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The thesis office of the ULB accepts all theses and postdoctoral theses of the University of Münster and issues the certificates necessary for the receipt of the doctoral certificate.

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If you have earned a Law degree from a foreign university which is equivalent to the German state examination, you may apply for admission to a PhD programme in Münster and earn a doctorate in Law. Prior to gaining admission, you must demonstrate that you have sufficient knowledge of German law. You can meet this requirement by completing a one-year master’s degree programme in German Law and achieving a final grade of at least “ magna cum laude ”.

Once you have met these prerequisites, you may seek contact with a professor at the Faculty of Law who would be willing to supervise your doctoral project.

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The graduate program CiM-IMPRS is a cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine and five faculties of the University of Münster and offers students exceptional scientific training opportunities in the field of molecular and cellular biosciences with a focus on imaging.

The close collaboration between the Max Planck Institute and the University of Münster is also reflected in the name CiM-IMPRS: " CiM " stands for the Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, which brings together more than 90 research groups from the life and natural sciences as well as mathematics and computer science. They work together in the interdisciplinary topic area of "Cell Dynamics and Imaging," which is a research focus at WWU. " IMPRS " stands for the MPI's "International Max Planck Research School", whose research focus is molecular biomedicine.

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Structured Singular Light Fields

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• Nominated as an outstanding Ph. D. thesis by the University of Muenster, Germany
• Awarded with the WWU Dissertation Award for best PhD thesis in Physics 2019, University of Muenster, and the Research Award 2020 of the Industrial Club Duesseldorf and the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
• Guides from fundamentals of singular optics to its advanced modulation, analysis and application
• Comprehensive and thorough description of a plethora of different approaches to structure light and its singularities

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front matter, introduction and outline.

Eileen Otte

Fundamentals and Customization of Singular Light Fields

Vectorial light fields and singularities in 3d space, non-paraxial 3d polarization in 4d light fields, entanglement in classical light, summary and perspectives.

• Singular Optics
• Structured Light
• Phase Vortex
• Optical Singularities
• Optical Angular Momentum
• Polarization Modulation
• Tight Focusing
• Energy Flow
• Nano-Tomography

About this book

Structured singular light is an ubiquitous phenomenon. It is not only created when light refracts at a water surface but can also be found in the blue daytime sky. Such light fields include a spatially varying amplitude, phase, or polarization, enabling the occurrence of optical singularities. As structurally stable units of the light field, these singularities are particularly interesting since they determine its topology.

In this excellent book, the author presents a pioneering study of structured singular light, thereby contributing many original approaches. Especially in the field of polarization and its rich number of different types of singularities the book defines and drives a completely new field.

The work demonstrates how to control complex polarization singularity networks and their propagation. Additionally, the author pioneers tightly focusing vectorial beams, also developing an urgently needed detection scheme for  three-dimensional nanoscale polarization structures. She also studies classical spatial entanglement using structured light, introducing entanglement beating and paraxial spin-orbit-coupling. 

The book is hallmarked by its comprehensive and thorough way of describing a plethora of different approaches to structure light by amplitude, phase and polarization, as well as the important role of optical singularities. 

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Book Title : Structured Singular Light Fields

Authors : Eileen Otte

Series Title : Springer Theses

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63715-6

Publisher : Springer Cham

eBook Packages : Physics and Astronomy , Physics and Astronomy (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-63714-9 Published: 22 December 2020

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-63717-0 Published: 23 December 2021

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-63715-6 Published: 21 December 2020

Series ISSN : 2190-5053

Series E-ISSN : 2190-5061

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XV, 170

Number of Illustrations : 3 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour

Topics : Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices , Quantum Physics , Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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OPEN CALL – PHD and POSTDOC POSITIONS at MATHEMATICS MÜNSTER

PhD and Postdoc Positions at the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster: Dynamics – Geometry – Structure

The Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster: Dynamics – Geometry – Structure and the Mathematics Münster Graduate School at the University of Münster, Germany, offer several PhD and postdoctoral positions in all fields of mathematics related to the Cluster.

The duration of the PhD and postdoctoral positions is three years. The expected starting date is no later than October 2020. Currently, the regular working time for full (100%) employment is 39 hours and 50 minutes per week. Teaching loads are no more than four hours per week (100% position) and may vary depending on the source of funding.

Some of the positions are funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster, some by the European Research Council through the grant “Amenability, Approximation and Reconstruction”, and some by the mathematical institutes of the University of Münster. Financial terms are equivalent. The main selection criterion is scientific excellence.

PhD Positions (salary level E13 TV-L, 75%) Applications should contain a cover letter, CV, diplomas of academic degrees (bachelor, master or Diplom) and transcripts of the courses taken, including marks or grades, as well as proof of proficiency in English or German. Moreover, applicants must choose one or two of the Research Areas as well as at least two potential local supervisors listed as investigators at Mathematics Münster. Applicants are requested to include examples of their academic work, if applicable. Please arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to be submitted before the deadline to [email protected].

