In 2018, the number of mobile phone users will reach about 4.9 billion. Assuming an average of 5 photos taken per day using the built-in cameras would result in about 9 trillion photos annually.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Prof.dr. M.R.V. Chaudron (Chalmers Univ., Sweden)

Promotor: A. Achúcarro Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

In the last decade, the redox interconversion between metal thiolate and disulfide compounds has been extensively investigated for copper, but not for other transition metal ions.

There is accumulating evidence for an increase in severe global drought events. In particular, Europe experienced several severe droughts in 2003, 2015, and 2018 (unprecedented in the past 2,110 years). Such droughts have caused serious and far-reaching impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: M.S. Lew

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-Promotores: T. Reijmers, L. Coulier

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

This thesis discusses the physical and chemical processes than influence the composition of forming planets.

Op 21 oktober 2021 verdedigde Frederik Behre het proefschrift 'A European Ministry of Finance?'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. S.C.G. Van den Bogaert.

This Thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of ADP-ribosylated compounds that can be applied in biological studies.

Humans perceive the real world through their sensory organs: vision, taste, hearing, smell, and touch. In terms of information, we consider these different modesalso referred to as different channels of information or modals.

Promotor: M.L. van Hecke

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

The investigation into the bidirectional communication between the gut and its host is a rapidly growing area of research, attracting considerable attention for its potential to provide crucial insights into health and disease.

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

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

Childhood obesity is an increasing health issue. In the first part of this thesis comorbidities in children with obesity were studied, concerning the diagnostic process and dosing regimens.

This thesis describes the use of a combined approach of computational and experimental techniques to gain novel insights to understand the glycosylation reaction and its reactive intermediates.

Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.

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

Promotor: F.P. Israel, Co-Promoter: R. Meijerink

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

On the largest scale, the Universe resembles a cosmic spiderweb. Most galaxies coexist in small groups within the threads of this web. At the nodes of the threads are enormous groups of galaxies forming the largest structures in the universe still held together by gravity: clusters of galaxies.

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer characterized by limited treatment options and unfavorable clinical outcomes. Therefore, the research described in this thesis focused on the exploration of novel targeted therapies for TNBC.

This thesis investigates the contribution of quantum computers to machine learning, a field called Quantum Machine Learning. Quantum Machine Learning promises innovative perspectives and methods for solving complex problems in machine learning, leveraging the unique capabilities of quantum computers…

This thesis describes the use of bioorthogonal proteins in immunological settings. It provides an introduction towards the field of protein modification, which was used throughout the thesis for the expression of proteins containing unnatural amino acids.

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

In this PhD-thesis several new and existing data science application are described that are particularly focused on applications for tax administrations.

Lieke Kools heeft de Netspar PhD Thesis Award 2020 gewonnen met haar proefschrift “Wealth, health, and data collection”.

Ontdek de uitzonderlijke prestaties en bijdragen van onze academici en onderzoekers, die nationale en internationale erkenning hebben ontvangen voor hun werk in diverse geesteswetenschappelijke disciplines. Leer meer over hun invloedrijke onderzoek en impact binnen de academische gemeenschap en daar…

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

Promotor: A.P.IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

This thesis has described novel synthetic methods to produce a variety of (glyco)peptides and their application in the study of various immunological processes.

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

Quantum computing is an emerging technology, which holds the potential to simulate complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical numerical methods.Despite recent formidable advancements in quantum hardware, constructing a quantum computer capable of performing useful calculations remains challenging.In…

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely linked to many different physical phenomena.

This thesis is based on five papers on several topics.

This thesis advances automata learning, a key area in computer science, with applications in software verification, biological analysis, and autonomous technologies. It explores three main themes: first, it introduces a passive learning algorithm for generating compact probabilistic models from positive…

We are living in an information era where the amount of image and video data increases exponentially.

This thesis is largely an experimental study on the formation of solid-state simple and complex organic molecules in the H2O-rich and CO-rich ice phases of dense interstellar clouds and dark cores.

Human vocal communication and music perception represent advanced cognitive skills, seemingly innate and universal. These faculties encompass a range of perceptual and cognitive abilities. Cross-species research sheds light on the origins of musicality by investigating whether these traits are shared…

Promotor: A. Doelman, Co-promotores: P.J.A. van Heijster; A. Zagaris

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…