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Excellent Thesis Award 2023

• Citeroni, Nicole (Recipient)
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Excellent Thesis Award for Hannah Wurzer

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The University of Luxembourg held its annual PhD graduation Ceremony on 17 December 2021 on Belval Campus. While over 150 doctoral candidates graduated from the University’s four doctoral schools in 2021, only a few were handpicked for their outstanding thesis.

Hannah Wurzer, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Health, was conferred the Excellent Thesis Award for doctoral graduates who demonstrated excellence, originality and depth of knowledge in their thesis.

In her PhD thesis entitled “Tumour Immune Evasion is Promoted by Actin Cytoskeleton-Driven Polarization of Inhibitory Signals to the Immunological Synapse” Hannah described her investigations into how a cytoskeleton remodelling process termed “actin response” can mediate cancer cell resistance to Natural Killer (NK) cell attack. Her research showed the conservation of the resistance mechanism in different cancer types and shed light on the underlying immune evasion mechanisms.

A few months earlier, Hannah impressed the jury during her PhD defence with cutting-edge science and the confident and convincing presentation of the findings in her comprehensive PhD thesis. Hannah contributed to nine scientific articles in recognised peer-reviewed journals, of which four were published as first author. She presented her work in local and international meetings and was awarded with the “Best Poster Prize” at the European Cancer Immunotherapy Meeting (CIMT) in 2019. She also received the Marian Aldrich Award from the Think Pink Foundation Luxembourg in 2021, which supported her research work. Impressed by these outputs, the jury members encouraged Hannah to continue her career in academic research and nominated her for the “Excellent Thesis Award” of the University of Luxembourg.

After finishing her PhD student tenure at LIH as a member of the FNR PRIDE-funded doctoral research and training programme CANBIO* on cancer biology, Hannah is currently finalizing her research project in Dr Thomas’ group as postdoctoral researcher.

Congratulations for this exceptional achievement!

8 more PhD students from LIH also received their PhD diplomas during the graduation ceremony Andrés CANO GALIANO François FAYS Miriam FOUGERAS Davide FRANCHINA Sara GOMES FERNANDES François HAFEZI Yolanda PIRES AFONSO Mohamad SARMINI

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Nicole Citeroni wins Excellent Thesis Award at University of Luxembourg

During the PhD Graduation Ceremony held in December 2023 at the University of Luxembourg, Nicole Citeroni received the Best Thesis Award 2023. During the ceremony, she briefly presented the topic of her PhD research titled “ Systemic Economic Offences as a New Paradigm of International Crimes - Towards an Evolution or Revolution of International Criminal Law? ”. The Thesis was also awarded a merit-based scholarship for her doctoral research in the fields of Economics and International Development, granted by the Fondation Jacqueline NOEL under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg.

Nicole Citeroni is employed a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law.

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#ClassOf2020: 129 new PhD holders

16 May 2021

“A PhD is about pushing boundaries. It’s about testing and establishing new evidence and fields.” In these words, Prof. Jens Kreisel, Vice-Rector for research, University of Luxembourg, kicked off the PhD Graduation Ceremony, which took place in a hybrid format on 12 May 2021, followed by a congratulatory speech from Prof. Stephane Pallage, Rector of the University of Luxembourg.

15 winners of the 2020’s “Excellent Thesis Award”

The University of Luxembourg has honoured 15 PhD graduates of 2020 with the first Excellent Thesis Award which recognises the outstanding quality of their doctoral theses. Nine awardees come from the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering, four from the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences, one from the Doctoral School in Law and one from the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance.

Meet the awardees from the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering

Gael Chewe Ngapeya

“When I completed my Master degree at the University of Lorraine, I was selected for a PhD research both at the University of Luxembourg and at Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs des Travaux de la Construction. I chose the University of Luxembourg because it was offering me a very competitive and multicultural environment of research in which I was expecting to improve my hard and soft-skills.” 

Diego Kreutz

“I chose the University of Luxembourg because I wanted to do my PhD under the supervision of Prof. Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo.” 

Filippo Mazzoli

“I really enjoyed the study of hyperbolic geometry as a student, and I was interested in moving abroad to meet new people in the academic environment. Prof. Jean-Marc Schlenker is an esteemed researcher in the subject at the University of Luxembourg and my Master thesis advisor recommended me to apply for a PhD position under his supervision.” 

Hugues Meyer

“Being originally from Nancy and highly interested in soft matter physics, I applied for a research internship to Prof. Tanja Schilling in the physics department of the University of Luxembourg. The internship went on so well that in the end she offered me to come back for a PhD once I was done with my master degree.”

Anna Sophia Monzel

“I came to Luxembourg for a Master’s programme and continued with the PhD afterwards. I was drawn to the University of Luxembourg and in particular to the LCSB because of the interdisciplinary research approaches and the cutting-edge technology used. Also, there is a special motivating spirit emanating from the university.”

Fulvio Paleari

“While doing interviews for a PhD position, I was referred to the Theoretical Solid-State Physics group at the University of Luxembourg. Thus, I came to Luxembourg to give a talk about my previous work and I got to meet Prof. Ludger Wirtz and the various group members. I had a very good impression of them and of the topics they did research about. In the end, I decided to join them!” 

Marc Schiry

“The main reason was the multicultural environment within the university. Additionally, the strong industrial oriented research within the Department of Engineering was also an important aspect of my decision.” 

Ivana Vukotic

“I got an offer to write a PhD from Professor Paulo Verissimo, one of the top researchers in the area of resilient distributed systems. Moreover, the topics were very interesting. On top of all of this, I believed that conditions to write a PhD at University of Luxembourg were excellent.” 