Postdoctoral Positions and Young Research Groups (salary level E13 TV-L, 100%) Applications should contain a cover letter, CV (with the grade for the dissertation, if applicable), a publication list and a research plan relating to the research of Mathematics Münster. Moreover, applicants must choose one or two of the Research Areas as well as one or two potential local postdoctoral mentors listed as investigators of the respective Research Area at Mathematics Münster. Postdoctoral applicants are invited to collaborate as a Young Research Group, consisting of two or three members, on a joint research project relevant to the topics of Mathematics Münster. The duration of these positions is four years. Group members are expected to apply individually for the postdoc positions and send a joint letter of motivation (including the names of group members and a group representative).

Applicants who have not yet completed their PhD are requested to include a two-page outline of their dissertation project comprising results up to now. Please arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to be sent before the deadline to [email protected].

Please apply using our online application form with further instructions at: https://www.uni-muenster.de/MathematicsMuenster/careers/apply/

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A love of marine biology and data analysis

Thursday, May 09, 2024 • Katherine Egan Bennett : contact

Kelsey Beavers’ love of the ocean started at a young age. Coming from a family of avid scuba divers, she became a certified junior diver at age 11.

“It was a different world,” Beavers said. “I loved everything about the ocean.”

After graduating from high school, the Austin native moved to Fort Worth to study environmental science at Texas Christian University. One of her professors at TCU knew University of Texas at Arlington biology Professor Laura Mydlarz and encouraged Beavers to continue her studies in Arlington.

“Kelsey came to UTA to pursue a Ph.D. and study coral disease, and she quickly got involved in a large project studying stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) , a rapidly spreading disease that has been killing coral all along Florida’s coast and in 22 Caribbean countries,” Mydlarz said. “She has been a real asset to our team, including being the lead author on a paper we published in Nature Communications last year on the disease.”

As part of her doctoral program, Beavers completed original research studying the gene expression of coral reefs affected by SCTLD. Her research involved scuba diving off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands to collect coral tissue samples before returning to the lab for data analysis.

“What we found was that the symbiotic algae living within coral are also affected by SCTLD,” Beavers said. “Our current hypothesis is that when algae move from reef to reef, they may be spreading the disease that has been devastating coral reefs since it first appeared in 2014.”

A large part of Beavers’ dissertation project involved crunching large sets of gene expression data extracted from the coral samples and analyzing it in the context of disease susceptibility and severity.

“The analysis part of the project was so much larger than just using a regular Mac, so I worked with the Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) in Austin, which is part of the UT System, using their supercomputers,” Beavers said.

Beavers enjoyed the data analysis part of her project so much that when she saw an opening at TACC for a full-time position, she jumped at the chance. She’s now working there part-time until graduation, when she plans to move to Austin for her new role.

“I’m really looking forward to my new position, as I’ll be able to work on research projects other than my own,” she said. “It will be interesting to be a specialist in data analysis and help other scientists use the TACC supercomputers to solve complex questions.”

As part of the job, she’ll travel to other UT System campuses to educate researchers on how they can use the tools available at TACC.

“I’m really proud of the work Kelsey did in our lab these past few years, and I’m excited to see her thrive after graduation,” Mydlarz said. “Seeing my students succeed is one of the best parts of this job.”

RIT graduate pursues Ph.D. across time zones

Nastaran Nagshineh, center, defended her Ph.D. thesis at RIT in April. Faculty from RIT’s Rochester and Dubai campuses served on her thesis committee and include, from left to right, Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard, Steven Weinstein, Nathaniel Barlow, and David Kofke (a professor at the University at Buffalo). Mohamed Samaha participated remotely and appears on the video screen behind the group and alongside Nagshineh’s picture.

Nastaran Nagshineh is one of the first Ph.D. candidates to bridge RIT’s Rochester and Dubai campuses. Her accomplishment creates a path for future students at the university’s international campuses.

Nagshineh completed her Ph.D. in mathematical modeling while working full time as a mathematics lecturer at RIT Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, teaching as many as five classes a semester. She described her Ph.D. journey as “an exercise in perseverance” due to competing demands and long days. Rochester is eight hours behind Dubai, and the time difference meant many late-night classes and meetings.

“I saw this collaboration as an opportunity, rather than as a challenge, because my primary adviser, Dr. Steven Weinstein (RIT professor of chemical engineering), and my co-adviser, Dr. Mohamed Samaha (RIT Dubai associate professor of mechanical engineering), both have the same area of research interest,” she said. “They both worked toward my success.”

Nagshineh is one of 67 RIT Ph.D. students who defended their thesis this academic year and who will earn their doctorate. RIT awarded 63 Ph.D. degrees in 2023.

In 2020-2021, RIT’s Graduate School met and surpassed the university’s goal of conferring 50 Ph.D. degrees during an academic year. That number will continue to grow as students cycle through the seven new Ph.D. programs that RIT has added since 2017, said Diane Slusarski , dean of RIT’s Graduate School.

