Prof.dr. Jan Zaanen appointed member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected fourteen new members.

FOM workgroup leader and Professor of Theoretical Physics at Leiden University, Jan Zaanen, is one of them. Members of the KNAW, prominent scientists from all disciplines, are selected on the basis of nominations from inside and outside of the Academy. KNAW has about 500 members distributed across the Humanities and Social Sciences Division and the Sciences Division. Membership is for life. On Monday 10 September 2012 the new Academy Members will be appointed in the Trippenhuis, the seat of KNAW.