List of people associated with Utrecht University explained
Notable alumni, faculty and administrators of Utrecht University.
Nobel Prize laureates among Utrecht University alumni and faculty
- Christiaan Eijkman, a Dutch physician, pathologist
- Nicolaas Bloembergen, a Dutch-American physicist
- Peter Debye, a Dutch-American physicist
- Willem Einthoven, a Dutch physician, physicist
- J. H. van 't Hoff, a Dutch chemist
- Gerardus 't Hooft, a Dutch physicist
- Tjalling Koopmans, a Dutch-American mathematician, physicist, economist
- Wilhelm Röntgen, a German physicist
- Lavoslav Ruzicka, a Croatian-Swiss chemist
- Martinus J.G. Veltman, a Dutch physicist
- Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch chemist
- Rudolf Magnus, a German pharmacologist
Pulitzer Prize laureates among Utrecht University alumni and faculty
- Benjamin Moser who earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Utrecht University received the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Susan Sontag, titled .
Wolf Prize laureates among Utrecht University alumni and faculty
- Gerard 't Hooft, a Dutch physicist
- Prof Rien van Genuchten, researcher, geosciences, earth sciences, hydrogeology
National Medal of Science laureates among Utrecht University alumni and faculty
Spinoza Prize laureates among Utrecht University faculty
- Gerard 't Hooft a Dutch theoretical physicist,
- Frits van Oostrom is a university professor for the Humanities at Utrecht University,
- Daan Frenkel is a Dutch computational physicist,
- Hans Clevers is a Dutch molecular geneticist, cell biologist and stem cell researcher,
- Hans Oerlemans is a Dutch climatologist specialized in glaciology and sea level,
- Robbert Dijkgraaf is a Dutch theoretical physicist, mathematician and string theorist,
- Jan Luiten van Zanden is a Dutch economic historian and professor of Global Economic History at Utrecht University,
- René Bernards is a Dutch cancer researcher,
- Jozien Bensing is a Dutch clinical psychologist,
- Ben Scheres is a Dutch developmental biologist,
- Naomi Ellemers is a distinguished professor of social psychology at Utrecht University since September 2015,
- Piet Gros is a Dutch chemist and professor biomacromolecular crystallography at Utrecht University,
- Ieke Moerdijk is a Dutch mathematician, currently working at Utrecht University,
- Bert Weckhuysen is a professor of inorganic chemistry and catalysis at Utrecht University,
- Birgit Meyer is a German[1] professor of religious studies at Utrecht University,
- Albert J. R. Heck is a Dutch scientist and professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics,
- Anna Akhmanova is a Russian-born professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
- Bas van Bavel is a Dutch historian.
- José van Dijck is a new media author and a distinguished university professor in media and digital society at Utrecht University since 2017.
- Corné Pieterse is professor Plant-Microbe Interactions and scientific director of the Institute of Environmental Biology of the Faculty of Science.
- Detlef van Vuuren is hoogleraar Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change aan de faculteit Geowetenschappen
Spinoza Prize laureates among Utrecht University alumni
NWO Stevin Prize laureates among Utrecht University alumni and faculty
- Beatrice de Graaf, a Dutch history professor at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University.
- Tanja van der Lippe, a Dutch sociologist and professor of sociology of households and labour relations at Utrecht University.
- Paul 't Hart a professor of public administration at the Utrecht University.
Highly cited researchers by Google Scholar, Clarivate and AD Scientific Index
- Diederick E. Grobbee an Epidemiologist and Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
- Wilmar Schaufeli a Dutch work and organizational psychologist, clinical psychologist and professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University.
- Jim van Os a Dutch academic and psychiatrist. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and medical manager of the Brain Center at Utrecht University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
- Detlef van Vuuren a Dutch professor of environmental science at Utrecht University.
- Oscar H Franco a Professor and Director of Public Health at Utrecht University/University Medical Center Utrecht.
- Marta Verweij a Professor of experimental particle physics
- Alexander Eggermont a Professor of Immunotherapy at University Medical Center Utrecht and the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology Chief Scientific Officer.
- Jaap Sinninghe Damsté a professor of molecular palaeontology at Utrecht University.
- Prof. Dr. M.T. van Genuchten visiting Professor of Hydrology
- Prof. Dr. M.J.C. Eijkemans Professor of Biostatistics
- Marco van Leeuwen conducts experimental research in particle physics. He is particularly involved in research on the strong interaction and the formation of a Quark-Gluon plasma in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
- Frans Rutten a professor in general practice
Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
- 4 Ministers of Education of the Netherlands: Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne, Marga Klompé, Theo Bot, Robbert Dijkgraaf;
- 5 Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands: Theo de Meester, Max Steenberghe, Piet Lieftinck, Frans Andriessen, Sigrid Kaag;
- 5 Ministers of Foreign Affairs: Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout, Johan Beyen, Hans van den Broek, Tom de Bruijn;
- 4 Ministers of Justice and Security: Jan Donner, Josef van Schaik, Johan van Maarseveen, Job de Ruiter;
- 5 Ministers of the Interior and Kingdom Relations: Godert van der Capellen, Edzo Toxopeus, Henk Beernink, Jan de Koning (politician), Klaas de Vries (Labour Party);
- 2 Ministers of Defence: Wim van Eekelen, Hans Hillen;
- 2 Ministers of Infrastructure: Henk Zeevalking, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen;
- 2 Ministers of Economic Affairs: Dionysius Koolen, Jan Terlouw;
- 1 Minister of Agriculture: Aat van Rhijn;
- 3 Ministers of Social Affairs: Dionysius Koolen, Aart Jan de Geus, Wouter Koolmees;
- 2 Minister of Health Aart Jan de Geus, Els Borst.
