Faculty of Science
Awards and Grants 2025
On this page you will find an overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2025, as well as special appointments at Leiden University and other institutions.
- Roxanne Kieltyka received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to develop synthetic material for growing manipulated heart tissue.
- Sebastian Pomplun received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to transform cancer treatment by advancing the development of HeloMYC.
- Grégory Schneider and Jan van Ruitenbeek received an NWO grant from the Open Technology Program for research to prove a new technique for unraveling DNA codes faster, cheaper and more accurately.
- Aline Vidotto has been appointed professor of Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics at the Observatory.
- Jasper Williams has been appointed as Director of Operations of CML.
- Rob van Wijk received the 2024 Teacher of the Year award for his exceptional dedication and innovative methods by which he links theoretical concepts to practice.
- Marie Depuydt won the C.J. Kok Jury Prize for her thesis on the role of the immune system in arterial calcification.
- Daan de Bos received the Leiden Science Young Talent Award for his thesis on self-learning materials.