Blog
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A visit to the Santa Fe Institute
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Santa Fe Institute, where I was hosted by Melanie Mitchell, a SFI professor working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive…
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“100 Years of Quantum Physics” Conference
I just returned from an inspiring conference in Göttingen, organised by the German Physical Society to celebrate 100 years of quantum physics. It was in the summer of 1925 that…
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ERC advanced Grant for “De Tenebris”
Delighted to be among the recipients of an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, and honoured to be in the company of so many outstanding researchers at University of Amsterdam…
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Pippa Cole wins L’Oréal-UNESCO prize
Former UvA postdoctoral researcher Philippa (Pippa) Cole is one of the six winners of the XXIII Italian edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Italy prize. The…
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Gimmy Tomaselli wins CAN Thesis Prize 2025
Gimmy Tomaselli, a brilliant PhD student who worked at GRAPPA under the joint supervision of D. Baumann and me, has been awarded the 2025 Committee for Astroparticle physics in the…