Foreign heads of state or government
Alumni related to science
- Jan Pol a Dutch-American veterinarian
- Victor Jacob Koningsberger a Dutch botanist and academic
- Arie A. Kruithof, physicist
- Aristid Lindenmayer, biologist
- C.H.D. Buys Ballot, meteorologist
- Elisabeth Bik, microbiologist and science writer
- Debby Bogaert, professor of pediatrics[1]
- Anne Wyllie, scientist
- Pieter Kok, physicist
- Gerard Verschuuren, from the former Institute of Human Biology
- Frans de Waal, zoologist and ethologist
- Jansje Gretha Schuiringa, one of first Dutch dentists, professor of prosthetic dentistry
- Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, physician, scientist
- Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz, phytopathologist
- Mark Overmars, computer scientist
- Erik Meijer, computer scientist
- Marcel Minnaert, astronomer
- Jan van Leeuwen, computer scientist
- Jack van Lint, mathematician
- J. G. ten Houten, phytopathologist and botanist
- Jacobus Kapteyn, astronomer
- Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, chemist
- Jacoba Hol, physical geographer
- René Descartes, philosopher, mathematician
- Peter Braam, computer scientist, mathematician and entrepreneur
- Jan K. Buitelaar, medical doctor, psychiatrist, author, and academic
- Henk J. M. Bos, historian of mathematics
- Abraham Pais, physicist, science historian
- Pieter Boddaert was a Dutch physician and naturalist.
- Henk Barendregt is a Dutch logician, known for his work in lambda calculus and type theory.
- Jan van Leeuwen a Dutch computer scientist,
Writers
Other alumni
- Annemarie, Duchess of Parma, journalist, consultant, and member of the extended Dutch royal family
- Arend Jan Boekestijn, historian, politician
- Anna Maria van Schurman, classicist and painter
- Clarence Barlow, composer
- Els Borst, former Dutch minister of Health
- Johannes Martin Bijvoet, chemist
- Lulzim Basha, Mayor of Tirana, politician, former Albanian minister
- James Boswell, author, lawyer
- Joke Brandt, diplomat
- Rutger Bregman (born 1988), historian
- Pieter Burmann the Younger, philologist
- David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, author, lawyer
- Michael Clyne, linguist
- Johann Georg Graevius, scholar
- Louis Grondijs, Byzantologist, war correspondent
- Saba Hamzah, poet and scholar
- Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten, Director Department of Economic Affairs in colonial Indonesia
- Philip G. Kreyenbroek, iranist
- John Henry Livingston, academic, fourth president of Rutgers University
- Renate Loll, physicist
- Rudolf Magnus, pharmacologist and physiologist
- Andrea 't Mannetje, epidemiologist
- Maung Maung, 7th President of Burma
- Cecilia Medina, jurist, lawyer
- Heiko Oberman, historian
- Perizonius, scholar
- Maarten van Rossem, historian
- Jan Hendrik Scholten, theologian
- Boudewijn Sirks, specialist in Roman law
- J. Slauerhoff, poet; novelist; assistant at the university's clinic for Dermatology and Venereal Diseases 1929–1930
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, politician
- Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, poet
- Jan Terlouw, politician, novelist
- Hugh Williamson, politician
- Jan Pol, from The Incredible Dr. Pol a Nat Geo Wild reality show, Veterinarian
- Wim Aantjes, politician
- Willem Marcus van Weede, law
Faculty
Rectors
(Dates as rectors)
- Jan Ackersdijck 1840 to 1841[2]
- Antonius Aemilius 1644 to 1645, and 1659 to 1660[3]
- Christian Bernhard Albinus 1728 to 1729, and 1741 to 1742[4]
- Hieronymus Simons van Alphen 1717 to 1718, and 1733 to 1734[5]
- Henricus Johannes Arntzenius 1793 to 1794[6]
- Hermann Arntzenius 1803 to 1804, and 1820 to 1821[7]
- Johan d’Aulnis de Bourouill 1888 to 1889[8]
- Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon 1904 to 1905[9]
- Nicolaas Beets 1877 to 1878
- Daniel Berckringer 1648 to 1649[10]
- Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma 1843 to 1844[11]
- Jan Bleuland 1799 to 1800, and 1816 to 1817[12]
- Hendrik Bolkestein 1934 to 1935[13]
- Peter Bondam 1776 to 1777, and 1788 to 1789[14]
- Gisbert Bonnet 1764 to 1765, 1779 to 1780, and 1792 to 1793[15]
- Hermannus Bouman 1829 to 1830, and 1844-1845[16]
- Willem Gerard Brill 1871 to 1872[17]
- Arnoldus Johannes Petrus van den Broek 1923 to 1924[18]
- William Laurence Brown 1789 to 1790
- Jan Richard de Brueys 1825 to 1826[19]
- Johannes de Bruin 1663 to 1664, and 1672 to 1674[20]
- Frans Burman (theologian, born 1628) 1664 to 1665, and 1670 to 1671[21]
- Frans Burman (theologian, born 1671) 1718 to 1719[22]
- Frans Burman (theologian, born 1708) 1746 to 1747, 1766 to 1767, and 1782 to 1783 [23]
- Pieter Burman the Elder 1703 to 1704, and 1711 to 1712
- Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot 1863 to 1864
- Giovanni Salvemini (Johann Castillon) 1758 to 1759
- Ernst Julius Cohen 1915 to 1916
- Jacob Cramer (theologian) 1892 to 1893[24]
- Hendrik Cornelis Dibbits 1894 to 1895[25]
- Bernardus Schotanus 1635 to 1641[26]
Notes and References
- Book: Bogaert, Debby . Host-pathogen interaction during Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization and infection . 2004 . 349 . en . 66590154.
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