2019 Hall of fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2019 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
The year of Andrea Evers
For the third year in a row, a woman has received more awards than any other: Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers. She received the Stevin Prize for knowledge exchange and impact, became a member of the Dutch Academy for Science KNAW and, together with her fellow professor Bernet Elzinga, she leads two projects in the Gravitation Programme (Zwaartekrachtprogramma) directed at improving the treatment of depression.
Remarkable achievements
- LUMC-team, in collaboration with Philips, makes the fastest MRI scan using artificial intelligence
- Nadine Akkerman and colleague from Groningen win National Science Quiz 2019
- Twenty-four refugee students complete the Preparatory Year Leiden
- Biologist Annebelle Kok translates her PhD research into a dance, and makes it to the final of the competition organized by journal Science
- Student Marie Weijler makes it to the Forbes talent list '30 Under 30'
- ScienceGuide names Remco Breuker and Barend van der Meulen as influential thinkers and doers in higher education
- Canal Cups project by Leiden students in 59th place in Trouw newspaper’s Sustainable 100 list
- Physicist Carlo Beenakker receives a second ERC Advanced Grant
- Four students and three employees of Cultural Anthropology were Leiden's city photographers for a year
International prizes, grants and acknowledgements
EU grants
ERC Consolidator Grant
- Nadine Akkerman - Centre for Arts in Society
- Luca Giomi - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Sander van Kasteren - Leiden Insitute of Chemistry
- Francesco Ragazzi - Institute of Political Science
- Simcha de Jong - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
ERC Advanced Grant
- Carlo Beenakker - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Joke Meijer - LUMC, Department of Molecular Cell Biology
ERC Starting Grant
- Alanna O'Malley - Institute for History / Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Annemarie Samuels - Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Matthew Di Giuseppe - Institute of Political Science
- Roxanne Kieltyka - Leiden Insitute of Chemistry
- Noel de Miranda - LUMC, Department of Pathology
Other ERC grants
- Proof of Concept grant: Sylvestre Bonnet - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Horizon 2020, RISE_SMA-project on social media analytics - Consortium with the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
Erasmus+ grants for internationalisation of research and teaching
In the Erasmus+ programme the EU awards grants for international cooperation in the area of research and teaching. A total of 92 lecturers/researchers from Leiden are going to spend some time in various different countries, and their peers from these countries will be coming here. The Credit Mobility programme is for cooperation outside Europe.
Jean Monnet Grant for a Centre of Excellence
Regional cooperation in the EU and East Africa
Leiden Law School, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs and the Africa Studies Centre have set up a Centre of Excellence for comparative research into regional integration in the EU and East Africa, under the leadership of Armin Cuyvers (Institute of Public Law).
New EU studies course
The four themes from the master’s specialisation in EU Studies – history, economics, law and politics – will be integrated into a single interdisciplinary course. This will be coordinated by Maxine Davis (Institute for History) and should culminate in an annual symposium where students present and discuss their research with researchers and policymakers.
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree
In an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree, students study in at least two countries. The Joint Master’s Degree in European Politics and Society at Leiden University, Charles University (Czech Republic), Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) and Jagiellonian University (Poland) has been awarded a grant to extend the programme.
Credit Mobility programme for cooperation outside the EU
The partners are: Leiden Law School with the University of Tirana (Albania), Faculty of Science with Sichuan University (China), LUMC/Medicine with Havana University (Cuba), Faculty of Humanities with Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia), LUMC/Medicine with the University of Indonesia and Atma Jaya Catholic University (Indonesia), ICLON with Kazguu University and Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan), Faculty of Science with the University of Nairobi, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Strathmore University (Kenya), Leiden Law School with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Libanon), Faculty of Humanities with École de Gouvernance et d’Economie de Rabat (Morocco), LUMC/Medicine with the Siberian State Medical University (Russia), Leiden Law School with the University of Rwanda (Rwanda), Faculty of Humanities with Anton de Kom University (Suriname), Faculty of Science with the University of Dar Es Salam (Tanzania), Faculty of Science with the University of Pretoria (South Africa).
