Curriculum Vitae
Name: van Holten
First name: Jan-Willem
Institute: NIKHEF
Address: P.O. Box 41882,
1009 DB Amsterdam, NL
Tel.: (31) 20 592 5131
e-mail: t32@nikhef.nl
Home address: Koninginneweg 27,
1217 KR Hilversum, NL
Date of birth: may 12, 1952
Place of birth: 's-Gravenhage, NL
Nationality: Dutch
Education and training:
-- Gymnasium-B (Huygens Lyceum, Voorburg); diploma: 1970
-- Candidate of Physics and Mathematics (R.U. Leiden): 1974
-- Doctorandus of Physics (R.U. Leiden): 1976
-- Doctorate in theoretical physics (R.U. Leiden): 1980
Present positions:
-- Guest Theoretical Physics Group Nikhef, Amsterdam (as of 2018)
-- Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Leiden University (as of 2018)
Former positions:
-- Student-Assistant R.U. Leiden: 1975
-- Research associate of Inst. of Theor. Physics, R.U. Leiden: 1976-80
-- Fellow CERN, Div. Theor. Physics (Geneve): 1980-1982
-- Post-Doctoral assistant Bergische Universitaet (Wuppertal),
FB Theor.\ Physik: 1982-1985
-- Staff member Theoretical Physics Group Nikhef, Amsterdam: 1985-2018
-- Professor (extraordinarius) of Theoretical Physics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 1999-2009
-- Professor (extraordinarius) of Theoretical Physics, Leiden University: 2009-2018
Other scientific posts and activities:
a. Organizational and administrative responsibilities
-- Praeses Natuurwetenschappelijk Dispuut Chr. Huygens, Leiden (1977)
-- Co-coordinator of the Theoretical High-Energy Physics Network of the
Foundation for Research of Matter (FOM)
-- Chairman Scientific Advisory Council NIKHEF (2002-2004)
-- Co-organizer HISPARC project for detection of cosmic rays
with High-School-based detector network (2003-2018)
-- Member editorial board Universe (2018-)
-- Board member HOVO, Leiden University (2020-)
b. Scientific visitor and teaching positions
-- Visiting Fellow St. Johns College, Cambridge (UK), 1983
-- Visiting professor Int. School f. Adv. Studies (SISSA),
Trieste (Italy); march/april 1984
-- Visiting scientist Max Planck Inst. f. Theor. Physik (Muenchen);
febr./march 1985
-- Visiting scientist Weizmann Inst. (Rehovot, Israel); febr. 1986;
-- Corresponding Fellow CERN; 1987-1989
-- Visiting professor Kath. Univ. Leuven (Belgium); spring 1988
-- Visiting scientist DESY (Hamburg); sept./oct. 1991
-- Visiting professor Univ. of Heidelberg; febr. 1997
-- Scientific Research Associate CERN; oct. 2000- feb. 2001
-- Visiting professor Univ. of Tasmania (Hobart, Tasmania); aug.-sept. 2004
-- Visiting Fellow Nordita (Copenhagen, Denmark); nov. 2004 - febr. 2005
-- Visiting scientist DESY (Hamburg); march-june 2005
c. Teaching topical schools
-- 2nd. Hellenic School on El. Part. Physics, Corfu (Greece; 1985)
-- XXVI Zakopane Summer School on Particle Physics
(Univ. Krakow, Poland; 1986)
-- XXV Karpacz Winter School of Theor. Physics, Univ. Wroclaw
(Karpacz, Poland; 1989)
-- 3rd AIO Winter School Theor. HEP (Egmond a/Z, Netherlands; 1989)
-- CERN Summer School (Egmond a/Z, Netherlands; 1989)
-- 1st Belgian/Dutch/German Summer School on Exp. HEP
(Chevetogne, Belgium; sept. 1989)
-- XXVIII Winter School of Theor. Physics, Univ. Wroclaw
(Karpacz Poland; 1992)
-- AIO Summer School on Math. Physics (Un. Twente, Enschede; june 1-5, 1992)
-- 4th. Hellenic School on El. Part. Physics, Corfu (Greece; 1992)
-- 4th Belgian/Dutch/German Summer School on Exp. HEP
(Retie, Belgium; 1992)
-- 2nd German Sumerschool on Theoretical Physics;
(Saalburg, Germany; 1996)
-- 8th Belgian/Dutch/German Summer School on Exp. HEP
(Rolduc, Netherlands; 1996)
-- XXXVth Winterschool of Theoretical Physics, Univ. Wroclaw
(Polonica, Poland; 1999)
-- 14th AIO Winterschool of Theor. HEP
(Jonkerbosch, Nijmegen NL; 2000)
-- Summerschool Geometry and Topology in Physics
Graduiertenkolleg Univ. of Heidelberg, Rot a/d Rot (sept. 2001)
-- 17th AIO Winterschool of Theor. HEP
(Jonkerbosch, Nijmegen NL; 2003)
-- 43rd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics
(Zakopane, Poland; june 2003)
-- 19th AIO Winterschool of Theor. HEP
(Driebergen, 2006)
-- W.E. Heraeus Summer School "Saalburg", Foundations and New Methods in Theoretical Physics
(Wolfersdorf, Germany, 2015)
-- 30th AiO Winterschool of Theor. HEP
(Dalfsen; 2016)
d. Other teaching
- Supersymmetry and Supergravity; SISSA (Trieste), 1984
(id.) Univ. Wuppertal, 1984
- BRST Quantisation; K.U. Leuven (Belgium), 1988
- Quantum Field Theory; Univ. of Amsterdam; 1988, 1991
