• Minerva Prize 2021 goes to Wiebke Albrecht and Natalia Chepiga

    Today, the NNV and the Dutch Physics Council (DPC) announced that AMOLF tenure track group leader Wiebke Albrecht is one of the two recipients of the Minerva prize 2021. She …

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  • Minervaprijs 2021 gaat naar Wiebke Albrecht en Natalia Chepiga

    Vandaag maken de NNV en de Dutch Physics Council (DPC) bekend dat AMOLF tenure track groepsleider Wiebke Albrecht een van de twee winnaars is van de Minervaprijs 2021. Ze deelt …

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  • Femius Koenderink elected 2022 Optica Fellow

    The Optica (formerly OSA) Board of Directors has elected Femius Koenderink to the 2022 Fellows Class. He is one of the 106 members to be honored this year. Koenderink was …

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  • Anne Meeussen wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021

    Today, the Dutch Physics Council announces that former PhD student Anne Meeussen (Mechanical Metamaterials group at AMOLF and Leiden University) wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021. Meeussen defended her thesis …

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  • Martin van Hecke elected APS fellow

    Metamaterials researcher Martin van Hecke has been elected American Physical Society (APS) fellow, an honour exclusive to only half a percent of the society's members. The Soft Matter Division of …

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  • Tuning chemical reactions with light

    AMOLF researchers unravel how nano-antennas enhance chemical reactions The chemical industry consumes a lot of energy, not only to initiate reactions but also to separate products from by-products. In a …

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  • Chemische reacties fine-tunen met licht

    AMOLF onderzoekers ontrafelen hoe nano-antennes chemische reacties versterken De chemische industrie gebruikt veel energie, niet alleen om reacties op gang te brengen, maar ook voor het scheiden van producten en …

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  • Vidi grant for Kristina Ganzinger

    AMOLF group leader Kristina Ganzinger (Physics of Cellular Interactions) is one of the 78 researchers who received a NWO Vidi grant that is worth 800.000 euros. This grant allows Ganzinger …

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  • A new spin on making minimal cells

    The ability of a cell to separate its own matter from its surroundings is a basic requirement for life. A team of researchers at AMOLF and Delft University of Technology …

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  • Two NWO Rubicon grants for AMOLF researchers

    Former PhD students Anne Meeussen (Mechanical Metamaterials group) and Mario Avellaneda Sarrio (Biophysics group) are amongst the 31 researchers who have recently received a Rubicon grant from NWO. The Rubicon …

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