International acknowledgements
Appointments
- Dorota Mokrosinska receives Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship at Princeton University - Institute for Philosophy
- Ingrid Leijten appointed guest professor at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Institute of Public Law
Honorary doctorate
- Pharmacologist Elizabeth de Lange receives an honorary doctorate from the Uppsala Universitet - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Honorary doctorate from the Semmelweis University for pathologist Pancras Hogendoorn - Medicine/LUMC, Department of Pathology
- Ewine van Dishoeck receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva - Leiden Observatory
- Louis Andriessen receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam - Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
Awards and grants
- Highest distinction of The American Society of Criminology for Paul Nieuwbeerta - Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Ewine van Dishoeck receives the prestigious Schwarzschild-medal - Leiden Observatory
- Jeroen Duindam receives Austrian Cross of Honour for Arts and Science first class - Institute for History
- Leonard Blussé receives Fukuokaprijs - Institute for Area Studies
- Prestigious international award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Hans Sigrist Prize for astronomer Ignas Snellen - Leiden Observatory
- Paul van den Broek awarded Oswald Külpe Prize - Institute of Education and Child Studies
- Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize - Institute of Public Administration
- Vedran Dunjko wins NAS Paper Prize for paper on quantum machine learning - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- United Nations Fellowship for Kevin Duisters - Mathematical Institute
- Anthony Brown gives prestigious lecture series at Princeton - Leiden Observatory
- Emeritus professor Art History Willemijn Fock awarded honorary membership by Dutch Society of Dutch Art Historians (Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici) - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Bas Goulooze wins prize for research into children's withdrawal symptoms - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Political scientist Gisela Hirschmann receives research grant Thyssen Stiftung - Institute of Political Science
- Mayke Vereijken becomes Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - ICLON
- Andy Sorensen's Scientific Reports article in top 100 most read - Faculteit Archeologie
- Eduard Fosch-Villaronga receives Norwegian research grant - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Rychard Bouwens will start a large research programme at the ALMA telescope - Leiden Observatory
- Jason Laffoon's Archaeometry article in the top-20 most-read archaeometry articles - Faculty of Archaeology
- Alireza Mashaghi receives Personal Grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association in the United States of America.- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)
Institutional subsidies and acknowledgements
- CompaRe renamed to Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence - Institute for Public Law, in collaboration with other Leiden University institutes
- EU grants 18 million euro to research into new antibiotics - LUMC, Department of Infectious Diseases and Institute of Biology Leiden
- Large-scale study into the risks of nano particles - Consortium with Leiden Institute of Chemistry and Institute of Environmental Sciences
- Searching for the origins of life with 8,9 million euro - Leiden Observatory establishes, together with the University of Aarhus, te Center for Interstellar Catalysis
- One million euro for studying the migrant cultures in Europe - European consortium led by dr. Sara Brandellero, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in society
- Erasmus+-grant for project studying heritage as a bridge between academia and society - Consortium with the Faculty of Archaeology
- Breakthrough Prize for the first picture of a black hole - Leiden Observatory, in collaboration with other institutes and universities
National prizes and grants
NWO Stevin Prize
- Stevin Prize for Andrea Evers for knowledge exchange and impact - Institute of Psychology
NWO Gravitation Grants
- Gravitation grant for the treatment of depression - Consortium with Institute of Psychology
- Gravitation Grant: over twenty million euro for sustainable crops - Consortium with Institute of Biology
- Gravitation Grant for connecting human and artificital intelligence - Consortium with Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Gravitation Grant for innovative view on social and ethical challenges of new technology - Consortium with Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Gravitation Grant of 26 million euro for studying influence of non-genetic factors on health - Consortium with Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
