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 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 SSR, she became First Vice-Chair in 2006, and on 13 May 2012 she was elected Chair. As Chair of Akademikerförbundet SSR, Heike Erkers has, among other things, argued in favour of the value