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Dirk Aarts is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry. His research interests focus on soft and biological matter, integrating experimental, theoretical, and simulation approaches to investigate fundamental and applied problems. His work spans liquid state theory, liquid crystal phase behavior, and biomedical applications, including studies on HIV. Aarts studied chemistry at the University of Utrecht and completed his PhD in 2005 under Prof Henk Lekkerkerker. He joined the University of Oxford in 2007 and was appointed full professor in 2013. He has coordinated interdisciplinary research projects and received several awards, including the Andries Miedema prize and the Martinus van Marum award.