More from NWO
NWO - Vici
Vici grants for seven Leiden researchers:
- Haico van Attikum - LUMC, Department of Human Genetics
- Sylvestre Bonnet - Institute of Chemistry
- Yiya Chen - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Jeroen Codée - Institute of Chemistry
- Herman Paul - Institute for History
- Sander Nieuwenhuis - Institute of Psychology
- Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes - LUMC, Department of Anatomy and Embryology
NWO - Vidi
Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers:
- Tim van Erven - Mathematical Institute
- Bart Everts - LUMC, Department of Parasitology
- Gerbrand van der Heden-van Noort - LUMC, department of Chemical Immunology
- Rick Honings - Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society
- Monique Jongbloed - LUMC, Department of Anatomy and Embryology
- Tom Louwerse - Institute of Political Science
- Sylvie Noordermeer - LUMC, Department of Human Genetics
- Alessandra Silvestri - Institute of Physics
- Sander Wezenberg - Institute of Chemistry
NWO - Veni
Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers:
- Erik van den Akker - LUMC, Department of Biomedical Data Science
- Joseph Callingham - Leiden Observatory
- Camila Correa - Leiden Observatory
- Max van Duijn - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Irene Hernandez-Giron - LUMC, Department of Radiology
- Maartje Huijbers – LUMC, Neurology department
- Nienke de Glas - LUMC, Surgery department
- Rianne de Kleine – Institute of Psychology
- Mahmood Kooriadathodi - Institute for Area Studies
- Melissa McClure - Leiden Observatory
- Tim Meijers - Institute for Philosophy
- Krista Murchison - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Judith Naeff - Institute for Area Studies
- Stéphanie van der Pas - Mathematical Institute
- Sara Petrollino - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Bart Pijls - LUMC, department of Orthopaedia
- Sergii Pud - Institute of Physics
- Dovilė Rimkutė - Institute of Public Administration
- Konrad Rybka - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Sophie Schmid – LUMC, Radiology department
- Bart Schuurman - Leiden Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Andrew Sorensen – Faculty of Archaeology
- Benjamin Suchard - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Mónica Varela Álvarez - Institute of Biology
- Claire Vergerio - Institute of Political Sciences
NWO Education grants
- Leadership Fellow: Ludo Juurlink - Institute of Chemistry
- Senior Fellow: Fred Janssen - ICLON
Comenius grants for executing an education project
- Carlijn Bergwerff - Institute of Education and Child Studies
- Krista Murchison - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Francesco Ragazzi - Institute of Political Science
NWO Rubicon grants for a period abroad
- Yannick van den Brink to the University of Cambridge, UK - Institute for Private Law
- Valeriya Korol to the University of Cambridge, UK - Leiden Observatory
- Joris van den Tol to Harvard University, US - Institute for History
- Paul Noorlander to University of Cambridge, UK - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
NWO - Humanities open competition
- Manon van der Heijden and Leo Lucassen - Institute for History
- Maarten Mous - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Other NWO awards
- Ariane Briegel receives NWO grant in Open Competition ENW-XS - Institute of Biology
- Project C-SCAPE receives 1 million for studying climate adaptation Dutch sandy coasts - Center for Environmental Sciences
- 10 million euro from NWO Take off for research into disease transmission by mosquitoes - Consortium with Center for Environmental Sciences
- NWO Smart Culture grant for Eliza Steinbock to investigate heritage institutions
- Talent grant Humanities for three starting PhD candidates:
- Axel Palmér - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Aafje de Roest - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Camil Staps - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- NWO Graduate School Green Top Sectors: talented master’s students can, in collaboration with a company, write their own PhD project proposal:
- Thalia Luden - Biology
- KLEIN grant for Carlo Beenakker and Dennis Claessen
- NWO Smart Culture grant for research by Eliza Steinbock into heritage institutions
- NWO-SGW Talent grant for PhD research by Liia Kivelå into daily fluctuations in suicidal ideation
Royal Dutch Academy for Science (KNAW)
The KNAW has chosen five new members from Leiden University:
- Jenny Dankelman - LUMC, Surgery department
- Andrea Evers - Institute of Psychology
- Marian Klamer- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics/Institute for Area Studies
- Leo Lucassen - Institute for History
-
Ewout Steyerberg - LUMC, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences
And also...
