2021

Doctoral candidate Bente Konst, at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Development of novel methods for quality control and optimization of digital planar X-ray and fluoroscopic imaging for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Louison Thorens will defend his thesis Unstable drainage of frictional fluids and magnetic control of the mechanical behavior of confined granular media for the double degree of Philosophiae Doctor at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Docteur en Physique de l'Université de Lyon.

Odd Petter Sand will defend his thesis Integrating Computing with Mathematics and Science Education: Case Studies of Student Understanding and Teaching design for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Magnus Fagernes Ivarsen will defend his thesis Plasma Irregularity Dissipation in the F-Region Ionosphere. Making Sense of the Decay and Subsequent Lifetimes of Turbulent Plasma Structures in the Ionosphere for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Sisay Mebre Abie at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

"Bioimpedance as a tool for monitoring the effect of freezing and thawing of meat"

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Fabio Zeiser at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

"Uncertainty quantification for nuclear level densities and γ-ray strength functions from the Oslo method and beyond"

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Kristian Stølevik Olsen at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

“Active and passive Brownian particles in complex environments”

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ymir Kalmann Frodason at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

"Hybrid functional investigations of point defects in ZnO and β-Ga₂O₃"

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Lucia Crespo Campo at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

"Investigating the γ decay of Ni isotopes and its applications to nuclear astrophysics"

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Jian Bin Ben Chen at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 

"Instability and Beam-Beam Study for Multi-TeV PWFA e⁺e^- and γγ Linear Colliders"

for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.