| Titels | Prof. dr. ir. |
| Initials | W. |
| Main position | Hoogleraar UL |
| Disciplines | Physics |
| Solid-state physics | |
| Chair | Theorie van de gecondenseerde materie |
| Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2004 |
| Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
| Employed by |
Instituut Lorentz
Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9506 2300 RA Leiden tel. 071 527 5784 saarloos@lorentz.leidenuniv.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 was President of the KNAW from 2018 until 2020.