Summary
Alfons van Blaaderen (born 27 October 1963) is a Dutch physicist. He is a professor at Utrecht University and works in the field of soft matter.[1]
Career edit
Van Blaaderen was born on 27 October 1963 in Naarden.[2] He attended the Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs and subsequently studied physics and chemistry at Utrecht University. In 1992 he obtained his PhD at Utrecht University under professor A. Vrij with a dissertation titled Colloidal dispersions of (organo-)silica spheres: formation mechanism, structure and dynamics. In 1999 he was named professor of experimental physics of condensed matter.[2]
In 2011 Van Blaaderen was awarded the Peter Debye Prize by the Edmond Hustinx Foundation.[3] Van Blaaderen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.[4]
References edit
- ^ "prof. dr. A. (Alfons) van Blaaderen" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Prof.dr. A. van Blaaderen (1963 - )" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Alfons van Blaaderen wins Peter Debye Prize" (in Dutch). Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Alfons van Blaaderen". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016.
External links edit
- Profile at Utrecht University