{"id":24,"date":"2016-12-19T16:17:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T16:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tps.phys.tue.nl\/janssen\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:23:12","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tps.phys.tue.nl\/janssen\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV Liesbeth Janssen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academic Appointments
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2022 \u2013 now: Chair of Soft Matter and Biological Physics<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 \u2013 now: Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017 \u2013 2020: Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soft Matter and Biological Physics<\/a>, Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2016: Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coherent X-ray Scattering<\/a> group, Centre for Ultrafast Imaging & DESY, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2015 \u2013 2017: Postdoctoral Scientist (Humboldt Fellow)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Institute for Theoretical Physics II, Heinrich-Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n

Advisor: Prof. Hartmut L\u00f6wen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2012 \u2013 2015: Postdoctoral Scientist (Rubicon Fellow)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA<\/p>\n

Advisor: Prof. David R. Reichman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Education
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2008 \u2013 2012: PhD in Theoretical Chemistry (cum laude)
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Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands<\/p>\n

Advisors: Prof. Ad van der Avoird<\/a> and Prof. Gerrit C. Groenenboom<\/a><\/p>\n

Visiting student in the group of Prof. Jeremy M. Hutson<\/a>, Durham University, UK<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2005 \u2013 2008: MSc in Chemistry (summa cum laude)
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Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands<\/p>\n

Major in Theoretical Chemistry, minor in Molecular and Laser Physics<\/p>\n

Visiting student in the group of Prof. David C. Clary<\/a>, University of Oxford, UK<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2002 \u2013 2005: BSc in Chemistry (cum laude)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Grants, Awards, and Honors<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Grants and Research Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

European DN grant (PI) (2025)<\/p>\n

NWO Athena Award (2024) [press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n

EAISI EMDAIR grant (main PI) (2022)<\/p>\n

eScience Center OpenSSI grant (main PI) (2021)<\/p>\n

NWO Vidi grant (main PI) (2020) [press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n

NWO ENW-GROOT grant (PI) (2020) [press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n

European ITN grant (PI) (2019)<\/p>\n

NWO Projectruimte (2018) [press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n

NWO START-UP grant (main PI) (2018) [<\/span>press release<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DFG research grant (co-PI) (2018)<\/p>\n

Humboldt Research fellowship (2016) [<\/span>press release<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mildred Dresselhaus Award \/ CUI Guest Professorship (2015\/2016) [press release<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

NWO Rubicon grant (2011) [press release<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

Niels Stensen fellowship (2011)<\/p>\n

Unilever Research Prize (2007)<\/p>\n

Huygens Talent Scholarship (2006)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Presentation Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

NTvN (Dutch Journal of Physics) 1st prize for best popular article on PhD research (2014) [pdf<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

Best poster award, Postdoc Research and Career Symposium, Columbia University (2014)<\/p>\n

Best oral presentation award, sIMMposium, Radboud University Nijmegen (2010)<\/p>\n

Best poster award, NWO-CW meeting in Spectroscopy and Theory, Lunteren (2008)<\/p>\n

Best poster award, NWO-CW meeting in Spectroscopy and Theory, Lunteren (2007)<\/p>\n

Best poster award, KNCV poster competition, Utrecht (2007)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n

TU\/e Groundbreaking Researcher Award nominee (2022)<\/p>\n

Member of the TU\/e Young Academy of Engineering (2021)<\/p>\n

Elected as 1 of 10 new members of the KNAW Young Academy (2020)<\/p>\n

Selected as 1 of 10 Dutch students to attend the 62nd<\/sup> Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics (2012)<\/p>\n

Highest possible honors for BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees (each awarded to top <5%)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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