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…

One of the key limitations of the direct imaging of exoplanets at small angular separations are quasi-static speckles that originate from evolving non-common path aberrations (NCPA) to which the primary adaptive optics system is inherently blind. The main focus of this thesis is the development and…

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotores: M.F.E. de Jeu, B. de Pagter

Including modelling as part of software development appears to have various benefits.

Promotors: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck, Prof.dr. B. Sendhoff (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

Promotor: Prof.dr. F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: D. Clarke

Plants and soils from natural ecosystems harbor great diversity of soil microorganisms, which could potentially contribute to the sustainability of horticulture. The knowledge about using wild plant species and soil from natural ecosystem to improve the crop health will advance the application of ecological…

Wetland plants are distinguished from plants of other terrestrial ecosystems by their adaptations to specific habitat stresses, including waterlogged and flooding and the subsequent abundance of phytotoxic compounds.

Understanding interactions in quantum many-body systems remains one of the most profound and difficult challenges in condensed matter physics.

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotor: Dr. Young Hae Choi

Industrial manufacturing processes, such as the production of steel or the stamping of car body parts, are complex semi-batch processes with many process steps, machine parameters and quality indicators.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

“Temminck’s Order” is the scientific biography of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1850), a Dutch naturalist and the first director of ’s Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.

Consequences for sediment stability and seston trapping

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent cancer in males.

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn

Promotor: R. Gill, Co-promotor: P. Massart

De Cleveringaleerstoel is ingesteld door de Universiteit Leiden ter herinnering aan hoogleraar Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa en zijn moedige optreden in november 1940 tijdens de Duitse bezetting en ter herdenking van de bevrijding in 1945.

This thesis presents the systematics, epidermal defense, and bioprospecting of wild orchids.

Promotor: Peter Stevenhagen

To improve cancer treatments, personalized medicine approaches have aimed to identify exactly which mutations are driving tumor development in a given patient and specifically target these mutations using precision therapies.

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.

Promotor: P. J. J. Hooykaas Co-promotor: B. S de Pater

Promotores: J. Kok, M. Chaudron (Chalmers University)

The main focus of the thesis is the discovery and development of novel inhibitors of bacterial metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs).

In this thesis, we extend the concept of null models as canonical ensembles of multi-graphs with given constraints and present new metrics able to characterize real-world layered systems based on their correlation patterns.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon & Prof. dr. H.H. de Iongh

This thesis describes the structural and biochemical characterization of the β-lactamase BlaC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and the Alr and YlmE proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).Mtb is the main cause of tuberculosis.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Prof.dr. V. Meyer (Technische Universität Berlin)

Multi-objective evolutionary computation aims to find high quality (Pareto optimal) solutions that represent the trade-off between multiple objectives.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

In een tijdperk vóór GoogleDocs en LinkedIn vertrouwden 19e-eeuwse wetenschappers op het schrijven van brieven voor samenwerking, peer-feedback en het opbouwen en onderhouden van academische netwerken.

De afdeling eLaw van de Universiteit Leiden is toonaangevend in Europa in onderzoek naar het snijvlak tussen recht en digitale technologieën.

Hieronder staan enkele ervaringen van duale promovendi die gepromoveerd zijn met steun van het Dual PhD Centre.

De Universiteit Leiden reikt regelmatig eredoctoraten, onderscheidingen en prijzen uit.

Archeologe Hayley Mickleburgh onderzoekt hoe lijken ontbinden. Dat helpt bij de reconstructie van veranderingen in begrafenisrituelen van Caribische indianen.

Vanaf een lanceerinstallatie in Frans Guyana gaat op 19 december de Europese satelliet Gaia de ruimte in om een zeer gedetailleerde driedimensionale kaart van het Melkwegstelsel maken. De Leidse astronoom Anthony Brown leidt het consortium dat de vloed aan meetgegevens gaat verwerken.

The thesis is part of a bigger project, the HEPGAME (High Energy Physics Game). The main objective for HEPGAME is the utilization of AI solutions, particularly by using MCTS for simplification of HEP calculations.

This thesis focuses on addressing four research problems in designing embedded streaming systems.

Did the Jochids leave their mark on the Grand Duchy, taking into account that the Lithuanian state was one of the main successor states of the Great Horde in the 16thCentury?

Seagrass is a marine flowering plant with special adaptations to coastal and marine environments, playing a crucial role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services.

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De opleiding Natuurkunde organiseert op dinsdagavond 31 januari haar driejaarlijkse bijeenkomst voor middelbare schooldocenten. Het programma bestaat uit lezingen over ontwikkelingen in de hedendaagse fysica en de nieuwste initiatieven in de onderwijswereld.