Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College The Hague

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

This thesis has shed light on some of the ways in which the local electrolyte composition can differ from the bulk and how these changes in the local reaction environment can determine the activity and/or selectivity of two important electrocatalytic reactions, namely, electrochemical CO2 reduction…

Lecture, Lecture part of a series

The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

The rapidly increasing commercial application of metallic nanoparticles within products will inevitably enhance the amount of NPs being released into soil.

This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

Sinds 1974 wordt Wereldmilieudag elk jaar gevierd op 5 juni, waarbij regeringen, bedrijven en burgers worden betrokken bij een poging dringende milieukwesties aan te pakken.

Professor Simon Portegies Zwart ontvangt van NWO een half miljoen euro vanuit de NWO-middelgroot ronde. Het geld is bestemd voor zijn onderzoek 'The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment' (AMUSE).

Promotor: Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: V. Sidoravicius.

PhD Defence

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander

Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F.P. Israel, Prof.dr. P.P. van der Werf

This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.

Contributions to the UNEP international panel for sustainable resource management

Celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre

This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.

Overzicht van de CML-publicaties

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Plants, are sessile organisms, have developed strategies to adapt to changes in their environment, in part by altering their growth and development.

Although nanoparticles are extensively used in various applications like consumer products and have most probably entered the environment, little is known about the effects of these particles on living organisms.

Traditional drug discovery approaches have been hampered by (in vitro) cell-culture models that poorly represent the situation in the human body.

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is an ubiquitous part of oil refining that ensures that fuels are cleaned of impurities and environment release of pollutants such as SOx and NOx gasses are minimized.

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

In this project of the Center for Public Values & Ethics (CPVE) ongoing research is conducted on the history of advice to Dutch central government by so-called State committees from 1814 to 2014. State committees have been installed by Dutch central government since 1814 to provide expert advice, research…

Corruption, integrity (or a lack thereof…) and public values are near omnipresent elements in public administration and politics of all times. Cases of corrupt public officials and politicians continuously emerge. Strangely enough, however, it often remains unknown what actually occurred, how something…

De sectie IE geeft onderwijs in alle fasen van de rechtenstudie, van propedeuse tot advanced masters en post-academisch onderwijs.

A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.

Can we provide the Dutch government with an integrative framework, wherein the various policies can be placed and the need for further measures can be identified?

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…

Leiden University and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are involved in a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks'

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

Material outflows from industrial economies.

Indicators to measure progress in de-linking economic growth and environmental pressure.

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

In the search for sustainable energy solutions, the idea of artificial photosynthesis has been proposed as an approach with which to use water and sunlight to produce hydrogen.

Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen

In photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), a biologically active compound is caged by a light-cleavable protecting group.