Gruppenbild Photonics 2022

Alumni 2025-2026

Alumni who successfully graduated in the MSc Photonics program in 2025 and 2026.
Gruppenbild Photonics 2022
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Jestin SKARIA

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  • MSc degree awarded on May 21, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Ultra-precise inline measurement technology for diamond turned mirror surfaces  

Sameera JOHNSON

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  • MSc degree awarded on May 19, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigating the Influence of Process Parameters on Silicon and Molybdenum Film Growth in Magnetron Sputtering  

Anupam PAL

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  • MSc degree awarded on May 19, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Optimization of Signal-to-Noise Ratio at Detectors for Strong-Field QED Experiments 

Qihong PAN

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  • MSc degree awarded on May 18, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Tunable Optical Systems for Automotive Head-Up Display Applications 

Wang-Cheng YEN

Wang-Cheng YEN

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 30, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Speckle Illumination Digital Holography - Depth Sectioning 

Mustafa TEKE 

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 29, 2026 
  • Title of MSc thesis: Optical Characterization and Thickness Analysis of Graphene Flakes 

Xuewen LIU

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 24, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: 3D-Printed Twisted Metasurfaces - A Novel Path for Nanoscale Polarization Control 

Maxwell Bosea KWADWO

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 17, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Accurate Comparative Characterization of the Emission Zone Profile in Bottom and Top-Emitting OLEDs 

Seyedsaeid SARVARZADEH

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 17, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Development of a Pulsed-Laser at KHz/ns-Class in the Yb-Doped All-Fiber Amplifier with Iterative Pulse-Shaping Algorithm 

Carmen ELLENBERG

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 15, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Beam Shaping with Reflective Optics for Material Processing 

Maham IBRAR

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  • MSc degree awarded on April 1, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Studying Branched Flow of Light in a Planar Waveguide with a Disordered Landscape 

Girish KATHIK

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 13, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards Electro-optically Tunable Quantum Sources of Light in Thin Film Lithium Niobate  

Hanna ABRAHAM

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 11, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Mode Conversion using a Metastructure from a Higher-Order Mode to a Gaussian-type Mode

Sule Aysel DELICE

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 5, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigation of Femtosecond Laser-Written KTP Waveguides

Clair Mariya BABY PAYYAPPILLY

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 5, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigation of Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Titanium Dioxide Thin Films

Sharon XAVI

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 3, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Modeling Tip-Enhanced Photo-Thermal Expansion of Nanostructured Surfaces 

Byron Caiza CHICAIZA

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 4, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Compact Programmable Multi-Port Interferometer Based on Multi-Plane Light Conversion 

Md Zobaer RAHAT

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 4, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Evaluation of the Reliability of ER-EIS Derived Density of States (DOS) Data 

Zichen XIE

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  • MSc degree awarded on March 4, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Second Harmonic Generation in 2D Materials with a Broadband Femtosecond Source 

Geraldin MONTANEZ HUAMAN

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  • MSc degree awarded on February 19, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: FDTD-Based Design of 3D-Printed Couplers for Neuromorphic Photonic 

Changshun WANG

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  • MSc degree awarded on February 5, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Low-loss Fiber-to-Waveguide Couplers 

Aiswarya SURENDRAN

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  • MSc degree awarded on January 27, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Nonlinear Pulse Compression in a Hybrid Multipass Cell 

Manuel António Metrogos Baúto FRAGATA MENDES 

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  • MSc degree awarded on Januar 26, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Differentiable Ray Tracing with Forbes Q-Type Aspheres: Optimization for Target Irradiance and Intensity 

Shuxuan JIANG

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  • MSc degree awarded on January 19, 2026 
  • Title of MSc thesis: Evaluation of Plaque Assays Using Pattern Profilometry Techniques

Dilawaiz

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  • MSc degree awarded on January  15, 2026
  • Title of MSc thesis: Conditional State Preparation on an Integrated Interferometric Chip 

Cigdem OKCU

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  • MSc degree awarded on December 12, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Implementation of Frequency Domain Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy 

Manasa VANNADIL SURENDRAN

Manasa Vannadil SURENDRAN

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards Robust Time-bin Quantum Communication Over Free-Space Links 

José Ruvalcaba RASCON

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 21, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Adjoint Optimization of Huygens' Metasurfaces Towards Perfect Meta‐Optics Diffusers 

Siyao MA

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 14, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Surface Scattering for Detection of Submicrometer-sized Particles on Optical Surfaces 

Anjana BABY

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 12, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Micro-Structured Layer for Photonic Senso 

