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University of Groningen Appoints Joost Frenken as Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering

Lead Author
Perrett Laver
Published
03 Mar 2022
Industry
Higher Education
Location
The Netherlands

As from July 1, 2022, Professor Joost Frenken will be the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) at the University of Groningen.

 

Since 2014, Frenken has been the Director of ARCNL, a public-private partnership established by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam, and high-tech company ASML. The ARCNL focuses on fundamental physics and chemistry research in the context of semiconductor industry application. Frenken himself specializes in the deposition and evolution of nanolayers.

Frenken is also a professor at the University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam. He has been a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 2007.

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The Faculty of Science and Engineering is a real academic pearl and we can take pride in that. 

Joost Frenken

University of Groningen

Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering

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