Leiden Institute of Physics
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
Foundational and curiosity-driven physics research and education
Quantum theatershow voor 1600 Amsterdamse basisschoolkinderen, mede ontwikkeld door Michiel Thijssen van #Quantum Delta Leiden. Hét educatieproject van Editie 14 #Amsterdam Lights Festival.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Quantum theatershow voor 1600 Amsterdamse basisschoolkinderen, mede ontwikkeld door Michiel Thijssen van #Quantum Delta Leiden. Hét educatieproject van Editie 14 #Amsterdam Lights Festival.
🎉 NWO Vidi grant for Bas Hensen and Evert van Nieuwenburg! These two physicists will continue their research on🧲Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions and 🎮Formal games for solving hard quantum control problems. @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🎉 NWO Vidi grant for Bas Hensen and Evert van Nieuwenburg! These two physicists will continue their research on🧲Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions and 🎮Formal games for solving hard quantum control problems. @leidenscience.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher vacancy
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Postdoctoral researcher vacancy
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the LeidenPhysics.bsky.social. Apply by November 17th! edu.nl/4uyhe @leidenscience.bsky.social
🎹Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin brings music and science together in Leiden during this concert at the Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden on December 10, 2025! Learn more about the concert: edu.nl/gc7hk, get your tickets: edu.nl/tutnx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🎹Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin brings music and science together in Leiden during this concert at the Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden on December 10, 2025! Learn more about the concert: edu.nl/gc7hk, get your tickets: edu.nl/tutnx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
Now online in journal American Physical Society: 'Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2' by J. Jobst, E.E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C.R. Dean, R.M. Tromp and @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Now online in journal American Physical Society: 'Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2' by J. Jobst, E.E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C.R. Dean, R.M. Tromp and @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
🐯The #Quantum Safari — an interactive journey that reveals how quantum is already part of our everyday lives, and how much more is possible. This Saturday, we’ll be at the #NachtvanOntdekkingen at the Oude Sterrewacht in #Leiden, starting from 7 PM @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🐯The #Quantum Safari — an interactive journey that reveals how quantum is already part of our everyday lives, and how much more is possible. This Saturday, we’ll be at the #NachtvanOntdekkingen at the Oude Sterrewacht in #Leiden, starting from 7 PM @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
📢 The House of Quantum in #Leiden has officially opened! At LION, we are very proud to host this first location of the HoQ outside of Delft! This new hub brings #quantum to the health, bio- and med-tech sector at the Bio Science Park! @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social edu.nl/aq6fa
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September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📢 The House of Quantum in #Leiden has officially opened! At LION, we are very proud to host this first location of the HoQ outside of Delft! This new hub brings #quantum to the health, bio- and med-tech sector at the Bio Science Park! @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social edu.nl/aq6fa
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LION Science Day 2025! Our annual first event of the new academic year: welcoming our first-year master's students and new #PhD's and #Postdocs to our institute by highlighting the newest research and socializing.
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@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
LION Science Day 2025! Our annual first event of the new academic year: welcoming our first-year master's students and new #PhD's and #Postdocs to our institute by highlighting the newest research and socializing.
