{"id":2112,"date":"2025-01-28T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkwave.astrocent.pl\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:26:56","slug":"congratulations-to-iftikhar-ahmad-on-successfully-defending-his-phd-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkwave.astrocent.pl\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/congratulations-to-iftikhar-ahmad-on-successfully-defending-his-phd-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Iftikhar Ahmad on Successfully Defending His PhD Thesis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 7<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to share that our PhD student, <strong>Iftikhar Ahmad<\/strong>, successfully defended his thesis titled <em>\u201cInvestigating backgrounds in dark matter searches: Argon-37 activation and cosmogenic neutron suppression in the DarkSide experiments\u201d<\/em> on <strong>Friday, January 24, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iftikhar conducted his research under the supervision of <strong>Prof. Masayuki Wada<\/strong> and <strong>Prof. Marcin Ku\u017aniak<\/strong> at Astrocent \/ Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thesis was reviewed by an esteemed panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dr. Filipa Melo Borges Belo Soares<\/strong> (University of Coimbra, Portugal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Piotr Homola<\/strong> (H. 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