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.

NWO ENW-M grants for five UvA Faculty of Science researchers

NWO has awarded grants to 20 projects in the latest round of the Open Competition ENW-M. Five UvA Faculty of Science researchers have received the grant: Rene Gerritsma, Richard Ott, Naima Starkloff, Marcel ...
Rubicon grants for three UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers

Three recently graduated scholars can spend two years expanding upon their work at foreign research institutes thanks to Rubicon grants from NWO and ZonMw. For many researchers, experience abroad is an important step ...
Development of an artificial vessel that follows children's growth

Children receiving pediatric implants can face serious complications later in life, because typical implants don’t grow with them. In a new research project of the UvA Molecular and Materials Design Technology hub, ...
Mirror, mirror, on and off

Controlling light is an important technological challenge – not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes, but also at the nanometer scale. This week, physicists at the University of Amsterdam ...
Worms as particle sweepers

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a sweeping motion to clean their own environment. Physicists at the University of Amsterdam, ...
A 3D-printed Christmas tree made entirely of ice

A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice. Researchers Menno Demmenie, Stefan Kooij and Daniel Bonn used no freezing technology ...
NWO ENW-XS grants for four UvA Faculty of Science researchers

NWO has awarded grants to 72 projects in the latest round of the Open Competition ENW-XS. Four of these projects are led by researchers from the UvA Faculty of Science: Bettina Baumgartner, Tina Pollmann, Joost Reek ...
From kitchen to classroom: New Culinary Science course offers refreshing perspective on learning science

In a new educational initiative at the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Science, food professionals contribute to an appealing course teaching the basics of physics, chemistry and biology through cooking. Both ...
ERC Consolidator Grant for Jordy de Vries

Theoretical physicist Jordy de Vries (UvA Institute of Physics and Nikhef) has received an ERC grant for precision calculations on, among other things, three forms of beta decay. These calculations could solve ...
Nine UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Rooduijn, Yatun ...