Faculty of Science

Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain. With education and research in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, logic and computer science, we are fully immersed in the entire spectrum of the sciences.

AI4Intelligence project granted

This project, led by Marcel Worring of the Informatics Institute, will fund 5 PhD students and applied researchers and is a collaboration with Utrecht University, TU/e, VUA, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, and ...
Erik Bekkers Lecturer of the Year 2022 at the Faculty of Science

Dr Erik Bekkers of the Informatics Institute, teaches Geometric Deep Learning in the Machine Learning Lab.
Geert ten Dam on lecturer policy: ‘The UvA won’t wait for the next collective labour agreement’

Ensuring the improved position of teaching staff is not adequately reflected in the new collective labour agreement for Dutch universities, according to the Executive Board, local trade unions and Central Works ...
Hong Zhang is editor of new book on photodynamic therapy

Prof. Hong Zhang of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences is one of the five editors of the new book 'Photodynamic Therapy: Methods and Protocols' that has just been published by Humana Press, an imprint ...
Funding for research into analysis of oligonucleotide therapeutics

A consortium of Amsterdam analytical scientists and industry has been awarded funding of 1,2 million euros for their project 'Innovative analytics for therapeutic-oligonucleotide research' (InnovATOR). It is one of ...
Large NWA grant for research into the social impact of quantum secure cryptography

The arrival of quantum computers will have major societal consequences, especially in the field of cybersecurity. A new consortium led by Sebastian De Haro of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation and the ...
Farewell to Harrold van den Burg

After eleven years of interesting research and four times ‘Hora Est!’, it is time for a next step. Dr Harrold van den Burg, associate professor at the Molecular Plant Pathology group of the Swammerdam Institute for ...
Key Technology grant to reprogram cells via epigenetic editing

A consortium led by Prof. Pernette Verschure from the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS-UvA) and the Department of Medical Biochemistry, AUMC at the University of Amsterdam receives 2.5 million euros from ...
Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Among the team are several UvA scientists. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the ...
Unusually fast beaked whale has special deep-sea hunting strategy

An international team of biologists has successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behaviour of the little-known species Sowerby’s beaked whale. The team’s first results show that ...

Amsterdam Science Park Campus

The Faculty of Science is located at Amsterdam Science Park, one of the largest research hubs in Europe. Here, our researchers collaborate with colleagues from – among others – Nikhef, AMOLF and CWI.

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Smart & Green at Amsterdam Science Park

The Faculty of Science has identified Smart and Green as two important valorisation themes. In these videos researchers explain how being located at Amsterdam Science Park helps them to achieve their valorisation objectives.

AI4Intelligence project granted

Erik Bekkers Lecturer of the Year 2022 at the Faculty of Science

Geert ten Dam on lecturer policy: ‘The UvA won’t wait for the next collective labour agreement’

Hong Zhang is editor of new book on photodynamic therapy

Funding for research into analysis of oligonucleotide therapeutics

Large NWA grant for research into the social impact of quantum secure cryptography

Farewell to Harrold van den Burg

Key Technology grant to reprogram cells via epigenetic editing

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Unusually fast beaked whale has special deep-sea hunting strategy

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