Alfons van Blaaderen explained

Alfons van Blaaderen (born 27 October 1963) is a Dutch physicist. He is a professor at Utrecht University and works in the field of soft matter.^[1]

Career

Van Blaaderen was born on 27 October 1963 in Naarden.^[2] He attended the Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs and subsequently studied physics and chemistry at Utrecht University. In 1992 he obtained his PhD at Utrecht University under professor A. Vrij with a dissertation titled Colloidal dispersions of (organo-)silica spheres: formation mechanism, structure and dynamics. In 1999 he was named professor of experimental physics of condensed matter.^[2]

In 2011 Van Blaaderen was awarded the Peter Debye Prize by the Edmond Hustinx Foundation.^[3] Van Blaaderen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.^[4]

External links

• Profile at Utrecht University

Notes and References

1. Web site: prof. dr. A. (Alfons) van Blaaderen . Dutch . Utrecht University . 16 November 2016.
2. Web site: Prof.dr. A. van Blaaderen (1963 -) . Dutch . Utrecht University . 16 November 2016.
3. Web site: Alfons van Blaaderen wins Peter Debye Prize . Dutch . Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter . 23 February 2011 . 16 November 2016.
4. Web site: Alfons van Blaaderen . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116202112/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/7952 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 16 November 2016 . dead .