Research
The Instituut-Lorentz, established in 1921, is the oldest institute for theoretical physics in The Netherlands. Together with the experimental groups in the Kamerlingh Onnes and Huygens Laboratories it forms the Leiden Institute of Physics. The Instituut-Lorentz participates in two research schools, the Casimir Research School (jointly with Delft University of Technology) and the Dutch Research School of Theoretical Physics. The national research schools offer a comprehensive program of postgraduate education. Graduate students and postdocs interested in joining the Instituut-Lorentz are encouraged to apply directly to one of the faculty members listed below. Students interested in cosmology can apply to the De Sitter programme.
We closely collaborate with the Institutes of Theoretical Physics in Utrecht and Amsterdam, in the context of the Delta Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter.
- Overview of Leiden faculty.
- Searchable list of publications.
- Obituaries.
Ana Achúcarro
Particle physics & cosmology
Pierre van Baal (part-time)
Alexey Boyarsky
Jan-Willem van Holten (part-time)
Maarten de Jong (part-time)
Koenraad Schalm
Diego Garlaschelli
Econophysics & network theory
Gerard Barkema (part-time)
Physics of condensed & biological matter
Carlo Beenakker
Henk Blöte (emeritus)
Peter Denteneer
Hans van Leeuwen (emeritus)
Helmut Schiessel
Vincenzo Vitelli
Jan Zaanen