New member of the Young Academy (KNAW Jonge Akademie):
- Karwan Fatah-Black - Institute for History
Three Leiden researchers received a KNAW Early Career Award:
- Berthe Jansen - Institute for Area Studies
- Stephanie Rap - Institute for Private Law
- Carolien Stolte - Institute for History
Royal Dutch Association for Sciences (KHMW)
Koen Caminada appointed member of KHMW - Insitute for Tax Law and Economics
Appointments, prizes and grants
Appointments
- Maartje van der Woude guest professor at Monash University in Australia - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Marcel de Jeu professor by special appointment at the University of Pretoria - Mathematical Institute
- Wilco van Dijk chosen as NIAS/KNAW-fellow - Institute of Psychology
- Tom Barkhuysen joins Committee Pechtold on protecting cultural objects - Institute for Public Law
- Marike Knoef appointed in prestigious Committee of Parameters - Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Thijs van Kolfschoten President Quaternary Research Union - Faculty of Archaeology
- Appointed as deputy judges: Annemarie Drahmann at the Court of The Hague and Rogier Kegge at the Court of Rotterdam - both from Institute of Public Law; Luuk Esser, at the Court of Rotterdam as well - Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
- Michiel van Emmerik in consultative group for case allocation in courts - Institute for Public Law
- Professor Miguel John Versluys joins Supervisory Board of National Museum of Antiquities - Faculty of Archaeology
- Department of Child Law advises UN Committee for Children's Rights - Institute of Private Law
- Henk te Velde chairman of the Royal Dutch Historical Society (Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap, KNHG) - Institute for History
- Geerten Boogaard leads formation of new municipality council of Zaanstad - Institute for Public Law
- Jos Gommans guest curator exhibition 'India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt' - Institute for History
- Christa Tobler expert witness in hearing Swiss federal parliament - Institute for Public Law
- Erwin Muller appointed chairmen of the Evaluation Committee Law on Safety Regions - Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Joris Larik appointed by Foreign Minister to international Expert Commission - Leiden University College The Hague
- Hendrik Vrijburg appointed in Advisory Committee taxes for multinational companies - Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Ton Koopman chairman of the Bach-Archiv Leipzig - Academy for Creative and Performing Arts
- Aart Hendriks joins Regional Disciplinary Committee for Healthcare - Institute for Public Law
- Bart Custers advises Dutch Parliament on public transportation data - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Esmée Driessen member of the Referendum Committee Amsterdam - Institute for Public Law
- Tineke Cleiren chairman of the Advisory Committee Closed Criminal Cases (ACAS) - Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
Prizes and grants
- Ammodo Science Awards for two internationally recognized researchers:
- Nadine Akkerman - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Lenneke Alink - Institute of Child and Educational Studies
- Grant from the SIDN fund for Kim de Jong - Institute of Psychology
- Daniela Kraft wins Athena Prize 2019 for excellent female chemists - Institute of Chemistry
- Stéphanie van der Pas named one of the 30 under 30 Science Talents by Elsevier - Mathematical Institute
- Tanja Masson-Zwaan 'LL.M of the Week' - Institute for Public Law
- Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh receives grant for research in Vanuatu - Institute for Public Law
- Jop Groeneweg honoured with prize for safety in the petrochemical industry - Institute for Psychology
- NWA Idea Generator Grant for iron nanoparticles in the brain, for Lucia Bossoni and Martina Huber - LUMC, Radiology department and Institute for Physics
- Paul Behrens Discoverer of the Year 2018 - Leiden University College The Hague/Center for Environmental Sciences
- Nienke Beets wins prize for connection nature and art - Hortus botanicus
- ScienceGuide names Remco Breuker and Barend van der Meulen as influential thinkers and doers in higher education - Institute for Area Studies and Center for Science and Technology Studies
- Emeritus professor Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes included in the Hall of Fame Social Work - Institute of Child and Educational Studies
- Meijers Prizes for best articles in law: Anouk Bosma - criminal law; Thy Pham - coherent private law; Daniel Peat - international law; Karolina La Fors-Owczynik - fundamental rights; Dirk Broekhuijsen - tax law; Jim Been - Social law; Claudia Bouteligier - interdisciplinary study of law; Melanie Fink - European law
