Johannes Maria Jozef van Leeuwen

Johannes Maria Jozef "Hans" van Leeuwen (5 August 1932 – 3 December 2024) was a Dutch physicist.

Life and career Van Leeuwen was born in Heerhugowaard on 5 August 1932. In 1969 he became professor of physics at Delft University of Technology. He moved to the Lorentz Institute for theoretical physics of Leiden University in 1986. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994 "For contributions to statistical physics, in particular to the understanding of static and dynamic correlations in fluids, and to real space renormalization group theory". In 1996 Van Leeuwen received the Onsager Medal.

Van Leeuwen died on 3 December 2024, at the age of 92.