Sailing in the dark
I was recently invited to contributed to an excellent outreach project called “The birth of an Idea”, led by my friend and colleague Vitor Cardoso, together with artist Ana Sousa Carvalho. The aim of...
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TeVPA 2024 in Chicago — A Summary
TeV Particle Astrophysics (TeVPA) is an international conference that covers the most recent advances in the field of Particle Astrophysics. This year, TeVPA returned to Chicago for the first time...
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In a paper published in Physical Review Letters this week, two brilliant young researchers – Gimmy Tomaselli (former PhD student in my group, now at IAS Princeton) and Thomas Spieksma (former MSc...
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Book review of Dan Hooper’s “Particle Cosmology and Astrophysics”
New book review: my book review of Dan Hooper’s “Particle Cosmology and Astrophysics” is now live in CERN Courier. The book provides a concise introduction to key topics in particle‐physics, cosmology...
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RTS podcast with Huma Khamis
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with journalist Huma Khamis on the RTS podcast Micro-sciences — a wide-ranging conversation (in French) about the concept of infinity, at the crossroads of...
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Gimmy Tomaselli wins CAN Thesis Prize 2025
Gimmy Tomaselli, a brilliant PhD student who worked at GRAPPA under the joint supervision of D. Baumann and me, has been awarded the 2025 Committee for Astroparticle physics in the Netherlands (CAN)...
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Pippa Cole wins L’Oréal-UNESCO prize
Former UvA postdoctoral researcher Philippa (Pippa) Cole is one of the six winners of the XXIII Italian edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Italy prize. The jury, made...
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ERC advanced Grant for “De Tenebris”
Delighted to be among the recipients of an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, and honoured to be in the company of so many outstanding researchers at University of Amsterdam and from...
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