If you need any help with your research or if you encounter problems during your PhD track, Leiden University provides several different types of support for PhD candidates. There are also groups, networks and communities in which you can meet other PhD candidates.

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Researcher and project coordinator, working mainly on Leiden Ranking and various European Union projects on research assessment, open science, organizational research, bibliometric data, gender analysis and data curation.

Gerhard Burger (M.Sc.) is a PhD student at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety

Kiki Spoelstra is a PhD candidate at the CoPAN lab of the unit Cognitive Psychology. Her research focusses on communication, socio-cognitive functioning, and emotional expression in felids. By including species that greatly differ in their degree of sociality, she aims to further investigate how social…

Emma Devereux is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

As a PhD candidate, your research demands precision, creativity, and intense focus. Yet, navigating people—supervisors, promotors, co-authors, committee members—can feel more complex than navigating your dataset or experiment. Maybe you’ve held back from raising a concern in a meeting. Or avoided negotiating…

Liesbeth works as of 2019 as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology. Before joining the Department, she worked as a Researcher/Research Fellow at Nivel (2008-2012 & 2015-2018); UMC Utrecht (2016); OLVG (2017-2018); and King’s College London, Dept of Palliative…

Research in the lab of Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski focuses on understanding and engineering the versatile metabolism of bacteria. Lab members strive to gain fundamental knowledge by investigating the physiology of environmental microbes and apply these discoveries to develop sustainable solutions…

Jesse started as a PhD researcher at the Environmental Biology department of CML in April 2023. He studies the role of the microbiome within nanotoxicity.

Martin is part of the ecotoxicology group, where he is working on the implementation of eDNA in ecotoxicological research as both a tool to study community effects, as well as a predictive tool to gain insight in the state of a community.

Carlos Roos is a lecturer at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), where he teaches for the Minor Music Studies and the PRE-University Programme.

Prof.dr. J.M. Raaijmakers dr. P. van ‘t Hof

My research focuses on the role of authenticity in science museums and on measuring the impact of science communication.

I am a double PhD holder with over 10 years of research experience as a research assistant and postdoctoral researcher, specializing in soil microbial ecology and plant-plant interaction. I have been involved in several research projects mainly focused on the assembly of plant and microbial communities…

Lara is researching culturally sensitive information provision in palliative care, focusing on patients who prefer non-disclosure or implicit communication about their diagnosis or prognosis, often from diverse cultural backgrounds.

I suggest a systematic study into the influence of non-singing female companions on vocal learning in young birds as a proof-of-principle study into how non-imitative learning processes from the social environment influence the timing and content of vocal learning and thus drive the interface between…

Tian Yang is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Linguistics. Tian is currently investigating how users perceive the output of machine translation by using eye tracking.

Ludo Waltman is scientific director and professor of Quantitative Science Studies at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. He is co-chair of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI).

Liselotte Rambonnet is a PhD student at the Institute of Biology in Leiden and conducts research on citizens collecting data about plastic pollution and animal rescue centers. She is interested in the motivation of volunteers to collect data and what their impact is, not only on themselves but also…

This probably sounds familiar: Where did I see that colleague’s message? Was it in a post on Teams, in Outlook or in the chat? Where did we save that document? On the J drive or in a folder in a Teams channel? Making agreements If you often ask yourself these questions, the workload reduction project…

Prof.dr. H. Slabbekoorn dr. P.M. Rodrigues dos Santos Russo dr. J. Hubert

My research focuses on the multifaceted roles of Bacillus subtilis biofilms in interactions with various soil-derived bacterial isolates. By uncovering gene regulatory pathways and dissecting molecular mechanisms, we aim to leverage this knowledge to promote plant growth and advance sustainable agri…

Just start somewhere: whether it's videos, board games, theatre performances, or festivals. That was one of the key insights Sophie Wintermans gained during the Science Communication Summer School. In her view, the Summer School is a great step for any scientist interested in science communication.

Victor Posthuma is affiliated with the Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University as an external PhD candidate. Working title: ‘From back room to corridor: the role of journalism in the resignation of ministers and state secretaries in the cabinets of Balkenende I up to and including Rutte…

Ana Parrón Cabañero is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. Ana holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme in Research and Innovation in Higher Education awarded by the University for Continuing Education Krems and Tampere University. Her…

Henrik is an ecologist and ecotoxicologist focusing on identifying how pollution moves through and impacts ecosystems.