Faculty of Science
Awards and Grants 2024
On this page you will find an overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2024, as well as special appointments at Leiden University and other institutions.
- Alessandra Silvestri received an ERC Consolidator grant for large-scale gravity research.
- Amanda Foks received a grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation for research on treating atherosclerosis with an anti-inflammatory drug.
- Peter Grünwald received an ERC Advanced Grant for his research into the development of a new, revolutionary theory of statistics.
- Rob van Wijk received a grant from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) together with the Preclinical Design and Clinical Translation of TB Regimens consortium for research into better tuberculosis medicines.
- Hermen Overkleeft received the Roy L. Whistler International Award 2024 from the International Carbohydrate Orgasation for his contribution the field of carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry.
- Carlo Beenakker has been appointed a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), mainly because of his pioneering work on electrical conduction in nanostructures.
- Marta Fiocco and her team received a KWF grant to treat Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app.
- Jos Raaijmakers was appointed as new scientific member of the KHMW.
- Elena Maria Rossi received a Vici for her research on small black holes.
- Aline de Almeida Vidotto received a Vici for her research on the interaction of stellar radiation and winds with the leaking atmospheres of exoplanets.
- The Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute Of the Netherlands (ANION), led by Marc Koper, received Gravity funding for research in new efficient electrochemical technologies.
- The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS), led by Mario van der Stelt, received Gravity funding for developing a 'brain atlas' of psychiatric symptoms and developing entirely new approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatments of psychiatric syndromes.
- Anne Wentink received Gravity funding with her research project FLOW to understand the cell's quality control process in a way that the knowledge can be used to cure and prevent diseases, such as Alzheimer's, parkinson's, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia.
- Roeland Merks received a Gravity funding with his research project Green Tissue Engineering (GreenTE) to develop new strategies to improve the propagation and immunity of crops.
- Yamila Miguel received the title Teacher of the Year 2023 for her creativity, dedication, broad outlook beyond her own research area and commitment to state-of-the-art research.
- Sara Seager received an honorary doctorate for the academic and societal importance of her research on exoplanets.
- Luca Giomi was appointed professor of The0ratical Physics.
- Michiel Hogerheijde was appointed programme director of the master Astronomy.
- Irene Groot was appointed professor of Surface and Interface Science.
- Diego Garlaschelli was appointed professor of Theoretical Physics.
- Ilze Bot was appointed professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology.
- Sense Jan van der Molen was appointed scientific director of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION).
- Dimitris Krommydas, in collaboration with Livio Nicola Carenza and Luca Giomi, won the LION Image Award 2023.
- Marc Koper received an honorary doctorate from the University of Antwerp in recognition of his expertise in electrochemistry.
- Miranda van Eck was appointed Scientific Director of LACDR.
- Bregje Brinkman received the C.J. Kok Jury Prize for the best dissertation of the year for her research on the safety of nanomaterials.
- Annemarie Meijer was appointed confidential advisor for PhD candidates.
- Dominique Lawson received the title Leiden Science Young Talent 2023 for his thesis, in which he converted a mathematical theorem into computer language.
- Juliane Klaura won the second prize at the Leiden University Thesis Prizes 2024 for her master's thesis about animal welfare.
- The MSc Life Science and Technology scored above average in the 'Keuzegids masters 2024', a guide to master’s programmes in the Netherlands.