Wajihe MOOSAVI

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 5, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Development of a Compact Thulium-Doped Fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification System 

Aleena JOSEPH

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  • MSc degree awarded on November 5, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Systematic Investigation of the Impact of Structured Illumination on Multislice Reconstruction in Visible Ptychography 

Amrutha BOSE

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 28, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Tuning Infrared Photo Thermoelectric Detection in Printed Bi2Te3 Based Films via Dimensional Control

Anna NOBLE

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 21, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design and Implementation of Passive Infrared Sensor for Human Monitoring

Maria Ayala LEON

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Optimization of Automated Gas Quenching Deposition for Homogeneous Perovskite Thin Films

Anna SANTHOSH

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Optimization and Durability Test of Direct Laser Interference Patterning (DLIP) Mictrostructures for Anti-Soiling Application on PV Modules 

Aleksa STEFANOVIC

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Power Scaling of Ultrafast Fiber-Laser Systems at 2050 nm 

Manuel SANCHO OLIVARES

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 13, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Hyperspectral Imaging of 2D Materials

Sharmetha KANNAN

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 9, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Inducing Lateral Quantum Confinement Effects in 2D Semiconductors by Nanopatterning 

Efe KIRAZ

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 7, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Efficient and High Speed Electro-Optic Modulators In Thin Film Lithium Niobate 

Suprova DAS

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  • MSc degree awarded on October 7, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Scalable Approaches to Encapsulation of 2D TMDs for Nanophotonic Integration

Micaela Ronith MARTINEZ POMERANTZ 

Micaela Ronith Martinez POMERANTZ

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  • MSc degree awarded on September 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards Double Nonlinear Process Enhancement in Domain Engineered Nanophotonic Waveguides

Paulina LOHBECK

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  • MSc degree awarded on September 25, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Tailoring Valley-Selective Light Emission from 2D Semiconductors by Dielectric Nanoresonators 

Bonhyo KOO

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  • MSc degree awarded on September 22, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of Nonlinear Holograms Based on Nanostructured MoS2 Monolayers

Sathiya SUNDARAPERUMAL V.

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  • MSc degree awarded on September 16, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Intra-Amplifier Beam Shaping Using Digital Holography  

John FEARNHEAD

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  • MSc degree awarded on September 8, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: LED Beam Shaping with Mask-Free Adjusted Fly's Eye Condenser 

Anukul AUGUSTINE

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  • MSc degree awarded on August 19, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Compact Faraday Isolator for Solid State Laser at 532 nm 

Marcella MÜNCH

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  • MSc degree awarded on August 15, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Micro Welding of Opaque Ceramics: Joining Alumina and Aluminium Nitride Using USP Laser 

Rahul SANGHVI

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  • MSc degree awarded on August 8, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design and Development of Grating Couplers for Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Waveguides 

Jinfeng GUO

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  • MSc degree awarded on July 31, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Light Focusing under Super-Hemispherical Convergence Angles 

Max KIEKER

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  • MSc degree awarded on July 18, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Compact Tm-based nonlinear fiber amplifier for the generation of ultrashort laser pulses 

Victoria JACOB

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  • MSc degree awarded on July 16, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: High power thulium-doped fiber laser for in-band pumping

Muqing JIANG

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  • MSc degree awarded on July 16, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Ultra-low Noise Electro-optic Frequency Comb Generation for Optical Timing Distribution 

Francisco Paez LARIOS

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  • MSc degree awarded on June 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Novel Applications of TCSPC in Confocal Microscopy

Anu ELDHO

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Anu ELDHO

  • MSc degree awarded on June 18, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Setup of a Deep-UV Qualification Test Box  

Subham ADAK

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Subham ADAK

  • MSc degree awarded on June 11, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Enhanced widefield mid-infrared photothermal imaging of fluorescence tagged polymers and single cells

Akshay BHADAGE

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Akshay BHADAGE

  • MSc degree awarded on June 10, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design, modelling and characterization of microring resonators for QRNG applications

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Shreya GOURAVARAM NAVALUR

  • MSc degree awarded on June 6, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Robust, Practical, Rack-sized Polarization Analysis Module for Deployed QKD   

Jana SPOERER

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Jana SPOERER

  • MSc degree awarded on Mai 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigation of the relationship of the refractive index and bandgap in Ta2O5-SiO2 quasi-periodic composite films    

Jesvin JOSPEH

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Jesvin JOSEPH

  • MSc degree awarded on Mai 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Temporal Beam Shaping Using GHz Bursts to Enable Internal Silicon Processing