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social @sensevdmolen.bsky.social
📢Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is #hiring a faculty member in experimental quantum physics (tenure-track, Asst. Prof. level, higher possible). Join us in exploring the limits of #quantummechanics! Apply by Oct 5, 2025 👉 edu.nl/hyt88
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📢Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is #hiring a faculty member in experimental quantum physics (tenure-track, Asst. Prof. level, higher possible). Join us in exploring the limits of #quantummechanics! Apply by Oct 5, 2025 👉 edu.nl/hyt88
Lorentz Medal is awarded to professor Charles Kane of @upenn.edu on the 11th of December 2025, Robbert Dijkgraaf
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Lorentz Medal is awarded to professor Charles Kane of @upenn.edu on the 11th of December 2025, Robbert Dijkgraaf
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
(@knaw-nl.bsky.social) will hand over this prestigious award for theoretical physics during our Symposium '100 Years of Spin'. Read more: edu.nl/aycdg
#Activematter research by Marine Le Blay, Joshua Saldi & Alexandre Morin from @unileiden.bsky.social published in @natphys.nature.com ! Read more: edu.nl/btmta. @leidenscience.bsky.social #physics
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#Activematter research by Marine Le Blay, Joshua Saldi & Alexandre Morin from @unileiden.bsky.social published in @natphys.nature.com ! Read more: edu.nl/btmta. @leidenscience.bsky.social #physics
📢 More than 7 million views worldwide: A material that gets shorter when you pull it (and why that’s useful) by #phyics Professor Martin van Hecke of @unileiden.bsky.social, @amolf-nl.bsky.social and @arcnl.bsky.social. See video: edu.nl/yjkte. @leidenscience.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 More than 7 million views worldwide: A material that gets shorter when you pull it (and why that’s useful) by #phyics Professor Martin van Hecke of @unileiden.bsky.social, @amolf-nl.bsky.social and @arcnl.bsky.social. See video: edu.nl/yjkte. @leidenscience.bsky.social
A Dutch-American #physicist team have discovered a new route toward what could be the first-ever measurement of #ultralight #darkmatter. They suspended a microscopic magnet inside a #superconducting enclosure, cooled to near 0 Kelvin. t.ly/VHe0h
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@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A Dutch-American #physicist team have discovered a new route toward what could be the first-ever measurement of #ultralight #darkmatter. They suspended a microscopic magnet inside a #superconducting enclosure, cooled to near 0 Kelvin. t.ly/VHe0h
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
The 5-day conference on Physics Education #GIREP was officially opened today by @sensevdmolen.bsky.social, scientific director Leiden Institute of Physics and Roeland van der Rijst of ICLON Universiteit Leiden!
June 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The 5-day conference on Physics Education #GIREP was officially opened today by @sensevdmolen.bsky.social, scientific director Leiden Institute of Physics and Roeland van der Rijst of ICLON Universiteit Leiden!
Leiden physicist Vincent Koeman answered children's science questions during the Klokhuis-vragendag 2025! 'They had great questions!', says Koeman. 'From questions about magnetic trains to the formation of whirlpools.'
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@hetklokhuis.bsky.social @juliacramer.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Leiden physicist Vincent Koeman answered children's science questions during the Klokhuis-vragendag 2025! 'They had great questions!', says Koeman. 'From questions about magnetic trains to the formation of whirlpools.'
@hetklokhuis.bsky.social @juliacramer.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
@hetklokhuis.bsky.social @juliacramer.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
#ScienceWonders by Stichting Rino: 500 primary school children learned about #Astronomy, #DrugDevelopment, and #Technology. The grand finale was the spectacular RINO Experiment Battle! This is how kids get excited about science 🎉. @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#ScienceWonders by Stichting Rino: 500 primary school children learned about #Astronomy, #DrugDevelopment, and #Technology. The grand finale was the spectacular RINO Experiment Battle! This is how kids get excited about science 🎉. @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
Celebrating 450 years of research at @unileiden.bsky.social University, #detijdvooruit!
📷 Today we show "Then & Now #2", featuring #quantum materials research. Read more: t.ly/paJI_
📷 Today we show "Then & Now #2", featuring #quantum materials research. Read more: t.ly/paJI_
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Celebrating 450 years of research at @unileiden.bsky.social University, #detijdvooruit!
📷 Today we show "Then & Now #2", featuring #quantum materials research. Read more: t.ly/paJI_
📷 Today we show "Then & Now #2", featuring #quantum materials research. Read more: t.ly/paJI_
🧑🎓 ‘Doing a #PhD in experimental physics is never boring!’ How Guido Stam built a microscope that can measure bacteria without causing harm!’ Read more t.ly/UenTl
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🧑🎓 ‘Doing a #PhD in experimental physics is never boring!’ How Guido Stam built a microscope that can measure bacteria without causing harm!’ Read more t.ly/UenTl
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
🏆 Thanks to a €4.8 million grant from the NWO (Dutch Research Council), a consortium will develop a national facility for atomic-scale research into novel materials. Read more: t.ly/O7pcx
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@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @semontis.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🏆 Thanks to a €4.8 million grant from the NWO (Dutch Research Council), a consortium will develop a national facility for atomic-scale research into novel materials. Read more: t.ly/O7pcx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @semontis.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social @semontis.bsky.social
🎓New professor! We are very proud to announce the appointment of Alessandra Silvestri as #Professor of Theoretical #Physics in the area of #Cosmology. For Alessandra, this promotion in Leiden is 'the icing on the cake' – though far from the final chapter: t.ly/uB4p3
May 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🎓New professor! We are very proud to announce the appointment of Alessandra Silvestri as #Professor of Theoretical #Physics in the area of #Cosmology. For Alessandra, this promotion in Leiden is 'the icing on the cake' – though far from the final chapter: t.ly/uB4p3
Dit weekend stonden we stil bij 80 jaar vrijheid in Nederland: LION herdenkt vandaag twee slachtoffers van #WOII.
