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05-12-2018
Klim Mikhailov, PhD
| Submitter: | Joeri van Leeuwen |
| Description: | During the last four years, Klim Mikhailov worked on his thesis "The radio lighthouse from afar -- In search of distant pulsars" at U. Amsterdam and at ASTRON. As a technical astronomy PhD student, his work was funded from the NOVA Instrumentation program for ARTS. Klim worked on the optimization of the ARTS GPU Pipeline, and on its on-sky commissioning; on LOFAR searches for pulsars in M33, M81 & M82 an in M31; and on MSP studies with LOFAR and Arecibo. On 23 Oct 2018 the exciting day arrived that Klim got to defend his thesis, in the ceremonial setting of the Agnietenkapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal. The opposition was started by our esteemed colleague Prof. dr. Fronefield Crawford III from Franklin & Marshall College and continued over a wide range of questioning. Klim withstood these, and was awarded the title. In the pictures series on the bottom row, a progression from tense to cheerful is clearly visible from left to right. Anyone interested in a hard copy of the thesis is welcome to pick one up in Joeri's office. |
| Copyright: | JvL |
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