In Memoriam: Prof. dr. Meerten Berend ter Borg, 1946-2017

In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Hanns Kreisel (1931-2017).

In Memoriam: Prof Smail Zubcevic, MD, PhD (1958-2017)

Th ere are moments when you get caught and surprised, and when you do not realize that something has happened. First, you do not believe it because it is not meaningful and it is not fair, but then, you become aware that there is something beyond that you’re not able to control. I guess destiny, as a warning, you should recognize. Two nights ago, the heart of our Smajo stopped knocking. Th ey s...

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Prof. Dr. Johannes Joseph van Rood (1926‐2017)

Jon was born on April 7, 1926 in Scheveningen, a town situated on the coast of the Netherlands. At the end of the Second World War, he began his medical studies at Leiden University. After finishing these, Jon was active as a ‘house doctor’, and visited many of his patients in the country areas. He considered this as one of the best medical learning experiences of his early career, as he was co...

In Memoriam: Ahmed Hassan Zewail (1946–2016)

It is with great sorrow that we heard of the passing away of Ahmed H. Zewail, the father of Femtochemistry and the pioneer of ultrafast electron-based Science, on August 2, 2016. This represents a tremendous loss not only for the scientific community but also for humanity, as he was a real Statesman. In 1987, Ahmed Zewail published a short communication in the Journal of Chemical Physics that s...