- Symmetry Principles in Physics; Univ. of Amsterdam; 1993, 1994, 1995
- Gravitational Waves and Black Holes; Univ. of Heidelberg (Germany); 1997
- From Higgs to Supersymmetry; Graduate course NIKHEF, Amsterdam; 1998
- General Relativity and Cosmology; Vrije Univ. Amsterdam (VUA); 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
- Astro-particle physics; Master course NIKHEF/VUA/UvA; 2003, 2004
- Elementaire Deeltjes; Undergaduate Course, Univ. Leiden; 2005, 2009
- Elementary Particles; Master Course, Techn. Univ. Delft; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Gravitatie en Kosmologie; Undergraduate course, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam (VUA); 2006, 2007
- Windows on the Universe Academic Lectures, NIKHEF; 2008
- Supersymmetry Topical Lectures, NIKHEF; 2009
- Elementaire Deeltjes; HOVO Course, Univ. Leiden; 2010, 2012, 2014
- Gravitational Waves Topical Lectures, NIKHEF; 2010, 2014, 2017
- Supersymmetry and supergravity Master course, Univ. Leiden; 2011
- Introduction to special relativity Freshman course, Univ. Leiden; 2011, 2012, 2013
- Elementaire Deeltjes NINA nascholingscursus voor docenten VWO; 2013
- Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Master course, Univ. Leiden; 2014, 2018, 2020
- Supersymmetry Master course DITP, Leiden; 2015
- Topics in Theoretical Physics Master course, Univ. Leiden; 2016
- General Relativity Master course, Univ. Leiden; 2018
e. Organisation of conferences and summer schools
-- Belgian/Dutch/Nordrh.--Westf. Meeting on Theor. Physics;
(Bad Honnef, march 20-22, 1984)
-- 2nd AIO Winterschool Theor. HEP (Doorwerth, NL; jan. 1988)
-- 5th Belgian/Dutch/German Summer School on Exp. HEP
(Dalfsen, NL; 1993)
-- Symposium Physics beyond the Standard Model
(Bad Honnef, march 7-10, 1994)
-- Symposium `Detection of Gravitational Radiation';
NIKHEF (Amsterdam, NL; may 24, 1994)
-- 8th AIO Winterschool on Theor. HEP (Dalfsen, NL; jan. 15-26, 1996)
-- Symposium Resonant Mass Detection of Gravitational Waves;
NIKHEF (Amsterdam, NL; 1997)
-- XXXVth Winterschool of Theor. Physics, Univ. Wroclaw
(Polonica, Poland; 1999)
-- 15th AIO Winterschool of Theor. HEP
(Jonkerbosch, Nijmegen NL; 2001)
-- Symposium Physics beyond the Standard Model
(Bad Honnef, march 13-16, 2006)
-- 28th AiO Winterschool Theor. HEP
(Driebergen, jan. 27- febr. 8 2014)
-- Fourth Dutch Gravitational Wave meeting
(Leiden Univ., febr. 20, 2015)
f. Ph.D. Students
1 R. Rietdijk, 1988-92 (supervisor; co-promotor UvA)
Applications of Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics
2 W. Kalau, 1989-92 (supervisor; co-promotor UvA)
On BRST Quantization of Constrained Systems
3 K. Peeters, 1994-98 (supervisor; co-promotor UU)
Geometrical Aspects of Supersymmetry
4 S. Groot-Nibbelink, 1997-2000 (supervisor; promotor VUA)
Supersymmetric non-linear unification in particle physics
5 T.S. Nyawelo, 1999-2004 (supervisor, promotor VUA)
Non-linear field theory with supersymmetry - Hydrodynamics and sigma models
6 A. Fuster, 2001-2007 (supervisor; promotor VUA)
Kundt Spacetimes in General Relativity and Supergravity
7 M. de Kok, 2006-2008 (co-supervisor; promotor UL)
Broken Symmetries in Field Theory
8 G. Koekoek, 2006-2011 (supervisor; promotor VUA)
The Geodesic Deviation Method and Extreme Mass-Ratio Systems
9 R. de Adelhart-Toorop, 2008-2012 (supervisor; promotor UL)
A flavour of family symmetries in a family of flavour models
10 P. Ortiz, 2010-2014 (co-supervisor; promotor UL)
Effects of Heavy Fields on Inflationary Cosmology
11 G. d'Ambrosi, 2011-2016 (supervisor; promotor VUA)
Dynamics of Extreme-Mass-Ratio binaries
12 S. Satish Kumar, 2013-2016 (supervisor; promotor UL)
Spin Dynamics in General Relativity
13 H. Montanus, 2012-2017 (co-supervisor; promotor UvA)
The Observability of Jets in Cosmic Air Showers
14 J. van de Vis, 2015-2019 (co-supervisor; promotor UL)
Higgs dynamics in the early universe
g. Foreign Ph.D. Committees:
-- J. Fisch (Univ. Libre, Brussel; 1989)
-- Th.Domeij (Univ. Gothenburg, Sweden; 1990)
-- S. Vitale (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris; 2010)
-- J.-P. Ngome (Univ. Tours; 2011)
-- R. Oliveri (Univ. Libre, Brussel; 2018)
h. Non-scientific posts/activities:
-- Praeses Scholierenbond, Huygens Lyceum Voorburg (1967-68)
-- Member and chairman Youth Municipal Council of Madurodam (1966-68)
-- Treasurer Rowingclub Asopos (Leiden, 1973-74)
-- Coach various youth hockey teams Spandersbosch (Hilversum, 1999-2005)