Dana Smit is a teacher at the Department of Bachelor's Education.

Leiden University has an active staff association that organises a range of activities throughout the year. This autumn, members can join in many budget-friendly new activities. And two new board members would like to introduce themselves.

Kristell Penfornis is a PhD student at the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit of the Institute of Psychology. She researches the role of identity processes in smoking cessation and physical activity promotion.

Riccardo graduated twice at the University of Trieste, with a BSc in 2014 in Biological Science and Technologies where he wrote his thesis in Plant Physiology on “Carbon starvation as a possible mechanism driving drought- induced tree die-off”, and a MSc in 2017 in Environmental Biology.

Health Day has won the LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize (LUF RAP). This 5,000-euro prize is awarded to an initiative by Leiden University students that brings the academic community together.

As a mathematician, Fred Rohde (1948) explored the world of numbers. As a photographer, he captured demonstrations. And now he’s reconstructing his mother’s wartime story – an extraordinary tale of her stay with an Austrian family, the inventors of asbestos cement.

Dennis Hetterscheid tries to understand and mimic bioinorganic multi-electron processes that are relevant to our future energy infrastructure. The research of Dennis Hetterscheid is carried out both in the MCBIM and CASC research groups of Leiden University.

William Michael Schmidli is a U.S. foreign relations historian, and his research focuses on human rights, democracy promotion, and the significance of war and militarization in modern U.S. history. He completed his doctoral degree in the Department of History at Cornell University in 2010.

Chemical Biology is the discipline in which fundamental biological processes are studied by approaches intrinsically rooted in chemistry. The research of Herman Overkleeft is characterized by the design, synthesis and application of chemical probes in glycobiology and immunology.

Would you like to connect with the general public about your expertise and research? And how about helping to develop an appealing public activity? If that sounds good to you, now is your chance. In the 2025 anniversary year, Leiden University is involved in a range of public events. For…

Leiden University will share impactful research and teaching with policymakers, businesses and the general public at the Impact Fair in Utrecht on Thursday 3, Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April. Visit our stand, meet over a hundred inspiring exhibitors – and get a discount on your ticket.

Tahmina Fariaby is a PhD student at the Division of Drug Delivery Technology

The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors in due course. The Council will now look at this carefully before the Board makes a final decision. The advice of the University’s participation body…

Sylvestre Bonnet studies the (photo)chemistry of metal-based molecules in biological and biomimetic environment. By combining bioinorganic chemistry and photochemistry his group makes new light-activatable prodrugs for use as targeted anticancer agents with minimal side effects. Another part of the…

‘Active learning’ is based on the idea that subject matter will sink in and stick better if students are actively involved in their education. However, students are not always as active with the learning material as we would like them to be.

This interactive training gives you – and your people – the skills to challenge unacceptable behaviours, including those which may have become normalised over time.

Time for some music! On the prettiest spot on Leiden’s canals: Rapenburg.

Our anniversary won’t be an anniversary without a bit of sport. Sport brings us together: shoulder to shoulder on the start line and cheering each other over the finish.

Dr. Bram Slütter is associate professor at the Division of BioTherapeutics.

Yusra Abdullahi is a PhD Candidate researching the roles Ghanaian, Zimbabwean, and Rwenzururian activists played at the United Nations.

Racism, bullying, sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviours contribute to a toxic culture. The impact they have on people can be hugely detrimental – leading to stress, anxiety and mental health problems. As we are seeing in the news, it can be deeply corrosive and damaging if these behaviours…

Dr. Olivier J. M. Béquignon is an Assistant Professor of the division of Medicinal Chemistry in Pr.dr. Van Westen's Computation Drug Discovery group. Olivier is specialized in the use of AI and structure-based drug discovery. He is dedicated to exploring novel cancer therapies using molecular dynamics,…

Our anniversary won’t be an anniversary without a bit of sport. Sport brings us together: shoulder to shoulder on the start line and cheering each other over the finish. We will start on Sunday 9 March in The Hague!

Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year.

Silke Henkes work focuses on theoretical soft condensed matter physics and biophysics.

I am a researcher, writer, and musician. I work on play, new media, art and popular culture. This serves as a basis for narrative essays and audio stories in which I intertwine personal experiences with a reconstruction of seemingly insignificant historical moments or cultural events. I move back and…

Prof.dr. N.O. Schiller dr. T. Grüter (University Of Hawaii)

Bart Verkuil is associate professor at the Clinical Psychology Unit. He is active in various courses in the bachelor and master curricula and supervises master thesis students. His research focusses on physiological aspects of psychopathology (anxiety and depression). Bart also works part-time as a…

Dr. Gerlov van Engelenhoven is an assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), teaching courses on postcolonial memory, law & culture, and cultural interaction. His most recent book is titled Postcolonial Memory in the Netherlands: Meaningful Voices, Meaningful Silences.…