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Ivo van Vulpen is an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam and a particle physicist at Nikhef, Amsterdam. He is a key member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where he conducts research on proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. In 2022, he was appointed as a professor by special appointment at Leiden University, focusing on science communication in physics, and delivered his inaugural lecture on June 7, 2024.
- Primary Affiliation: Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Academic Appointment: University of Amsterdam – Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
- Special Appointment: Leiden University – Physics Department, Science Communication
- Research Collaboration: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (ATLAS Experiment)
His educational background and degrees are not explicitly mentioned in the provided texts, but his teaching and research roles indicate a strong foundation in theoretical and experimental particle physics.
Ivo van Vulpen's research interests center on particle physics, particularly the analysis of data from high-energy collisions, the Higgs boson, electroweak symmetry breaking, and statistical methods in physics. He is deeply committed to science education and outreach, having developed open online courses in scientific programming and delivered numerous lectures at national and international PhD schools. His work in physics education includes curriculum development and the integration of computational methods into undergraduate physics training.
Although no recent publications are listed in the provided material, his involvement in major experiments like ATLAS and repeated teaching roles at advanced PhD schools indicate ongoing research activity and scholarly contribution in the fields of high-energy physics and pedagogy.
He is the author of the popular science book De Melodie van de Natuur (Atlas Contact, 2018), which explores the journey of particle physics discoveries culminating in the Higgs boson, and is being translated into English and Croatian. He is also a co-initiator of the Leiden 'wall formulas' project, an artistic-public engagement initiative that displays iconic physics equations in public spaces, promoting public appreciation of science.
Van Vulpen has received grants from SURF’s 'stimuleringsregeling open en online onderwijs 2016' and a Grassroots grant to support open educational resources and lecture animations. He has advised and mentored numerous bachelor’s and master’s students and has served as the honours coordinator for the physics programme at the University of Amsterdam.
He leads and participates in various outreach initiatives, including public lectures, media appearances, and science communication events across the Netherlands and internationally. The wall formulas project has received wide media attention, including coverage in Nature Communications, New Scientist, NRC, and El País.
