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Latest developments from our institute
Stay informed about new research results, awards, events, and collaborations across our scientific community.
Off Road grant awarded to study how immune cells know when to stop
We’re excited to announce that Megan Farrell has been awarded the Off Road grant by ZonMW to carry out innovative immunology research in the lab of Kristina Ganzinger.
ERC Proof of Concept grant to develop measuring technique for halide perovskites
The European Research Council (ERC) announced that AMOLF group leader Erik Garnett is one of the recipients of an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Erik and three other researchers at AMOLF have developed a fully optical technique to measure processes in halide perovskite semiconductors. The sum of the Proof of Concept grant is €150.000, which will be used to develop prototype instruments.
Former AMOLF director Frans Saris has passed away
On June 29th, former AMOLF director Frans Saris passed away. This sad news has touched many people, including AMOLF colleagues and alumni.
Said Rodriguez named Outstanding Referee by American Physical Society
On June 19, AMOLF director Huib Bakker congratulated group leader Said Rodriguez on his honorable and well-deserved recognition as an Outstanding Referee. The honor comes from the American Physical Society (APS), which named Said one of its 2025 Outstanding Referees in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the peer review process in physics.
Spring brings many Doctorate Celebrations
Burak Demirbas – Stress-induced protein dynamics and growth arrest in C. elegans during development – May 16thBurak Demirbas with PhD committee and his familyBurak…
Daan de Bos’s research at AMOLF awarded best physics bachelor thesis
We are very proud to share that Daan de Bos has been awarded the SPIN Bachelor Project Award, for his research on self-learning materials with supervisor Marc Serra Garcia at AMOLF. Organized by the Dutch National Association of Physics Students (SPIN) and the Dutch Physics Association (NNV), the award is presented at NNV’s yearly FYSICA event for the best physics bachelor thesis in the Netherlands.
NWO grant to make perovskites ‘sing’
AMOLF researcher Fanny Thorimbert has received an NWO grant in the Open Competition ENW-XS call. Together with other researchers in the Nanoscale Solar Cell group — including Sarah Gillespie and group leader Erik Garnett — Fanny will investigate the material perovskite, which has high potential to contribute to the energy transition. The grant amounts to 50.000 euros.
AMOLF researcher Corentin Bisot wins Van Leeuwenhoek Award
Postdoc Corentin Bisot (Physics of Behavior) has won the Van Leeuwenhoek Award, an initiative of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Microbiologie (KNVM). The award ceremony took place during the Scientific Spring Meeting in Papendal on April 2nd. Corentin received the prize in the category ‘environmental microbiology’.