It is with great sadness, that I was informed that Wim de Jeu passed away on the 3rd of June 2026 in Heerlen, The Netherlands. Wim was one of the great contributors to liquid crystal and soft matter research who firmly established the use of scattering methods for structure determination for partially ordered and self-organised materials. He will greatly be missed by the liquid crystal community.
Ingo Dierking