Marie-Laure Zollinger

“I had the opportunity to move in Luxembourg and in parallel, I was not satisfied with my work in industry (security engineering). I always had the idea of doing a PhD and when I contacted the Applied Security and Information Assurance Group, Prof. Peter Ryan convinced me and I applied for a position.” 

Meet the awardees from the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences

Christa Birkel

Christa Birkel is focusing on the Duchy of Luxembourg in the late Middle Ages (1346-1437), its sovereignty and its actors. As a co-creator of the research project Luxdynast (M. Margue / E. Adde), she is looking at the late medieval duchy in its connection to the entire territorial complex of the dynasty of the Luxembourgers.

Matthias Kern

“Working with young people with a migration background who misperceive their weight-status demands culturally sensitive interventions that take into account norms and standards from the two countries which the young person is bridging.” Developing his dissertation on health, well-being and health behavior among immigrant adolescents in Luxembourg, he could base his work both on national and on international data collections originating in HBSC.

Tahereh Pazouki

“My passion and my interest are in helping the unserved population. Our goal at Magrid [a project launched at the University of Luxembourg Incubator as the result of Tahereh Pazouki’s doctoral research project] was to create training programmes for children with special needs. At this point, Magrid could be used as a solution for students with language or hearing challenges but I am planning to further develop the programme to meet the needs of the dyslexic and autistic students as well”.

Elisabeth Tropper

“I was looking for a topic that combines aesthetic and political-ethical issues. Furthermore, I was very interested in the idea of Europe and the construction of the European Union – perhaps all the more so after I moved to Luxembourg,

Meet the awardee from the Doctoral School in Law

Vincent Richard

“I am delighted that the University considered my thesis worthy of an award. It highlights the importance of comparative law as Luxembourg lawyers must always pay attention to what is going on across the borders.”

Meet the awardee from the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance

Nora Paulus

“I am extremely grateful to be awarded the Excellent Thesis Award. Working on my thesis was a long and challenging, but also unforgettable journey. It is nice to see that all the efforts I put into my research are being rewarded.”

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During the 2022 PhD graduation ceremony, Dr Laura de Nies, who obtained her PhD at the LCSB, received an Excellent Thesis Award for her work on “Microbiome reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance”. This award presented by the University of Luxembourg recognises the exceptional quality of the research conducted by a doctoral graduate.

As a PhD student in the Systems Ecology group, Laura de Nies worked on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which occurs when microbes evolve over time and no longer respond to antibiotic drugs, making bacterial infections harder to treat. “AMR presents a global threat to public health as emerging resistant bacteria residing within human, animal and environmental reservoirs may spread,” she explains.

To better understand the spread of AMR, she studied antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in different samples, from the gut microbiomes of infants and mice to microbial communities in wastewater treatment plants and glacierfed streams. The results obtained during her PhD, which have already been published in several scientific journals, improve our understanding of antimicrobial resistance and indicate possible transmission routes for its dissemination from the environment to humans. ¢ Watch the Video

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Vitus Sproten wins the ‘Excellent Thesis Award’

This year, the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences (DSHSS) recognises the outstanding quality of two doctoral theses by granting the “ Excellent Thesis Award. “Der Klang des Strukturwandels. Die Geschichte der Freien Radios in den Niederlanden, Belgien und Nordrhein-Westfalen (1975-1990) “ (The sound of structural change. The history of free radios in the Netherlands, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia (1975-1990)), written under the supervision of Prof. Dr Andreas Fickers, impressed the dissertation defence jury members as it breaks new scientific ground in terms of subject, method and performance.

The dissertation skillfully combines the emergence of the free radio with a social historical perspective on the so-called "structural change" of Western European countries after the " trente glorieuses ", the three post-war decades of dynamic economic growth. Vitus Sproten’s methodology and his pioneering work on collecting and interpreting source material so far neglected by academic research was particularly praised by the jury.

The so-called “free” radio stations shook up the often-placid radio landscape dominated by public service media and a limited number of commercial radio stations as of the mid-seventies. Operated by aficionados in a mostly illegal space, restricted to limited coverage areas and focusing on local topics and “young” music beyond the mainstream, they contributed to define the sound of an era.

The dissertation sheds light on a gradual transition of the European radio landscape in the 1970s and 1980s. Sproten argues that the numerous social and economic changes of the time were made audible in many ways through free radio stations: In industrial regions, numerous radios addressed the plight of the working class, were founded by the unemployed or shaped blueprints for the future. In rural regions, a gradual connection to urban lifestyles took place, which was strongly reflected in the broadcasts of the new radio stations. They became important media producers in rural areas from which many newspapers had withdrawn during the decades of the economic boom or where there had never been any audiovisual media coverage.

A very special group shaped the independent radio stations and their destinies: young people, as a group particularly influenced by structural change, founded radio stations everywhere, reflected in their programmes on their life-world situation or played music they liked.

The decline of free radio as a mass phenomenon was linked to structural change. The transition of the Western European states to so-called "service economies" also had an impact on the independent broadcasters. They quickly became agents in a commercialised media landscape and became new “voices” of the advertising world.

What makes free radio stations so exciting from today's perspective is the fact that they had a lasting influence on the media world and its development. They give us deep insights into the cultural, social, economic and societal horizons of the 1970s and 1980s and reveal what many thousands of radio amateurs found important in their everyday lives and what millions of listeners listened to throughout Western Europe.

Vitus Sproten was a PhD candidate at the University of Luxembourg's Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) from March 2017 to November 2020. He studied History and Political Science at University of Trier, Germany, and History at the University of Liège, Belgium. Today, he works as chief assistant at Belgium’s State Archive in Eupen.

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