for Astrophysics & Cosmology has been awarded to Prof. Ewine F. van Dishoeck for her pioneering, decades-long work in astrochemistry and molecular spectroscopy, as well as for her leadership within the astronomical community. The award was announced today by the European…

• 
  Yiya Chen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  yiya.chen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271688

• 
  Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.y.p.lam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272945

• 
  Johanneke Caspers University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272157

• 
  Willemijn Heeren Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.l.heeren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277068

• 
  Xuan Tang PhD candidate / Contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  x.tang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272613

• 
  Tom Heyman Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.d.p.heyman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Max van Lent Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.van.lent@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271571

• 
  Arend Strootman PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.h.strootman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Tian Yang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275497

• 
  Yiran Ding PhD candidate / Contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.ding@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Ariëlle Reitsema PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.reitsema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272136

• 
  Pieter Reitsma Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  p.h.reitsma@lumc.nl | 071 5266985

• 
  Stan van der Burght Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278041

• 
  Jakub Senesi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• 
  Kees van Putten

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  putten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Tianyuan Wang PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  t.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Diederik Pomstra Researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  d.r.pomstra@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Leticia Pablos Robles Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.pablos.robles@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272106

• 
  Benjamin Storme Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.p.p.storme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272175

• 
  Ewine van Dishoeck Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  ewine@strw.leidenuniv.nl |

• Special telescope measures neutrino with highest energy ever News - 12 February 2025

  Even with state-of-the-art technology, it is almost impossible to see: a cosmic neutrino. Yet scientists have managed to image this particle with a deep-sea telescope. And that could help to better understand our universe. Leiden particle physicists collaborated on this ambitious project, published…

• Examining DNA molecules one by one: how combining techniques can help us understand diseases such as dementia News - 30 January 2026

  ‘By cleverly combining new techniques for analysing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia,’ predicts Professor John van Noort. Together with four leading biophysics research groups, he has written a review article in…

• ‘World leader in star-planet interactions’ appointed professor News - 13 February 2025

  Aline Vidotto has been appointed professor of Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics at the Observatory from 1 February. Vidotto has been with the university for 3.5 years and for her, the appointment is ‘a milestone in her career.’

• 
  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

• 
  Annemieke Verbaas Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.verbaas@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276003

• 
  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277563

• 
  Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto Guest reseacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Dialogue and experimentation to embed Recognition and Rewards within the whole University News - 31 May 2022

  A culture change is needed within the University in the area of Recognition and Rewards, and a start can now be made on bringing about that change. The Recognition and Rewards steering group has published a change vision and recommendations people can start to work with. Their advice has been welcomed…

• 
  Natasja Delbar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278013

• 
  Fei Bai PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272076

• 
  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272969

• 
  Merel Spithoven

• 
  Natália Kubalová PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.kubalova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Annelou van Gijn Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.l.van.gijn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272389

• 
  Casper van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Elina Zorina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.zorina@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Alessandro Aleo Guest researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

• 
  Chen Li PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  cli@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Susana Valdez University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278984

• Honorary doctorate for Canadian-American astrophysicist Sara Seager News - 17 November 2023

  Leiden University will confer an honorary doctorate on astrophysicist Sara Seager for her work on exoplanets.

• 
  Yujie He PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  yujiehe@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Lucas Pouw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  pouw@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727