| Titels | Prof. dr. ir. |
| Initials | W. |
| Main position | President KNAW/Hoogleraar UL |
| Disciplines | Physics |
| Solid-state physics | |
| Chair | Theorie van de gecondenseerde materie |
| Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2004 |
| President of KNAW | |
| Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
| Employed by |
Instituut Lorentz
Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9506 2300 RA Leiden tel. 071 527 5784 wim.van.saarloos@knaw.nl |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Wim van Saarloos is a theoretical condensed matter physicist. His research in theoretical physics focuses on statistical physics and condensed matter physics. He is well known for his research on front propagation into unstable states and wrote an authoritative review of this subject in 2003 (Front propagation into unstable states (pdf) - Physics Reports 386 (2003) 29–222).
Van Saarloos has been President of the KNAW since 1 June 2018.