PhD theses granted – Spring 2024

We would like to congratulate the following PhD graduates who successfully defended their thesis in the spring of 2024:

Rogan Clark

  • Thesis title: Measuring high energy diffuse fluxes at the South Pole with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and DM-Ice17
  • Graduation date: June 2024
  • Institution/Thesis Advisor: King’s College London/Teppei Katori

Lasse Halve

  • Thesis title: Validation of Optical Sensors for the mDOM of the IceCube Upgrade
  • Graduation date: May 2024
  • Institution/Thesis Advisor: RWTH Aachen University/Christopher Wiebusch

Yang Lyu

  • Thesis title: Probing the PeV Astrophysical Neutrino Spectral Cutoff Using Downgoing Tracks at IceCube
  • Graduation date: May 2024
  • Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of California, Berkeley/Spencer Klein and Marjorie Shapiro

Maria Veronica Prado Rodriguez

  • Thesis title: Measurement of the Neutrino Mass Ordering with 9.28 years of IceCube DeepCore Data
  • Graduation date: June 2024
  • Institution/Thesis Advisor: University of Wisconsin–Madison/Francis Halzen

Dan Salazar-Gallegos

  • Thesis title: Leveraging Multi-Messenger Astrophysics for Dark Matter Searches
  • Graduation date: April 2024
  • Institution/Thesis Advisor: Michigan State University/Kirsten Tollefson