[staff-physics-and-astronomy-HL-UHD-UD] Mock research visitation Physics and Astronomy Jan 22nd

[Juan Rojo]

Dear colleagues,

A kind reminder of the mock interviews tomorrow (Thursday 22nd) starting at 12:30, in preparation for our research visitation in the first week of February.

For those colleagues taking part in the interviews (all sessions, also that of the early career researchers): it would be great if you could stay for the *whole afternoon*, if possible at all- this way you can listed and learn from your colleagues in other sessions, and we can try as a department to communicate a common message.

All PIs in the department, also those not taking part in the interviews, are more than welcome to join and help us with their feedback.

Hope to see many of you tomorrow afternoon, best,

Juan

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Prof. Dr. Juan Rojo
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam
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Nikhef Theory Group, Science Park 105,
1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Webpage: http://www.juanrojo.com/
Zoom: https://vu-live.zoom.us/my/juanrojo
E-mail: j.rojo at vu.nl
         j.rojo at nikhef.nl
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On 14/01/2026 10:28, Juan Rojo wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> As mentioned yesterday at the staff lunch, the mock interview for the research visitation of our department (which takes place 2-4 Feb 2026) has been scheduled for Thursday 22nd January, starting at 12:30 at Spectrum 5.
> 
> All PIs are welcome to attend if they are available (even if themselves are not taking part in the interviews with the committee) to provide feedback to our colleagues. So if you can free a couple hours in your busy schedule to help us with this, it would be most appreciated.
> 
> In preparation for this mock visitation, you can find here the material that has been sent to the committee:
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> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/h663lwc2b6uxs0faclrkc/APmm7dwFQ_VNjWr_fksvtzM?rlkey=i4coqaa8u2q02mw430bwpcdxe&dl=0
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> including the Terms of Reference, the Self-Evaluation Report, and the SEP protocol. In particular the SER is short and a very nice reading, so please take a look beforehand. There will no slides or any other material: in each session the committee will start directly with the questions.
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> I attach the final program of the research visitation on 2-4 Feb 2026. During our mock visitation we will follow more or less this scheme, but we will allow for extra time to gather feedback between the sessions.
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> The schedule is (all times include time for discussion after the interview)
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> 12:30 to 13:30 => Meeting with the P&A management team, LaserLaB director and five heads of the P&A research sections.
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> participants: mock committee + Juan Rojo, Laura Dreissen, Oscar Versolato, Jordi Dahlberg, Kjeld Eikema, Johannes de Boer, Roberta Croce, Erwin Peterman, Andrea
> Baldi and Committee
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> 13:30 - 14:20 => Meeting with mid-career staff of P&A, including assistant and associate professors.
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> participants: mock committee + Olga Chukhutsina, Matz Liebel, Sven Askes, Laura Dreissen, David Dulin
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> 14:35 - 15:25 => Meeting with junior staff, including PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers of P&A
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> participants: mock committee + Bram Hoogland, Sarah Lander, Mathilde Binnenkamp, Andre Lohde, Anouk Post, Eleonora Traverso
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> 15:40 - 16:30 => Meeting with P&A focused on valorization and impact.
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> participants: Iwan de Esch, Oscar Versolato, Jeroen Koelemeij, Johannes de Boer, Imran Avci
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> Should you have any question, do not hesitate to reach out.
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> Thanks in advance for the help with this important evaluation of our department.
> 
> Best,
> Juan
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