Research leadership through the years
Former group leaders
On this page former AMOLF group leaders are listed in alphabetical order, with the names of their previous research groups. Clicking on their names refer you to their current workplace or website.
- J. van der Wiel: 1986, Laser physics
- C. Sinke: 1991, Photovoltaics
- B. van Linden van den Heuvell: 1995, Atomic physics
- W. Saris: 1996, Surface and materials science
- van der Veen: 1997, Surface science
- Vlieg: 1998, Synchrotron radiation
- W. Kleyn: 1999, Molecular beams
- W.M. Frenken: 2000, Surface crystallography
- van Blaaderen: 2002, Colloidal matter
- Shlyapnikov: 2004, BEC theory
- T.M. Walraven: 2004, Quantum gases
- J. van der Zande: 2004, Atmospheric photo physics
- D. Noordam: 2005, Anti Hydrogen
- Tip: 2005, Photonic materials; theory
- R. Piersma: 2006, Biological Mass Spectroscopy
- Woutersen: 2006, 2D vibrational spectroscopy
- Frenkel: 2007, Computational Physics
- L. Herek: 2007, Biomolecular control
- de Jeu: 2007, Order/disorder in soft matter
- Verhoeven: 2007, Nanofabrication
- G. Muller: 2008, Protein Folding
- L. Vos: 2009, Photonic bandgaps
- Bonn: 2011, Biosurface Spectroscopy
- J.J. Vrakking: 2011, XUV Physics
- Boon: 2012, Biomineralisation / MOLART
- Ad Lagendijk: 2012, Photon Scattering
- Leunissen: 2013, Supramolecular Interactions
- D. Dogterom: 2014, Bio-assembly & -organization
- Heeren: 2014, Biomolecular Imaging Mass Spectrometry (BIMS)
- Gomez Rivas: 2015, Surface Photonics
- Subramaniam: 2015, Nanoscale Biophysics
- Kuipers: 2016, NanoOptics
- Rezus: 2016, Biomolecular Photonics
- Ottosson: 2017, EUV Photoemission
- H. Koenderink: 2019, Biological Soft Matter
- M. Mulder: 2023, Theory of Biomolecular Matter
RESEARCH LEADERS OF TODAY
Current group leaders
Meet the AMOLF group leaders driving our research and shaping the institute’s scientific direction.