- Netherlands eScience Center names Lise Stork Young eScientist 2019 and awards a grant - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- First fellowships of the Society of Dutch Literature for Dirk Alkemade and Anne Petterson - Institute for History
- Ymre Schuurmans chairs WODC committee researching ‘No cure no pay’ companies - Institute for Public Law
- Amanda Foks receives Dekker Grant from the Dutch Foundation for Cardiac Disease (Hartstichting) - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- The winner of the NJV Publication Prize 2019 is: Thijmen Nuninga - Institute for Private Law
- Thijmen Nuninga also wins the NTBR publication prize - Institute for Private Law
- Zsuzsika Sjoerds nominated in 2019 for Women in the Media Award 2018 - Institute of Psychology
- Maral Darouei and Helen Pluut win Emerald Literati Award for Excellence for their article - Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Darouei and Pluut also win the Best Paper Award in the category Human Resource Management of the European Academy of Management - Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Natalia Ortiz Zacarías and Huub Sijben each win a poster prize at the Dutch medicine Days - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- PhD candidate Aart Strootman awarded Matthijs Vermeulen Prize 2019 for his music composition - Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
- Rowie Stolk as a visiting researcher to UCLA School of Law - Institute for Public Law
- Marc Koper wins Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Award - Institute of Chemistry
- Kaya Peerdeman wins Young Talent Award of ARPH - Institute of Psychology
- Olaf van Vliet and Lars van Doorn receive over 400.000 euro from GAK to study flexibilisation of employment - Institute of Public Administration and Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Mark Leiser receives Erasmus grant to study fake news - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Ben van Velthoven wins VBR Publication prize- Institute for Tax Law and Economics
- Sabine van der Asdonk and Lenneke Alink recieve grant to study the treatment of traumas from domestic violence and child abuse - Institute of Psychology
- Femke Bakker wins grant to study the possible influence of meditation on political behaviour - Institute for Political Science
- First LUCAS Audience Prize for Hugo Koning - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Seventeen Leiden researchers on the Clarivate Analytics list of most cited researchers:
- Natural Sciences: Ad IJzerman - Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research; Arnold Tukker - Center for Environmental Sciences; Henk Hoekstra - Leiden Observatory; Joop Schaye - Leiden Observatory; Marc Koper - Institute for Chemistry; - Marijn Franx - Leiden Observatory; Rychard Bouwens - Leiden Observatory; Rob Verpoorte - Institute of Biology.
- LUMC/Medicine: Desiree van der Heijde - Rheumatology; Ed Kuijper - Medical Microbiology; Hein Putter - Biomedical Data Sciences; Jeroen Bax - Heart and Lung Center Leiden; Jesse Swen - Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology; Eline Slagboom - Biomedical Data Sciences; Ewout Steyerberg - Biomedical Data Sciences
- Social Sciences: Ludo Waltman - Center for Science and Technology Studies; Nees Jan van Eck - Center for Science and Technology Studies
- Jos Raaijmakers (NIOO-KNAW and Institute Biology Leiden) and Jos Jonkers (NKI and Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research) both have a double appointment at Leiden University.
- LUF grants
- Lenneke Alink receives LUF grant for research project on children who lost one or both of their parents - Institute of Child and Educational Studies
- Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking data on inheritances in Italy - Faculty of Archaeology
- LUF grant to Alireza Mashaghi and Yasmine Abouleila for Ebola virus disease study - LACDR
- Five LUF project grants for researchers at Leiden Law School: Joni Reef and Elina van 't Zand, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology; Vestert Borger - Institute for Public Law; Katrien Klep - Institute for Private Law; Esther Kentin - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap - Faculteit Archeologie
- Tymon de Haas receives LUF grant from the Chastelain-Nobach fund for researching the ecological impact of the Roman expansion - Faculty of Archaeology
- Grants from LUF en Praesidium Libertatus for research project on vulnerable adolescents: Marieke Tollenaar, Anne Miers en Esther van den Bos - Institute of Psychology
- LUF grants for six more psychologists: Liesbeth van Vliet; Michiel Claessen, Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Laura Steenbergen; Kim de Jong and Franziska Richter - Institute of Psychology
- LUF-grants for Tanachia Ashikali (Institute of Public Administration), Honorata Mazepus and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz (both Institute of Security and Global Affairs)
