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

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.

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).

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

Fate and toxicity of copper nanoparticles was related to the water chemistry of the environment and pristine size.

Safety issues of the transport and storage of Chlorine, ammonia and LPG.

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.

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…

Material outflows from industrial economies.

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.

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'

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

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?

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver

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.

A neurocognitive investigation of the development of social performance monitoring in youth growing up in stressful versus non-stressful environments

Congres/symposium

Lezing

Ook het milieu profiteert als mensen hun nationale voedingsrichtlijnen te volgen, toonde Paul Behrens aan in onderzoek gepubliceerd in PNAS. De publicatie trok media-aandacht in binnen- en buitenland.

Promotor: J.A. Bouwstra Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

Promotor: T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

Identification of the products or product groups that have the greatest environmental impact from a life-cycle perspective using environmentally extended input-output analysis.

The book ‘Bestrijdingsmiddelen en Milieu' gives a transparent overview of facts and figures concerning pesticide use in the Netherlands and the impact of pesticides on the environment.

Promotor: Ed F. Deprettere, Co-promotor: Todor P. Stefanov

Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.W.J. Beenakker

In this thesis, we use low-frequency and high-frequency radio observations to address the following questions regarding quasars: is the radio loud/quiet quasar dichotomy real?

Tin electrodeposition applications have rapidly evolved in the past 25 years.

Light-Harvesting Complex II (LHCII) is responsible for light absorption and excitation energy transfer in plants and photosynthetic algae, while in high light it undergoes conformational changes by which it quenches excitations to prevent photodamage.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok

Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.K. Richardson

1: What is the relative importance of alfa and beta biodiversity in polar ecosystems, and how does intraspecific variation influence this? 2: How can we use remote sensing to determine functional biodiversity (within communities) in polar ecosystems? 3: Temporal and spatial scales of functional biodiversity:…

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Instituut Biologie Leiden (IBL)

Promotie

Vooral neerslag en bodemzuurgraad bepalen welke microben in een bepaalde habitat overleven en welke niet. Deze kennis is van belang om de biodiversiteit in stand te houden. Leidse milieukundigen werkten mee aan het onderzoek. Publicatie in Nature op 1 augustus.

Decentralized plug and play systems for energy production are the future picture of our society. Artificial photosynthetic systems are used for this purpose.