Ann VANNIAMPARAMBIL SONY

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Ann VANNIAMPARAMBIL SONY

  • MSc degree awarded on Mai 19, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: The Effect of Optimizing Magnetron Etching for Refurbishing EUV Mirrors on the Mirror Reflectance at 13.5 nm Wavelength

Henrick HÖLLERER

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Henrick HÖLLERER

  • MSc degree awarded on Mai 8, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards SPDC in x-cut strip-loaded LNOI microring resonators by periodic poling

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Muhammad GULL

  • MSc degree awarded on April 22, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Evaluation of Time of Flight Sensor: Effect of External Factors on Precision and Performance

Jinsong LIU

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Jinsong LIU

  • MSc degree awarded on April 14, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Second Harmonic Generation in SiO2/TiO2 Heterostructures Made by Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD)

Richard KINDLER

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Richard KINDLER

  • MSc degree awarded on April 8, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards Optical Frequency Combs based on Micro-Resonators in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

Asad HAFEEZ

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Asad HAFEEZ

  • MSc degree awarded on April 1, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Development of a System for the Rapid Measurement of Color Homogeneities and High Angular Frequency for Novel Optical Components

Tushar PARAB

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Tushar PARAB

  • MSc degree awarded on March 31, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: A Predictive Polarisation Compensation Method for Dynamic Free-Space Optical Links in Quantum Communication

Pouria TEYMORI

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Pouria TEYMORI

  • MSc degree awarded on March 31, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Comparative Study of the Impact of Pulse Stretching Elements on Laser Pulse Contrast Degradation

Shiyue FAN

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Shiyue FAN

  • MSc degree awarded on March 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Fully automated, high sensitivity laser focus analysis via knife edge method

Trevor VRCKOVNIK

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Trevor Gary VRCKOVNIK

  • MSc degree awarded on March 26, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Non-Linear Waveguide Designs Leveraging Unique Material Optical Susceptibility Tensors

Juan José ARANGO URIBE

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Juan José ARANGO URIBE

  • MSc degree awarded on March 13, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design workflow and characterization protocol of microring resonators Towards integrated quantum light source

Zihuan YU

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Zihuan YU

  • MSc degree awarded on March 10, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: High-performance Ray Tracing Algorithm Based on Linear Algebra Methods and Numerical Methods

Li-Heng CHANG

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Li-Heng CHANG

  • MSc degree awarded on March 4, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Design of thermally reconfigurable metalenses

Felix WANITSCHKE

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Felix WANITSCHKE

  • MSc degree awarded on February 28, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigations on the passive stability of coherently-combined, multicore fiber laser systems

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Yuyang WANG 

  • MSc degree awarded on February 26, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Towards Studies of the Polarization Correlation for the Annihilation Radiation of Na-22

Liu Mathew VARGHESE

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Liju MATHEW VARGHESE

  • MSc degree awarded on February 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Nail-to-Nail contactless 3D fingerprint biometric recognition 

Matin DEHGHANI

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Matin DEHGHANI

  • MSc degree awarded on January 31, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Automated SEM Image Processing for Texture and Morphology Analysis

Selma BUZHALA

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Selema BUZHALA

  • MSc degree awarded on January 29, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: An Investigation of Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Signals from Ruthenium-based photosensitizers in cellulo

Reema SHRESTHA

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Reema SHRESTHA

  • MSc degree awarded on January 27, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Targeted Zernike Modes on the Precompensation of the Uplink Under Different Point-Ahead-Angles

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Bahar ASGHARI

  • MSc degree awarded on January 20, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Feasibility of Quantum Communication on a Multimode Network

Kenan BERISA

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Kenan BERISA

  • MSc degree awarded on January 17, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Optical design aspects of a plenoptic wavefront sensor   

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Chenyu WANG

  • MSc degree awarded on January 14, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Development of Process of Sub-20 nm Feature Size in Silicon

Aathira NANDAKUMAR MOOLEPARAMBIL

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Aathira NANDAKUMAR MOOLEPARAMBIL

  • MSc degree awarded on January 13, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Simulations and experimental study of light properties in multimode fibers

Anna KARTASHOVA

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Anna KARTASHOVA

  • MSc degree awarded on January 7, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Investigation of Metasurface-Based Fabry-Perot Microcavities

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Jingyin HUANG

  • MSc degree awarded on January 6, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Ab initio study of electronic excitations at interfaces between WSe2 monolayers and metallic contacts

Sandya SUSHIL

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Sandhya SUSHIL

  • MSc degree awarded on January 6, 2025
  • Title of MSc thesis: Harnessing biaxial strain for tailored electrical and optical properties in free standing TMDC monolayers using a nanoscopic probe