Doctor von der Wense

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Yesterday, Lars von der Wense of LMU Munich successfully passed his PhD exam, and he did it with summa cum laude distinction! Lars is the first PhD student funded by the nuClock project to finish his thesis. Congratulations!

A snapshot of the PhD exam, the title reads “On the direct detection of the Th-229 nuclear isomer”.

Lars has been supervised by LMU group leader Peter G. Thirolf. The board of examiners also included fellow nuClock group leaders Adriana Palffy from MPIK Heidelberg and Thomas Udem from MPQ Munich. After the 90-minute torture, Lars was rewarded with the traditional doctoral hat prepared by hisPhD colleagues: look at his smile!

Lars wearing his new hat, fully equipped with an alarm clock linked to a Th-229 nucleus!

The celebration continued with a large crowd of family & friends in a nearby restaurant.

His thesis is now available online here.