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Prof. Wim van Saarloos is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Leiden University, Netherlands. He holds administrative roles as Vice President and President-elect of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and previously led the National Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the FOM Foundation. His research focuses on theoretical physics, including non-equilibrium pattern formation, soft matter, and front propagation dynamics. He has supervised 15 PhD students and 20 postdocs. Key honors include the Physica Prize and Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Education: B.Sc. in Physics (cum laude, Delft University of Technology, 1978–1973), Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (cum laude, Leiden University, 1982). Professional roles include Director of the Lorentz Centre (1997–2009) and research at AT&T Bell Labs (1984–1990). His work bridges fundamental physics and applied problems in granular media and complex fluids.
Research highlights include foundational studies on front propagation into unstable states, published in a seminal 2003 review. His recent articles explore bubble dynamics, colloidal systems, and jamming transitions. He has over 155 peer-reviewed publications, cited 6,472 times (h-index 42).
