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Royal honour for physicist Jan van Ruitenbeek

[03-05-2021]

On 26 April Professor of Experimental Physics Jan van Ruitenbeek was made a Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands. He received the decoration from mayor Emile Jaensch in Oegstgeest, where he lives. Van Ruitenbeek received the honour for his services to physics.

Jan van Ruitenbeek has worked at Leiden University since 1987, as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of experimental physics. He has been of particular service to nanophysics. Read more