Wil Roebroeks#
| Membership Number: | 4425 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/wil-roebroeks#tab-1 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5075-6899 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1996 - present Professor Palaeolithic Archaeology, Leiden University
- 2000 - 2005 Scientific Director National Research School Archaeology ARCHON
- 1983 - 1996 Lecturer Leiden University, Institue of Prehistory
Fields of Scholarship
- Human Evolution
- Palaeolithic Archaeology
- Earliest occupation of Europe
- Neanderthals
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam
- 2011 Humboldt Forschungspreis für ausländische Wissenschaftler, Germany
- 2007 Spinoza Prize N.W.O. Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- Elected as Korrespondierendes Mitglied of the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, Berlin
- 2002 Europa Prize of the Prehistoric Society, London
- 2001 Elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