Meeting these goals puts RIT on a path toward achieving an “R1,” or research-intensive designation, from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning. RIT is currently ranked as an R2 institution . Many factors go into changing a university’s status, including research investment and maintaining a three-year average of 70 Ph.D. degrees awarded per year, according to Slusarski.

“We have met the goals of the strategic plan, and now we look forward to contributing to the research innovation in the future,” Slusarski said. “We want to help the new programs thrive and win national research awards.”

RIT’s emphasis on high-level research is seen in Nagshineh’s Ph.D. work. She applies mathematical modeling to the field of fluid dynamics. Her research has been published in top-tier journals and has gained notice, said Weinstein, her thesis adviser.

Weinstein describes Nagshineh’s accomplishments as “a testament to a fantastic work ethic and commitment” and is inspirational to younger students at Rochester and Dubai.

“The collaboration between RIT Dubai/Rochester has continued,” he said. “Another paper was submitted a few weeks ago with Mohamed Samaha and Nate Barlow (RIT associate professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics) as co-authors, as well as Cade Reinberger, a younger Ph.D. student in my research group.”

Mathematical modeling is one of RIT’s newer Ph.D. degree programs, and Nagshineh is among its earliest graduates. The program has doubled in size since it began accepting students in 2017, Slusarski said. This past fall, the mathematical modeling program had 35 students, with two graduating this year.

Altogether, RIT has 13 Ph.D. degree programs currently enrolling 438 students, with computing and information sciences accounting for the largest with 117 students. RIT’s other Ph.D. programs include astrophysical sciences and technology , biomedical and chemical engineering , business administration , color science , electrical and computer engineering, imaging science , mechanical and industrial engineering , microsystems engineering , and sustainability .

New programs in cognitive science and physics will launch in the fall.

The growth in RIT graduate education—with more than 3,000 master’s and doctoral students—reflects a demographic change in the student population, Slusarski said. “We have a higher percentage of women in the graduate programs than we have for RIT undergraduate programs.”

RIT’s graduate programs enroll 42 percent women, according to Christie Leone , assistant dean for the Graduate School.

Nagshineh, who also holds an MS in electrical engineering from RIT Dubai, welcomes her role as a mentor to other women students on both campuses.

“As a young woman in an Arabic country, the power of women is often underestimated and undervalued, and I hope to serve as a role model to female students, especially those that question their path,” Nagshineh said.

She plans to continue in her career as a professor and a researcher. “I would like to pursue a research program where I can advise my own students and teach them more deeply.”

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The school of arts & sciences awardees are arielle xena alterwaite, who is pursuing a ph.d. in history, and katherine scahill, who is pursuing a ph.d. in music..

Two University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. candidates in the School of Arts & Sciences have been named to the 2024 class of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship , administered by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars .

The Newcombe Fellowship, funded by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation , is the largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values in interesting, original, or significant ways. Fellows receive a 12-month award of $31,000 to support the final year of dissertation writing.

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“With support from the Newcombe Foundation and its interdisciplinary focus, I look forward to deepening the ways in which I can bring my work to broad audiences,” Alterwaite says. “My hope is that this archivally grounded historical account of Haitian debt in a global context can speak to international activists, legislators, and policymakers who take the ethical ramifications of finance seriously.”

History department chair Sophia Rosenfeld says it’s no surprise that Alterwaite continues to win an extraordinary number of major external fellowships, including, now, the Newcombe.

“For her dissertation, she has taken on a crucial topic in 19th century Atlantic history—the massive debt that a newly independent Haiti owed to the French state—and she has managed both to find brand-new sources for understanding it and to generate new explanations that have real implications for thinking about sovereign debt and reparations for slavery today,” Rosenfeld says.

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“Katherine’s dissertation intervenes at the intersections of ethnomusicology, religious studies, and gender studies to explore what she calls efficacious chant. What makes her project so interesting and innovative is her recognition of a set of lacunae within the study of Buddhist chant,” he says. “While text, context, and religious labor have all been explored, very little has been written about the female monastics on which this dissertation is focused or on the role of ‘voice’ within their practice. Katherine zooms in on the ways that chant helps train monks to stabilize their own bodies while also making them aware of the body’s instability. We are all convinced that Katherine’s dissertation will make a signal contribution to several disciplines.”

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The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a national competition that challenges Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. The aim is to cultivate their academic, presentation, and research communication skills while celebrating the exciting research conducted by HDR students across the country.

Additionally, 3MT provides great networking opportunities and the chance for students to represent their research beyond their School.  There are a number of prizes on offer at both Faculty and University level, with the winner of the University competition going on to represent the University of Adelaide in the 2024 Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis final.

Participating students also receive 5 CaRST credits in Domain D, with extra credits available for attending the 3MT Information and Training sessions.

Use the following link to register in CaRST Online for the 3MT Information Session  on 30 May -  Register now .

More information about 3MT is also available at the University of Adelaide 3MT website .

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