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261 search results for “isotopic analysis” in the Student website

• Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’ News - 3 July 2023

  Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innovative character of this research project lies in the wide-scale application of isotope analysis and isotope mapping. ‘We aim at further developing methods…

• Archaeological Forum: Lieke Bes and Adam Benfer Event - 16 October 2025

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  Tamara Michaelis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants News - 26 May 2025

  The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence for the cultivation of domesticated plants by early groups and a lower degree of mobility…

• Slice of 'Zeeuws' life: the complex stories behind human burials in Koudekerke News - 21 May 2025

  A team of three students affiliated with Leiden University is shedding new light on the lives, diets, health, and mobility of individuals buried at the historic church site in Koudekerke, Zeeland. The project, a collaboration with the Walcherse Archeologische Dienst and funded by the Municipality of…

• Rare isotopes in our neighbouring stars provide new insights in the origin of carbon and oxygen News - 26 August 2025

  Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighbouring stars for the first time, providing a new window to better understand the chemical evolution of the cosmos.The results are published today in the journal Nature Astronomy.

• What tiny isotopes reveal about planets outside our solar system News - 1 June 2023

  Planets existing in other solar systems contain invaluable information about the origin of planets and life. PhD candidate Yapeng Zhang has studied their atmospheres by looking at their smallest parts: isotopes. With her research she hopes to discover what makes our own solar system unique.

• Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China News - 20 May 2025

  A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in millet crops, the research provides long-term isotopic evidence of farmland management practices in the Guanzhong Basin—the political…

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  Marinko Bobic Lecturer

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry News - 24 June 2021

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The new lab, the “Netherlands Isotope GEochemistry Laboratory” (NIGEL), will be built in the brand new VU Research Building at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.…

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  Lieke Bes Research assistant

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Policy and politics pre-analysis plan workshop Event - 23 October 2025

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  Marc Spijker Professor emeritus of Numerical mathematics

  Faculty of Science

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  Marcel de Jeu Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Pieter Kroonenberg Professor by Special appointment emeritus Multivariate Analyse, in het bijzonder Driewegdata

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Alexander Wilkinson PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Hermen Jan Hupkes Professor Non-linear analysis

  Faculty of Science

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  Joost van Ginkel Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Martina Chirilus-Bruckner Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Jason Laffoon Associate Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Md Faysal Tareq PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Arjen Doelman Professor of Applied analysis

  Faculty of Science

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  Harold Nefs Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Sarah Plukaard Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Jatmiko Wahyudi- PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

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  Tom Wilderjans Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Bertram de Boer PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

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  Marion Collewet Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

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  Mitch van Geel Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Marc Molendijk Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Sander Hille Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Vivi Rottschäfer Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Yanan Liang Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Takuma Watari Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Reinout Heijungs Researcher

  Faculty of Science

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  Emilio Solis Sanchez PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Fatma Al Manji Development technician

  Faculty of Science

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  Timothy Na PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Janneke van Oorschot Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Joeri Morpurgo Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Ilse Kamerling Laboratory Assistant

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Devon Graves PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Nathalie Brusgaard Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Bastienne Vriesendorp Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

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  Carina van de Wetering Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Mink van IJzendoorn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Jurriaan Witteman Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mirko Forastiere PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Fabrizio Corriera PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Jingwen Liao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology