Stanislaus Cornelius Maria (Stan) Bentvelsen (Schipluiden, 6 May 1965) is a Dutch physicist.
Bentvelsen studied Physics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
In 1994 he completed his thesis at the UvA in 1994[1] From 1994 to 2000 he was a researcher at the CERN in Geneva.
Since 2005 he teaches at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
[3][4] He succeeded professor Frank Linde on December 1, 2014.