Scientific Staff

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/people/

The following categories of scientific personnel (Wetenschappelijk Personeel/ WP) exist:

• Vaste Wetenschappelijke Staf): Universitaire Docenten, Universitaire Hoofddocenten and Hoogleraren correspond roughly to Assistant, Associate and Full Professors. They are all on the payroll of the University. There are also Buitengewone and Bijzondere Hoogleraren (Extraordinary and Adjunct Professors). These are practically always part-time, the former on the University payroll, the latter sponsored by an external organisation.

• Postdoctoral Fellows (Postdocs): These are are part of the Tijdelijke Wetenschappelijke Staf (Temporary Scientific Staff) and are at Leiden usually for periods of one to three years. They are generally supported by funds external to the University.

• Promovendi (Ph.D Candidates): Although equivalent to (post)graduate students elsewhere, they are traditionally not considered to be `students' but rather junior staff members. They are either funded by the University, by the Nationale Onderzoekschool NOVA, or by the NWO equivalent to NSF/ PPARC. Some are partly funded by SRON, the Dutch space agency. An increasingly important source of outside funding is the European Union through its Framework Programs. Ph.D. candidates are also part of the Tijdelijke Wetenschappelijke Staf (Temporary Scientific Staff)

Who are all these people? An (almost) up-to-date list can be accessed at the Sterrewacht Website, and there is also a rogue's gallery on the wall next to the staircase on the fourth floor of the J.H. Oort building. Present tasks of members of the scientific staff of the Sterrewacht are listed in the Appendix.

web access to wie-is-dat-nou-weer:

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/people/