Gerardus J. Sizoo Gerardus J. Sizoo Gerardus Johannes Sizoo (8 November 1900 – 4 January 1994) was the first professor of physics at the Vrije Universiteit. He is notable for the establishment and development of the applied physics laboratory in 1930 and the establishment of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Vrije Universiteit. His doctoral research explored the phenomenon of superconductivity at the University of Leiden, following the lead of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Wander Johannes de Haas. He completed his PhD in 1926, with a thesis entitled: "Onderzoekingen over den suprageleidenden toestand van metalen," under Wander Johannes de Haas. In
Heike Erkers of employers performing salary surveys (lönekartläggning) on a regular basis. Another issue is child poverty. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) Heike Erkers Heike Erkers is the Chair of the Swedish labour union Akademikerförbundet SSR (in English 'The Union for Professionals'). She is currently off duty from her regular employment as a head of department at the Swedish Public Employment Service (in Swedish 'Arbetsförmedlingen'). Heike Erkers started being in enganged in labour union issues in the 1990s. In 2003 she was elected member of the board of Akademikerförbundet