Institutional grants and acknowledgements
- National Science Program (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda) supports five public-private collaborations in which Leiden participates:
- Looking for alternatives for chemical pesticides - with the Institute of Biology (project leader)
- Preventing viral outbreaks - with LUMC department of Virology and Center for Environmental Sciences
- The opioid crisis - with LUMC department of Anaesthesiology
- Genetic defects - with LUMC department of Human Genetics and Institute for Child and Education Studies
- Quantum microscopy - with Institute of Physics
- Research into healthy ageing and vitality - Consortium with LUMC department of Epidemiology and Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Four million euro for DIGITAL TWIN programme - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science in collaboration with five other universities and twelve industrial partners and knowledge organizations
- ZonMw Medical Inspirator Prize for research project 'Lyme brings lives to a halt' - Consortium with Institute of Psychology
- Over 1,5 million euro for public-private collaboration to study genetic defects that cause abnormalities in the frontal cortex - Institute of Child and Education Studies
- Donation for research into the psychology of economic behaviour - Institute of Psychology
- Large Regato grant from the Prince Bernard Culture Fund for archaeological research project - Faculty of Archaeology
- Kohei Suzuki recieves grant from the Swedish Research Council - Institute of Public Administration, with the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and ESADE (Spain)
- First LUF Snouck Hurgronje Grant for Past-at-Play Lab - Faculty of Archaeology
Honoured PhD candidates (national and international)
- Elsemieke Daalder wins exceptional international prize for research into the history of law - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Elsemieke Daalder also won the Ted Meijer Prize 2019 - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- PhD thesis Prize European Law Faculties Association awarded to Vestert Borger - Institute for Public Law
- Dr Kabir Duggal has been awarded the 2018 Academic Prize by CEPANI (the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation) for his doctoral thesis
- Peter Koymans wins KWG Prize for best PhD candidate in mathematics - Mathematical Institute
- Chris Smiet wins Christiaan Huygens Prize - Institute for Physics
- Ann Marie Wilson and Andrew Shield receive Leiden Global Interactions SEED grant for Leiden network for the study of sexuality - Leiden University College The Hague and Institute for History
- Andrew Sorensen wins Tübingen Prize for researching how Neanderthals made fire, specifically his PhD project - Faculty of Archaeology
- Anna Louise Latour wins pitch prize on ICT.OPEN - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Can Wang comes second in the Commit2Data poster competition on the ICT.OPEN - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Jos de Boer receives Chesneau prize from OCA and ESA for best PhD thesis - Leiden Observatory
- Bianca Westhoff receives Leiden Psychology Blog Award - Institute of Psychology
- Jorinde van de Vis wins Women in Science Rising Talent prize from KHMW - Leiden Observatory
- Femke Bakker wrote the best European PhD thesis in the field of political science - Institute for Political Science
- ARPH Best PhD Thesis Award for Yvette Meuleman - Institute for Psychology
- Thirteen PhD candidates from Leiden University got a cum laude distinction of their thesis; seven women and six men. Their names are: Ilektra Antonaki (Institute for Public Law), Koen Bastiaans (Insitute for Physics), Stephanie de Boer (Medicine/LUMC, Radiotherapy), Hanna Bosdriesz (Institute for Public Law), Tom O'Brien (Institute for Physics), Elisa Giacomelli (Medicine/LUMC, Anatomy and Embryology), Noortje de Haan (Medicine/LUMC, Proteomics and Metabolomics), Sebastiaan Haffert (Experimental Astrophysics), Koen van der Ham (Institute for Chemistry), Bryant Jongkees (Institute for Psychology), René Luijk (Medicine/LUMC, Molecular Epidemiology), Liselotte van der Pol (Medicine/LUMC, Thrombosis and haemostasis), Kahn Vu (Medicine/LUMC, Ophthalmology)
- PhD candidate Uzume Wijnsma named one of the '30 talents under 30' by Elsevier - Institute for Area Studies
- Thomas Sanders wins AB Annotation Prize - Institute for Public Law
- Bas Goulooze wins PhD Prize for best PhD candidate at Dutch Medicine Days - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Frank de Vos wrote the best psychology article - Institute of Psychology
- Jorryt Matthee wins C.J. Kok Jury Prize for best PhD thesis at the Science Faculty - Leiden Observatory
- Jorryt Matthee and Niels Ligterink both receive the IAU PhD Prize - Leiden Observatory
