ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - Universiteit Utrecht

ANNUAL REPORT 20053 PhD programme• Conti, E. (aio) as of 1 October 2004 with F.C. MacKintoshproject: theory of dilute granular gases (theme 2).• Wessels, E. (oio) as of 1 December 2004 with P.J.G. Mulders and D. Boer.project: investigating observable consequences of the colour glass condensate(theme 1).University of Groningen (RUG)• Westra, D.B. (oio) as of 1 September 2002 with M. de Roo.project: string theory and quantum gravity (theme 1).• van Riet, T. (oio) as of 1 September 2003 with E.A. Bergshoeff.project: braneworlds (theme 1).• Hartong, J. (aio) as of 1 September 2004 with E.A. Bergshoeff.project: the quest for quantum gravity (theme 1).• Ploegh, A.R. (oio) as of 1 September 2004 with E.A. Bergshoeff.project: towards a formulation of coinciding M5-branes (theme 1).• Chemissany, W. (aio) as of 1 October 2004 with M. de Roo.project: light from string theory (theme 1).Leiden University (UL)• Cvetkovic, V. (oio) as of 1 November 2001 with J. Zaanen.project: quantum liquid crystals (theme 2). PhD exam: 29 March 2006.• Qian, X. (aio) as of 1 September 2002 with H.W.J. Blöte.project: percolation and tricriticality in O(n) models (theme 2).• Mboyo Esole, J. (aio) as of 1 December 2002 with A. Achúcarro.project: extended objects in particle physics and cosmology (theme 1).• Leurs, B.W.A. (oio) as of 1 November 2002 with J. Zaanen.project: the theoretical investigation of quantum liquid crystalline phases as ofrelevance to various strongly interacting electron systems (theme 2).• van Wezel, J. (aio) as of 1 March 2003 with J. Zaanen.project: decoherence due to spontaneous symmetry breaking (theme 2).• Ellenbroek, W.G. (oio) as of 1 November 2003 with W. van Saarloos.project: theory of granular matter (theme 2).• Becherer, P. (aio) as of 1 January 2004 with W. van Saarloos.project: dynamics of friction and polymer flow (theme 2).• de Kok, M.O. (oio) as of 1 January 2004 with P. van Baal.project: non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories (theme 1).