Institute of Physics

Physics research and education at our institute covers a wide range of topics - both experimental and theoretical, and ranging from fundamental to more applied.

WomenNetPhysics 2026 great success

On Friday, 8 May, around 150 physicists from across the Netherlands gathered at the University of Amsterdam for WomenNetPhysics, the largest Dutch networking event focused on strengthening the position of women in ...
Open Technology grant for Noushine Shahidzadeh

UvA-IoP physicist Noushine Shahidzadeh is one of the co-applicants for the project “Effective chemical barriers against rising damp (CHEMBARIDA)” that has been awarded an Open Technology Programme Award by the Dutch ...
Jan de Boer elected KNAW member

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected sixteen new members. One of the new members is UvA-IoP physicist Jan de Boer, a theoretical physicist specialising in string theory and quantum ...
Rubicon grant for Liam Bond

Liam Bond, PhD candidate at the UvA-Institute of Physics, has been awarded an NWO Rubicon grant. The grant allows Bond to carry out his project “Why not both? Hybrid qubit-oscillator systems for quantum advantage” at ...
Climate scientists present policy package on eve of Dutch-Colombian summit

This week, the Netherlands, together with Colombia, is organising an important international climate summit in Santa Marta, Colombia. For the first time, the phasing out of fossil fuels is the central focus, a topic ...
HBO Young Talent Award for Milan Boers

HvA student Milan Boers has won the HBO Young Talent Award for his internship research into noise in fiber optic cables. Boers completed his internship in Florian Schreck's lab at UvA, under the supervision of ...
ENW-M grant for Jorik van de Groep and Corentin Coulais

The NWO Science Board has approved a new round of grant applications in the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme. UvA-Institute of Physics researchers Jorik van de Groep and Corentin Coulais have received one ...
Materials – but not as we know them

Active matter can use internal energy to change its shape and functionality when external forces are applied. The study of active materials is a dynamic, modern field of research. A team of physicists from the ...
KNAW appoints Albert Polman to its board

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected Albert Polman, group leader at AMOLF and professor at the UvA-Institute of Physics, as member of its board as of September 1. In the board, Polman ...
Materials that learn to change shape

In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam researchers introduce human-made materials that spring to life. These ‘metamaterials’ don’t just learn to change shape, but can autonomously adapt their ...