# Wout Laeremans
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**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/soft-matter-and-biological-physics
Doctoral Candidate
# Wout Laeremans
- [PURE url](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/wout-laeremans/ "Research Portal")
##### Contact
[w.laeremans@tue.nl](#)
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##### Department / Institute
[Applied Physics and Science Education](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/applied-physics-and-science-education)
##### Group
[Soft Matter and Biological Physics](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/soft-matter-and-biological-physics)
## RESEARCH PROFILE
PhD Candidate in the Soft Matter and Biological (SMB) Physics group.
Research topics:
- Statistical physics
- Polymer physics
- Biophysics
- Computational physics
1 September 2023 - present
## Recent Publications
- [See all publications](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/wout-laeremans//publications/)
- [### Theoretical models for tension-dependent DNA looping time
Physical Review Research
(2025)
Wout Laeremans,Wouter G. Ellenbroek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/61d2d306-faea-4add-abea-16a30e6d69e4)
- [### Polymer dynamics under tension: Mean first passage time for looping
Physical Review E
(2025)
Wout Laeremans,Anne Floor den Ouden,Jef Hooyberghs,Wouter G. Ellenbroek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/aa84d06d-f3b3-46b7-8e95-93ad9bc50b69)
- [### Polymer dynamics under tension
(2024)
Wout Laeremans,Anne Floor den Ouden,Jef Hooyberghs,Wouter G. Ellenbroek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/3fdd37f4-4e4a-4374-b10c-327c13f83ae4)
- [### Insights into elastic properties of coarse-grained DNA models: q-stiffness of cgDNA vs cgDNA+
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2024)
Wout Laeremans,Midas Segers,Aderik Voorspoels,Enrico Carlon,Jef Hooyberghs](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/e5757c83-9300-419d-bf78-7d9e4b7fb7eb)
- [### Insights into elastic properties of coarse-grained DNA models
(2024)
Wout Laeremans,Midas Segers,Aderik Voorspoels,Enrico Carlon,Jef Hooyberghs](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/934a7eea-8142-4244-ba4e-c987849569fb)
## Ancillary Activities
No ancillary activities