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Math students win medals for clever proofs on elegant problems10 September 2018
Mathematics students Pim Spelier and Bob Zwetsloot both won a medal at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) 2018 in...
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‘I try to make my students enthusiastic about the subject’16 August 2018
‘My lectures have to be as enjoyable as possible for the students, even when they're about the drier parts of maths.' Robert-Jan Kooman is one of the ...
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Han de Winde steps down as vice-dean of Faculty of Science15 August 2018
Han de Winde will step down as a member of the faculty board of the Faculty of Science from 1 September 2018. De Winde had been vice–dean at the facul...
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Full appointment for Roeland Merks at mathematics and biology09 July 2018
As of 1 July, Professor of Mathematical Biology Roeland Merks has got a full appointment at Leiden University. Before this expansion, he worked one da...
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Serge Fehr appointed as Professor Quantum information theory08 June 2018
As of 1 June, Serge Fehr has been appointed as Professor Quantum information theory at the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Fehr is employed by Cen...
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Survival analysis and Escher in Leiden08 May 2018
Last week, young researchers of many nationalities came to Leiden for the Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference, and were surprised with...
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Tackling messy blood vessels to fight cancer04 May 2018
With a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros, Professor of Mathematical biology Roeland Merks will look for ways to fix messy and leaky blood vessels in tum...
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Netherlands win golden medal at annivesary edition Benelux Mathematics Olympiad03 May 2018
In the last weekend of April, the tenth edition of the Benelux Mathematics Olympiad took place. The Dutch delegation won a total of 8 medals. The 17-y...
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Djordjo Milovic wins Stieltjes prize05 April 2018
On 4 April 2018 the Stieltjes prize 2016 was awarded to Djordjo Milovic for his PhD thesis 'On the 16-rank of class groups of quadratic number fields'.
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Stéphanie van der Pas receives Willem R. van Zwet Award29 March 2018
On 29 March Stéphanie van der Pas receives the Willem R. van Zwet Award during the Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Society of Statistics and Operati...
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Mentor Gonny Hauwert: ‘Your first job doesn’t have to be an instant hit!'28 March 2018
Mathematician Gonny Hauwert (33) is one of the mentors in the Leiden University Mentor Network. Through multiple jobs she found out what she really en...
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Mathematics, medicine and teaching08 March 2018
Mathematician Stéphanie van der Pas, winner of the C.J. Kok Jury Award for her PhD thesis in 2017, divides her time between research and education, an...
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Female talent in the spotlight07 March 2018
The representation of women in science is improving, also at the Faculty of Science. On 8 March – International Women's Day – we highlight the work of...
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Wessel Kraaij director of Data Science Research Programme27 February 2018
Prof.dr.ir. Wessel Kraaij is appointed director of the Data Science Research Programme (DSRP) at Leiden University, starting March 1st. He is the succ...
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Three VICI grants for Leiden researchers22 February 2018
Three Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). They each receive 1...