Impressions of the reception in honour of Spinoza Laureate Bart van Wees
On July 8th the Faculty of Science and Engineering (formerly known as the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials invited colleagues, collaborators and friends to celebrate the Spinoza Prize awarded to Prof. Bart van Wees. Below a few impressions of the reception (Photography by Kumar S. Das). The laudatios were held by Prof. Elmer Sterken (Rector Magnificus), Prof. Klaas Poelstra (Faculty Board), Prof. Tamalika Banerjee (Physics of Nanodevices group), and Prof. Thom Palstra (Zernike Institute Director).
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