Gerard Meijer knighted during farewell ceremony
Gerard Meijer bid farewell as the President of the Executive Board of Radboud University (NL) on January 10, 2017. During the farewell ceremony in Nijmegen, Professor Meijer was decorated as a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
Under the presidency of Gerard Meijer, Radboud University has celebrated many successes. Researchers at the University received no less than five Spinoza Prizes-the highest scientific distinction in the Netherlands. Three Gravitation Programmes with Nijmegen consortium leadership were also awarded. With the Radboud Excellence Initiative, an idea of Gerard Meijer, international scientific talent from all over the world was attracted to Nijmegen.
Throughout his tenure, Radboud University was annually named the Best Comprehensive University in the Netherlands, most recently receiving the honour for the sixth consecutive year.
Gerard Meijer will continue his scientific career as the director of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, a position he held prior to his arrival in Nijmegen.
He will remain associated with Radboud University as a zero-hour professor, as well as chairman of the Board of Governors (Hochschulrat) of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany.