Leiden has the second-highest percentage of female professors of all the Dutch universities. These are the results of the annual Women Professors Monitor. The Open University is the only university with more female professors. The monitor shows that at present,…
The first scientific symposium, organised by the women’s network RISE was a great success! Top women scientists of all institutes from the Faculty of Science spoke about “Science for a viable society” and 2018 Spinoza winner Anna Akhmanova spoke about…
Jorinde van de Vis wins the For Women in Science Rising Talent-prize for women in science, for her PhD thesis in cosmology and particle physics. Higgs particle Van de Vis (1991) defended her thesis ‘Higgs dynamics in the early universe’ in July 2019,…
Daniela Kraft will be awarded the NWO Athena Prize 2019 in a ceremony at the CHAINS Chemistry Conference on 10 December. The prize recognizes excellent female chemists who carry out outstanding scientific research and act as role models for their…
“Analysis finds female-led papers are more likely to be rejected, and less likely to be cited, than those with male corresponding authors.” Read the new item in Nature “Huge study documents gender gap in chemistry publishing” here. The full document…
In recognition of outstanding commitment to increasing gender equality at the Faculty of Science, Prof. dr. Geert de Snoo received the RISE award during his farewell reception as dean of the Faculty of Science on August 29 2019. De Snoo…
Dr. Aya Ezawa has been appointed as Diversity Officer of Leiden University, effective May 13th, 2019. As a successor of Isabel Hoving, Ezawa will collaborate closely with the vice-rector and manager of the D&I portfolio Hester Bijl and the figurehead…
