The long-held desire - to link structure directly to function and to explain molecular mechanisms based on basic chemical or physical principles - is finally coming closer, satisfying not only our scientific curiosity but also offering new solutions to the many challenges in the field of health, energy…

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

This thesis is dedicated to the exploration of the primordial dark ages: unknown physics during the earliest stages of the Universe’s expansion that have not yet been directly probed by observations. Cosmic inflation is a burst of exponential expansion of space after the “Big Bang”.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: B. de Smit

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Eliel, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

In this thesis we study the landscape of gravitational models which modify GR by introducing an additional scalar degree of freedom (d.o.f.) to source Cosmic Acceleration.

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

This thesis studies the geometry of representation varieties and character stacks. These are spaces parametrizing the representations of a finitely generated group, typically the fundamental group of a compact manifold, into an algebraic group G.

This thesis explores how electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy can be used to investigate key biochemical processes.

Promotor: Peter Stevenhagen

Microbial rhodopsins are photosensitive pigments implemented in the growth and adaptation of a large population of microorganisms.

This thesis contributes to studying primordial cosmology theories and their detectability in future observations.

A century ago, it was unclear whether the stars in the sky were clustered in groups, or widely spread in the universe.

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven

Promotoren: R. Tijdeman, A.K. Lenstra, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele

Single-molecule spectroscopy has become a powerful method for using organic fluorescent molecules in numerous applications.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most pressing challenges that humanity faces in the coming decades.

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

The radio sky harbours both galactic and extragalactic sources of arcminute- to degree-scale emission of various physical origins. To discover extragalactic diffuse emission in the Cosmic Web beyond galaxy clusters, one must image low–surface brightness structures amidst a sea of brighter compact fore-…

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, Co-promotor: R.S. de Jong

Promotor: W. T. F. den Hollander, F. H. J. Redig

Promotor: Thomas Hankemeier, Co-promotores: Heiko van der Linden, Paul Vulto

Promotor: J. Aarts

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Co-Promotor: M.R. Hogerheijde

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

Advanced sensing techniques require graphene with high quality and well-controlled surface chemistry.

Op 3 juni 2016, werd het Symposium on International Investment Law as a Field for Scholarly Research georganiseerd door Uppsala University, samen met het Nordic Network on Investment Law en het Swedish Institute of International Law.

The thesis explores how interstellar chemistry evolves as a function of time and changing physical architectures during the formation of stars.

Promotor: H.J.M. de Groot

One of the most important correlation functions in physics, especially in cosmology, is the energy density, which describes how much energy is present at each point in spacetime due to matter fields. A key contribution to the energy density of the primordial universe comes from gravitational waves (GWs),…

Promotores: J. Zaanen, A. Parnachev

Over the past years it has been discovered that the population of extra-solar planets is large and diverse.

In this thesis chemical and physical processes in the ice mantles on interstellar dust grains are studied.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: F. Calle-Vallejo

Quantum computers are a proposed fundamentally new type of computer. They aim to perform some computations much faster than previously possible by exploiting phenomena at the quantum scale, called superposition and entanglement.

This thesis focuses on developing wafer-scale two-dimensional (2D) materials by combining synthesis, transfer, characterization, and device integration of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), and BN-doped amorphous carbon.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: G.A. Palma

This thesis provides an overview of the development of the Pair Configuration to Molecular Activity Coefficient (PAC-MAC) model.

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967 and since then the population has grown and expanded over several wavelengths.

The unit residue group, to which the present thesis is devoted, is defined using the norm-residue symbol, which Hilbert introduced into algebraic number theory in 1897.

Let A be a commutative algebraic group over a field K, and let G be a finitely generated subgroup of the K-rational points of A. The purpose of this thesis is to study the degrees of the Kummer extensions relative to A,K and G.

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

This thesis explores interfacial conductance and electric field-effects in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures.

Onder supervisie van Dr. Mike Field wordt in Botanisch Laboratorium onderzoek gedaan naar archaïsch en paleo-botanisch materiaal, waaronder zaden en vruchten, pollen en sporen, en hout.