We are pleased to announce the following PhD graduates who successfully defended their thesis in the spring of 2023:
Stefan Countryman
- Thesis title: Computational Methods in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics using Gravitational Waves and High Energy Neutrinos
- Graduation date: April 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: Columbia University/Szabolcs Marka
Pranav Dave
- Thesis title: Time-variability and primordial black hole evaporation: Astrophysical neutrino studies
- Graduation date: May 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: Georgia Institute of Technology/Ignacio Taboada
Martin Antonio Unland Elorietta
- Thesis title: Development, simulation, and characterisation of a novel multi-PMT optical module for IceCube Upgrade with emphasis on detailed understanding of photomultiplier performance parameters
- Graduation date: June 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Münster/Alexander Kappes
Sreetama Goswami
- Thesis title: Search for High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Hard X-ray AGN with IceCube
- Graduation date: June 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Alabama/Marcos Santander
Minjin Jeong
- Thesis title: Search for Dark Matter Decay in Galaxy Clusters and large Galaxies with IceCube
- Graduation date: May 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: Sungkyunkwan University/Carsten Rott
Cristian Jesus Lozano Mariscal
- Thesis title: Ice calibration studies for IceCube Upgrade with multi-PMT optical modules, and studies of the sensitivity of future IceCube extensions to astrophysical neutrinos in the MeV and GeV range
- Graduation date: May 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Münster/Alexander Kappes
Sourav Sarkar
- Thesis title: Search for TeV-Scale Neutrino Dimuon Events with 10.7 Years of IceCube Data
- Graduation date: April 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Alberta/Roger Moore
Steve Sclafani
- Thesis title: Observation of Neutrinos from the Milky Way Galaxy
- Graduation date: June 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: Drexel University/Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
Manuel Silva
- Thesis title: Measurement of the Astrophysical Diffuse Neutrino Flux using Starting Track Events in IceCube
- Graduation date: June 2023
- Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Wisconsin–Madison/Albrecht Karle