214 search results for “plastic a ben” in the Staff website
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Ben Lugtenberg
Science
b.j.j.lugtenberg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5063
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Ben Pehrson
Faculty of Humanities
b.pehrson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Companjen
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
b.a.companjen@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8858
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Ben Silk
Science
silk@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Nieuwenhuys
Science
b.e.nieuwenhuys@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4269
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Ben Nannings
Science
b.l.nannings@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Wang
Science
bwang@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Ganschow
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.g.ganschow@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Ben Smit
ICLON
smit@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3498
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Ben Kuipers
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
b.s.kuipers@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Ben Wielstra
Science
b.m.wielstra@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5135
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Ben Haring
Faculty of Humanities
b.j.j.haring@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4170
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Ben Arps
Faculty of Humanities
b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2222
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Robertus Benning
Faculty of Humanities
r.c.j.p.benning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Ben Van Calster
Science
b.j.van.calster@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben van Rossen
Expertisecentrum SOZ
b.van.rossen@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben van der Weijden
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
b.van.der.weijden@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Ben de Jong
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
b.m.de.jong@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Ben van Velthoven
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.c.j.van.velthoven@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1571
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Sol Zeev Ben Mordehai
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.zeev.ben.mordehai@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Van Rompuy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.van.rompuy@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1344
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Ben van Werkhoven
Science
b.j.c.van.werkhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jo-Anne Verschoor
Science
j.verschoor@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5072
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Exhibition at the KOG: 'Plastic Justice – A creative take on plastic and law'
From 3 to 13 December you can see the exhibition Plastic Justice at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. Esther Kentin, coördinator of the Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic, saw the exhibition at the Plastic Health Summit and initiated a collaboration with the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
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Mission successful: deposits on small plastic bottles
After years of lobbying by environmental activists, a deposit scheme for small plastic bottles is to be introduced on 1 July 2021. One of the leaders in the fight is alumnus Merijn Tinga. The university will have collection points for plastic bottles and is also supporting the Plastic Spotter citizen…
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Kilotonnes of 'recycled' Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea
On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences charted the fate of plastic food packaging waste from the Netherlands. They published their results on July 8 in the…
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Paul Vriend
Science
p.vriend@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden archaeologist investigates washed up plastics with National Geographic grant
Roberto Arciero is part of RESPIRE project (Research Educational and Storytelling Project in Italian Remote Ecosystem), an international and interdisciplinary research team led by Martina Capriotti (University of Camerino) that received the National Geographic Meridian grant. Among the different topics,…
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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'One in five bacteria we tested were capable of breaking down plastic'
Leiden PhD candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly twenty percent of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they needed some encouragement to do so. ‘Bacteria are just like people,’ says Verschoor. Her research was published in the journal Communications Biology,…
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Less plastic in university restaurants
Facility
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Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic
A group of biology students are working on a solution to the world’s plastics problem by getting bacteria to make biodegradable plastic.
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Lego Lost at Sea: an archaeological and environmental exhibition at the Van Steenis
At the entrance of the Van Steenis building you may now visit an exhibition on material culture. Unexpectedly, it does not display pottery or tools, but building materials. And recent ones at that! Check out the exhibition on Legos lost at sea, conceived and assembled by PhD candidate Maia Casna. ‘These…
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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too
We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment. Esther Kentin is a lecturer at Leiden Law School. She is raising awareness of the University’s cigarette butt problem.
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Ben Kuipers bekleedt nieuwe leerstoel Publiek Leiderschap
Ben Kuipers is benoemd tot hoogleraar Publiek Leiderschap bij FGGA. De leerstoel Publiek Leiderschap (0,2 fte voor een periode van vier jaar) wordt extern gefinancierd vanuit het samenwerkingsverband VPL (Verder met Publiek Leiderschap) en is ingebed in het Leiden Leadership Centre (LLC)
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Working together on the plastic problem: how to keep citizens engaged?
What motivates citizens to participate in a citizen science project on plastic pollution? And does that motivation change over time? Liselotte Rambonnet tried to answer these and other questions with her research on the Clean Rivers (‘Schone Rivieren’) project. Rambonnet is a PhD student at the Institute…
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Leiden Law Cast #5: Esther Kentin on PFAS, (micro)plastics & policy
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Poor countries recycle far more of our plastic than we thought. But it's not enough.
Countries that import plastic waste recycle an average of at least 63 percent of it. This is surprising, as we previously believed that the vast majority was incinerated or ended up as litter. This was discovered by PhD candidate Kai Li and his colleagues from the Institute of Environmental Sciences in…
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Flitsinterview met alumnus Kees van der Staaij: ik ben en blijf een jurist in hart en nieren
Flitsinterview met alumnus Kees van der Staaij: ik ben en blijf een jurist in hart en nieren
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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reached this conclusion after carefully examining whale poop. The team included Thijs Bosker, Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University…
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Corrugated plastic unveils a new design principle for programmable materials
Martin van Hecke en Anne Meeussen publiceren in het tijdschrift Nature over mechanische metamaterialen. Ze hebben een nieuwe klasse multistabiele materialen ontdekt. Dit is gebaseerd op ribbeltjes plastic.
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Thijs Bosker
Science
t.bosker@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4924
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Patient to plastic surgeon: ‘I want to look like my selfie.’
An image has great powers of persuasion. It is said that ‘a picture is worth more than a thousand words’. But these days, images can easily be manipulated with severe consequences. ‘Perhaps it’s time to reconsider the value we attach to images’, says Elize de Mul, whose PhD thesis deals with ‘digital…
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Arko Ghosh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.ghosh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5123
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Liselotte Rambonnet
Science
l.rambonnet@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 5082
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Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth
Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles could have, using chicken embryos as a model. Her results were quite alarming. Especially as nano-particles are everywhere. In the air, floating through…
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In conversation with Ben Smulders: from Leiden Law School student to top civil servant at European Commission
Alumnus Ben Smulders has worked for the European Commission for the past 33 years. ‘The discipline and depth that I experienced during my student days has helped me through various stages of my professional career.’
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Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year
Auke-Florian Hiemstra is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022.
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter
The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette barrels to try to show clearly just how many cigarette filters are being saved from the environment. How harmful are these cigarette filters to the e…