About
Raimond Snellings is a Professor of Physics at Utrecht University and holds multiple senior academic and administrative roles including Chair of the National Research School Subatomic Physics at Nikhef and Program Leader of the Dutch ALICE program under FOM. His research focuses on heavy-ion physics, particle physics experimental methods, and large-scale computing in high-energy physics collaborations.
- Positions: Professor of Physics (2010–present), Visiting Professor at Technical University Munich (2013), and Director of Master's programs in Experimental Physics and Particle Physics
- Grants: NWO VICI (2011), NWO VIDI (2005), FOM Springplank (2001)
His research explores collective phenomena in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, anisotropic flow analysis, and quark-gluon plasma dynamics. Key contributions include studies using ALICE and STAR collaborations' data from LHC and RHIC.
- Awards: 2013 Top 50 Dutch Abroad, 2012 Most Cited Dutch Scientist, NuPECC Membership
He leads experimental efforts in particle detection systems and computational frameworks for analyzing high-energy collision data.
