Wim van Saarloos#
| Membership Number: | 4502 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://wwwhome.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/~saarloos |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017, 01 Professor of Theoretical Physics, Leiden University
- 2016, 09 Vice president and president-elect KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- 2015 - 2016 Director transition NWO, NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
- 2010 - 2015 Director, FOM Foundation (Foundation for Fundamental Research of Matter)
- 1997 - 2009 Director, Lorentz Centre (International Centre for workshops in the sciences at Leiden University)
- 1991 - 2009 Professor of Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 1984 - 1990: Member of Technical Staff in the Materials Physics Research Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, U.S.A.
- 1982 - 1984 Postdoctoral research at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, U.S.A.
- 1978 - 1982 University of Leiden, doctoral degree in theoretical physics (cum laude)
- 1973 - 1978 Delft University of Technology, Engineering degree in physics (cum laude)
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical physics
- Statistical physics
- (Soft) condensed-matter physics
- Soft matter and granular media
- Non-Equilibrium Pattern Formation
- Dynamics of interfaces and fronts
- Complex Fluids
- Rheology
- Correlated systems
- Front propagation into unstable states
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Listed in the Top 10 of Science Guide
- 2015 Listed in the Top 10 of Science Guide
- 2013 Honorary member of the Society for Technische Physica (Technical Physics)
- 2012 Elisabeth Parvé Steyn prize
- 2008 Royal decoration Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion)
- 2008 Elected Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society
- 2008 Physica Prize
- 2007 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2005 Member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
- 2004 Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and Arts KNAW
- 1999 Franco-Hollandais Descartes-Huygens Prize for French-Dutch collaboration
- 1995 Centre of Excellence award from Shell Research