🕯️Arie Bijl, theoretisch natuurkundige, 37 jaar.
🕯️Henri Roos, student instrumentmaker, 22 jaar oud
#4en5mei @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
🕯️Arie Bijl, theoretisch natuurkundige, 37 jaar.
🕯️Henri Roos, student instrumentmaker, 22 jaar oud
#4en5mei @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dit weekend stonden we stil bij 80 jaar vrijheid in Nederland: LION herdenkt vandaag twee slachtoffers van #WOII.
🕯️Arie Bijl, theoretisch natuurkundige, 37 jaar.
🕯️Henri Roos, student instrumentmaker, 22 jaar oud
#4en5mei @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
🕯️Arie Bijl, theoretisch natuurkundige, 37 jaar.
🕯️Henri Roos, student instrumentmaker, 22 jaar oud
#4en5mei @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
Quantum Leiden celebrated World Quantum Day in Enschede 🎉 Leiden researcher Evert van Nieuwenburg
stressed the importance of games to learn complex quantumtechnology: for example by using Quantum Fish Blocksphere or Quantum Tic Tac Toe #IYQ2025 #quantum #physics Try it yourself: tiqtaqtoe.com
stressed the importance of games to learn complex quantumtechnology: for example by using Quantum Fish Blocksphere or Quantum Tic Tac Toe #IYQ2025 #quantum #physics Try it yourself: tiqtaqtoe.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Quantum Leiden celebrated World Quantum Day in Enschede 🎉 Leiden researcher Evert van Nieuwenburg
stressed the importance of games to learn complex quantumtechnology: for example by using Quantum Fish Blocksphere or Quantum Tic Tac Toe #IYQ2025 #quantum #physics Try it yourself: tiqtaqtoe.com
stressed the importance of games to learn complex quantumtechnology: for example by using Quantum Fish Blocksphere or Quantum Tic Tac Toe #IYQ2025 #quantum #physics Try it yourself: tiqtaqtoe.com
#Fysica2025 is van start in #Leiden!
#quantum #neutrino #TiqTacToe, #keynote, Young Speakers Contest, Natuurkundedocent van het jaar 2025, HBO Jong Talentprijs, Physica prize winner, Focus sessions, #Nobel prize lecture. Veel plezier aan allen! @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
#quantum #neutrino #TiqTacToe, #keynote, Young Speakers Contest, Natuurkundedocent van het jaar 2025, HBO Jong Talentprijs, Physica prize winner, Focus sessions, #Nobel prize lecture. Veel plezier aan allen! @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#Fysica2025 is van start in #Leiden!
#quantum #neutrino #TiqTacToe, #keynote, Young Speakers Contest, Natuurkundedocent van het jaar 2025, HBO Jong Talentprijs, Physica prize winner, Focus sessions, #Nobel prize lecture. Veel plezier aan allen! @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
#quantum #neutrino #TiqTacToe, #keynote, Young Speakers Contest, Natuurkundedocent van het jaar 2025, HBO Jong Talentprijs, Physica prize winner, Focus sessions, #Nobel prize lecture. Veel plezier aan allen! @unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social
🎉Een #natuurkunde #minor voor studenten van alle academische opleidingen. De mysterieuze realiteit: #quantummechanica, #oerknal en #relativiteitstheorie ontrafeld voor iedereen. Vertel het door!
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@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @leidenlaw.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎉Een #natuurkunde #minor voor studenten van alle academische opleidingen. De mysterieuze realiteit: #quantummechanica, #oerknal en #relativiteitstheorie ontrafeld voor iedereen. Vertel het door!
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @leidenlaw.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @leidenlaw.bsky.social
🏆Liru Feng wins LION Image Award 2025! His photo titled 'Entangled Fate: From Fluid to Rigid' was awarded best research image of the year.
@leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🏆Liru Feng wins LION Image Award 2025! His photo titled 'Entangled Fate: From Fluid to Rigid' was awarded best research image of the year.
@leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social