Royal decorations
- Dr. R. Demarée - Institute for Area Studies
- A. Gluvers - Faculty of Science
- Prof P.F. van der Heijden - Institute for Public Law
- Prof R.A. Koole - Institute of Political Science
- Prof H. Schulte Nordholt - Institute for Area Studies
- Prof A.W. van der Vaart - Mathematical Institute
Student prizes and acknowledgements
Awarded-winning master’s students
- The best master’s theses at Leiden University were written by:
- Koen van den Dool, first prize - Crisis and Security Management
- Erwin Dijkstra, second prize - Law
- Cecile de Jong, third prize - Classical languages
- Joost Wardenier wins De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize/Young Talent Graduation Prize 2019 of the KHMW - Astronomy
- Martin Hoekstra wins the J.R. Bruijn thesis prize - Maritime History
- Coco van Beveren and Frits Brouwer both wrote excellent master’s theses - Religious Studies
- Students present master’s thesis at the Ministry of Justice and Security - Child Law
- Nina van Capelleveen, Niels Demper, Jan Maarten Elbers and Kiki Twisk win Meijers PhD position 2019 - in order: Child Law, Civil Law and Criminology (2x)
- Joyce Esser in second place for the Piet Hein Donner Thesis Prize - Institute for Public Law
- Femke Lippok wins W.A. van Es Prize for pioneering work on funeral rites in the Middle Ages - Archaeology
- Gieneke Teewen wins Visions on Peace master’s thesis prize
- Rick van Well wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize from the KHMW - Political Science
- Gieneke Teeuwen wins Visions on Peace master’s thesis prize
- Quirine Simons wrote the best thesis of the Faculty of Social Sciences - Child and Education Studies
- Quirine Simons also won the NVO Thesis Prize - Child and Education Studies
- Esmée de Zwaan and Sanne Bakker win KNMP Student Prize - Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
- Giacomo Fontana wins NINO prize for the best thesis on the Nearby East - Archaeology
- Veerle van der Klei graduates summa cum laude - Vitality and Ageing
- Five master’s students receive the Young Talent Graduation Prize from the KHMW: Julia López Delgado (Biology), Stefano Polla (Physics), Mandy Meijer and Max Trauernicht (both Biomedical Sciences)
- Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen wins third prize VERSEN Master’s Thesis Award - Computer Science
- Danna Oomen wins the Social Sciences faculty prize for best research master’s thesis - Psychology
- Tim Hartman wins Dutch-German thesis prize - Civil Law
- Markus Enk wins Speckmann prize for best master’s thesis (including 3 films) - Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Patricia Kret wins Fruin prize for best thesis - History
- Janno Meijer wins third prize with thesis 'Working in public administration' - Management of Public Administration
- Thesis prizes for Psychology:
- Eva Tolmeijer: best master’s thesis
- Danna Oomen: bests research master’s thesis
- Best theses at Leiden Law School:
- Kiki Twisk, first prize
- Tim van Polanen, second prize
- Jos Meester, third prize
And also....
- Leiden iGEM team wins prize for the best production method with squid protein suckerin - Maarten Lubbers, Daan van Tol, Floor Stel and Jo-Anne Verschoor
- Shirly van der Maarel receives prize for best LUF proposal - Cultural Anthropology
- Four students and three employees of Cultural Anthropology were Leiden's city photographers for a year - Cultural Anthropology
- Student Marie Weijler on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list - Corporate Law
- Six Leiden computer science students excel and get to present their papers in Oxford - Computer Science
- Computer science students in second place in Netherlands hacking competition - Computer Science
- Eyman Abdulatti and A. A. B. N. A. Surya Putra wrote the best paper on Economic Development of Air Transport - Air and Space Law
- Team with Ludo Pulles, Reinier Schmiermann and Pim Spelier wins Benelux Algorithm Programming Contest - Mathematics and Computer Science
- Meyke Rietveld best Dutch labour law student - Labour Law
- Bachelor students Larissa van Beckhoven, Eeke Brussee and Mirjam de Haan receive Speckmann prize for fieldwork report - Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Leiden student wins ECHO Loyens & Loeff Law & Tax Award - Corporate Law
- Laura Lübbert wrote best internship report for the LUF - Biology
- Kluiters Prize for excellent students of the Intelligence Studies (graded 9 or higher) - Anouschka van Dijk, Pietjan den Hollander, Maikel Kerkhof, Kingman Lam, Daniela Matei, Douwe van der Meer, Olivier Smith, Raquel Nordsiek, Camilla Vianini, Alexander Sterk, Nick Attfield Gonzalez, Willem Seuren, Rob Boswijk, Marit Kruisdijk, Ričards Miezītis, Femke Remmits, Sadjia Safdari, Callum Thomson, Caitlin Woltman, Etiënne van Essen, Vincent Schön and Dowoon Kang.
