Martina Vijver won the NWO Athena Award for outstanding female scientists! The jury makes particular mention of Vijver’s own career (with a detour to the top; not studying at the university) as an example to young researchers who are just…
On November 15th, professor Ariane Briegel (Leiden University, TU Delft) was inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta professor’. She investigates the interaction between bacteria and their human host during infection in order to develop better treatment methods for infectious diseases. During the Medical…
The eleventh Call for Applications of the Dutch L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science fellowships opens on January 16th, 2023. From 2023 onwards, not only female scientists in the Life Sciences can apply for a grant, but also researchers in the STEM…
Do you think the University is doing enough to increase diversity and inclusion? Together with 18 other college and university magazines, Mare (university magazine) made a survey to investigate how students and staff think about diversity and inclusion at the…
During the opening of the academic year, on September 5th, it was announced that Emily Strange has won the Leiden teaching prize. This annual prize is awarded to the best lecturer of the year, following a voting round for students.…
As women’s network at our Faculty we are extremely proud that our founding board member Prof. dr. Martina Vijver will be the first female Scientific Director at our Faculty in over 200 years! Congratulations with this major achievement. You will…
This year’s RISE Award goes to emeritus professor Jetty Kleijn (LIACS). According to the board of RISE, Kleijn has dedicated herself in the past years to gender equality within LIACS and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. It is…
