Johannes Petrus "Han" Woerdman (29 November 1942 – 18 August 2020) was a Dutch physicist.
He was a researcher at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium and later professor at Leiden University.
[2] He obtained his PhD in mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in 1971 under Andries Rinse Miedema with a thesis titled: "Some optical and electrical properties of a laser-generated free-carrier plasma in Si.
"[3] In 1983 he left Philips and was appointed professor of experimental physics at Leiden University.
[5] Woerdman was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.