- Seven first-year students receive the Young Talent Encouragment Prize from KHMW: Rose Vossen (Molecular Science and Technology), Daan van Valkengoed (Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences) Suze van Brummelen, (Biology), Samuel Tiersma (Mathematics), Maarten Elion, (Physics), Tjeerd de Jong (Molecular Science and Technology) en Thomas de Mol (Computer Science)
- LUC graduate Vera Kranenburg selected for prestigious Yenching Academy - Leiden University College The Hague
- Demi Joszefine van de Nes wrote best bachelor’s thesis - Politicologie
Moot Court
- Team Leiden wins NVER mooting competition 2019
- Leiden University wins ICC Moot Court Competition; Elizabeth Hartley first runner-up Best Prosecutor
- Leiden team in the Ian Fletcher Insolvency Law Moot: prizes for ‘Best written submissions’ and for ‘Best mooter of the preliminary rounds’ (Anastasia Grishkova).
- Elise Dirkse wins Moot Court challenge trophy
- Rick Weijers wins Moot Court challenge trophy
- Leiden Law Team wins Max Huber Award in Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
- Leiden VAR mooting team wins bronze medal
Well done:
- Law student Aoife Fleming speeches at the UN Climate Conference in Madrid
- LUC project UNPLASTIC wins Dopper Changemaker Challenge
- Students Dutch Language and Culture Ditmar Bakker and Anne Grisnich first and second place in translation competition 'Life is a dream' (Het Leven is Droom)
- Leiden University College receives grant for diversity project
- Junior Degen, student Tax Law, wins second prize at the Dutch Judo Championships
- Leiden University College wins UCSRN sports tournament, playing at home
- Start up by for master’s students Industrial Ecology selected for EU project for sustainable startups: Anurag Bhambani, Mel Valies, Sachithanandha Sundaram Shanmugasundaram en Simon Begeer
University educational prizes and other acknowledgements
Best lecturer at Leiden University
New members of the Leiden Teachers Academy:
- Victor Gijsbers - Institute of Philosophy
- Peter van der Zwan - Institute for Tax Law and Economics
Teaching prizes from faculties and institutes
- Frank Chouraqui wins Teaching Prize Faculty of Humanities - Institute for Philosophy
- Barend Barentsen best lecturer of the Leiden Law School - Institute for Public Law
- Erwin Dijkstra best seminar lecturer at Leiden Law School - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law
- Stefano Cucurachi best lecturer at the Faculty of Science - Center for Environmental Sciences
- Pascal Haazebroek wins the Casimir Prize for best lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences - Institute of Psychology
- Sandra van Dijk best lecturer at the Institute of Psychology - Institute of Psychology
And also:
Acknowledgements for non-academic staff
- Monique Leemkuil, allrounder for the institutes' board, receives the OBP Award - Institute of Psychology
- Esther Philips chosen as new chair of EARMA - Center for Environmental Sciences
Tribute of Leiden University to others
Honorary doctorates of Leiden University
Prof. R.H. Dijkgraaf, professor of theoretical physics, director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, US, and university professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Prof. Melissa Little, professor of cell biology and theme director cell biology at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
NB: If you are aware of any omissions, please inform the news editors via nieuws@leidenuniv.nl. We will be happy to add new awards to the list.