Prof. Leo Kouwenhoven of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at the Delft University of Technology, is one of the European researchers who has been granted an ERC Advanced Grant. The ERC Advanced Grant is a subsidy of the European Research Council for experienced researchers who are doing innovative and pioneering research. Expectations are that Kouwenhoven will receive 1.8 million Euro to further extend his research in the field of ‘Quantum opto-electronica’ in the next five years to come.