Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

D1.2 reports on the findings of an analysis of framework conditions relevant in the context of the data economy from a legal, a socio-economic and a technological perspective. The analysis is a key foundation for the creation of an initial, heuristic model of the European data economy. The deliverable…

D2.2 comprises the in-depth legal analysis of the initial heuristic model, focused on addressing, in more detail, the main legal concerns for data reusers in the European data economy. This detailed analysis of the legal propositions presented in D2.1 is supplemented by an analysis of the technological,…

In this thesis we study the moduli space of genus g curves, and the differential forms that occur naturally on this moduli space.

In surface science there is great effort to move from studying simple, flat model surfaces in vacuum to investigating more complex model catalysts in gas environments (in situ). This thesis gives three examples of such studies using microscopy and spectroscopy.

In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: D.G.H. Hetterscheid

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Make more fluid: In condensed matter systems, electrons can acquire unusual properties from their interaction with the atomic lattice.

Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver

Glycosidases are important enzymes in the turnover of polysaccharides and glycoconjugates, and are involved in a range of human pathologies including genetic disorders such as Gaucher and Pompe disease, but also in various cancers.

Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.

On dinsdag 26 september heeft Jessica Hill haar proefschrift ‘On the road to adulthood. Delinquency and desistance in Dutch emerging adults’ verdedigd. Promotor is Professor Arjan Blokland.

Feedback van medestudenten op schrijfwerk is net zo leerzaam als die van docenten.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

Promotor: H.V.J. Linnartz

Aan de Universiteit Leiden is een subsidie toegekend door de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie voor Wetenschappen (KNAW) en het Ministerie van Onderwijs van de Volksrepubliek China. Het gaat om een subsidie voor een gezamenlijk onderzoeksproject van drie jaar, dat wordt uitgevoerd door het Hazelhoff…

The role of material production as a driver of environmental impacts is increasing, which calls for a better understanding of global material flows. This thesis explores the role of in-use stocks of products, buildings and infrastructure as a key driver of global material demand and discusses the implications…

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.

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.

Op 19 februari 2020 verdedigde Richard Jiang zijn proefschrift '‘Greening’ the WTO Ban on China’s Export Duties'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. M.C.E.J. Bronckers.

Artificial photosynthesis has recognised potential to produce green and sustainable fuels from earth-abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight.

The focus throughout this thesis will be on gathering fundamental studies of the detailed structure and composition of the electrode/electrolyte interface effect on the rate and mechanism of key electrocatalytic reactions.

Promotor: Bas Edixhoven, Promotor: Qing Liu

De Global Entrepreneurship Week ‘battle of ideas’ is begonnen! Stuur jouw plannen in voor een betere wereld!

The goal of this thesis is to understand how interfacial parameters, such as the addition of organic additives, bulk pH or metal cations of the electrolyte, affect the relevant electrocatalytic reactions, i.e. electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction or hydrogen evolution reaction.

Pim Rank nam op 12 april 2018 deel aan een Ronde Tafelgesprek over de gevolgen van de implementatie van MiFID II voor de financiële markten.

The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

In the first part, we introduce a new condition, called toric-additivity, on a family of abelian varieties degenerating to a semi-abelian scheme over a normal crossing divisor.

This thesis aims to investigate the effect of tripartite interaction between microbial inoculants, the plant, and herbivore insects on the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome. We investigated the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome of tomato plants exposed to insect herbivory and/or inoculated with…

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

This PhD thesis concerns the topic of arithmetic geometry. We address three different questions and each of the questions in some way is about counting how big some set is or can be.

Fundamental understanding of molecular reactions on metal surfaces is important for improving heterogeneous catalysis.

Leren fietsen zonder handremmen, sorry zeggen als je te laat komt op college en die vreemde Nederlandse klanken doorgronden. De nieuwe internationale studenten krijgen in hun introductieweek een snelle inburgeringscursus in de Nederlandse cultuur.

To answer questions that look beyond individual entities, network science studies the interactions taking place in complex systems. These complex systems can often have temporal information on when an interaction occurs.

The studies described in this thesis deal with glycosidases, in particular alpha-galactosidases.

What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?

In astronomy, the interpration of observations and measurements plays a crucial role: we rely purely and fundamentally on the information that reaches us as observers. And 80% of all matter in the universe is undetectable directly.

Green hydrogen is produced via a process called water electrolysis. During electrolysis water is split into oxygen and hydrogen.

With the energy transition toward a renewable energy supply and a CO2-neutral economy, electrification of the energy system is rising in importance, which leads to the challenge of long-term storage of renewable electricity.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

The lipids in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), play an important role in the skin barrier function. The three main SC lipid classes are ceramides (CER), cholesterol and free fatty acids.

In multi/many-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), the performance is almost linearly scaling with the number of processing elements.

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

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

In this thesis we use Josephson and noise scanning tunneling microscopy for the study of conventional, unconventional (iron-based) and disordered superconductors. On the one hand, Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy allows us to directly visualize the superfluid density with high spatial resolut…