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Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental SystemsNews and stories 2025
Doctoral excellence in focus: Award‑winning PhD thesis of 2025
Each year, a handful of doctoral graduates stand out through research of exceptional quality. The awarded theses in 2025 set new standards for originality, rigour and impact, demonstrating both depth of scholarship and a strong engagement with real‑world questions. These achievements highlight how our doctoral community continues to push the boundaries of knowledge.
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Excellent Thesis AwardsTobi Ezekiel OLADIRAN
ESG Investing, Policy Uncertainty and Brown Spinning -
Excellent Thesis AwardsLuisa-Sophie KÜNZEL
FinTech in Fund Governance – Enhancing Investor Protection Through Technological Implementations in Fund Governance -
Excellent Thesis AwardsArmand Apollinaire ERCHADI
L’Esprit de l’épopée. Éléments pour une théorie du genre et de la valeur épiques dans le domaine indo-européen -
Excellent Thesis AwardsSophia Charlotte MAHROUG
La Défense sacrée du Corps des Gardiens de la Révolution islamique par les sources numériques : de la guerre Iran-Irak à la « guerre douce » (1981-2024) -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAngela JIANG WANG
The social incentives of prosociality -
Excellent Thesis AwardsXiaowei CHEN
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improve Security and Privacy Intervention Design: Motivation Theories, User Experience, and Field Experiments -
Excellent Thesis AwardsLorena SANCHEZ CHAMORRO
Disentangling Vulnerability to Manipulative Designs: An Experiential Perspective to Rethink Resistance Strategies -
Excellent Thesis AwardsYimin ZHANG
Connecting with Nature: An Ethnographic Case Study of Human-Nature Relationships at an Environmental NGO in Luxembourg -
Excellent Thesis AwardsElona DUPONT
Design Intent Aware CAD Reverse Engineering: Deep Neural Approaches for Recovering Feature-Based Sequences from 3D Scans -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAsad MAHMOOD
Communication Technologies for UAV-Assisted 5G And Beyond Wireless Networks -
Excellent Thesis AwardsKha Hung NGUYEN
Dynamic Spectrum Management for Emerging Integrated SatCom and 5G Networks -
Excellent Thesis AwardsXunzhu TANG
Automating the Analysis and Generation of Code Changes with Foundation Models -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAoran WANG
Structural Inference of Interacting Dynamical Systems -
Excellent Thesis AwardsThomas LAVIGNE
Biomechanical response of human skin: a hierarchical porous media framework -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAlfio Fabio LA ROSA
Arithmetic Applications of the Trace Formula and Asymptotic Orthogonality of Tempered Representations -
Excellent Thesis AwardsMichael ADAMS
Magnetic Small-Angle Neutron Scattering From Nanoparticles: Theory and Simulation of Surface Anisotropy and Magnetodipolar Interaction Effects Beyond the Superspin Model -
Excellent Thesis AwardsPablo MARTINEZ AZCONA
Randomness in Dissipative and Chaotic Quantum Dynamics -
Excellent Thesis AwardsMuralidhar NALABOTHULA
Symmetries of Excitons: Implications for Exciton-Phonon Coupling and Optical Spectroscopy -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAbir EL BEJI
Exploring Vocal Biomarkers For Disease Screening and Health Monitoring -
Excellent Thesis AwardsFrida Lind-Holm MOGENSEN
Microglia Programs under PARK7/DJ-1 Deficiency, A Genetic Cause of Parkinson’s Disease -
Excellent Thesis AwardsPilar María MORENO SÁNCHEZ
Precision Medicine for Glioblastoma Patients: a Patient-based Pre-Clinical Platform for Immuno-Oncology -
Excellent Thesis AwardsAhmed MAHFOU
Autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Control of Formations of Under-actuated Microsatellites -
Laval AwardSevan GHARABEIKI
Luminescence Investigation of Voltage Losses in Chalcopyrite Solar Cells -
Lanners AwardLaura WEITER
Development of a Hybrid Filter Media for Microplastic Removal from Wastewater
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Inspiring learning: Teaching awards 2025
Great teaching takes many forms. Each year, the Teaching Awards recognise educators who spark curiosity, encourage critical thinking, and create spaces where students can thrive. Our awardees of 2025 made a lasting impression on their students and set new benchmarks for excellence in teaching in the classroom.
Assoc. Prof Sarah GELPER
FDEFAssociate Professor in Business Analytics with a Specialization in Marketing Analytics
Meet our Alumni: their stories, their voices
Ditta Bezdan, Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
‟ Our course directors had a significant impact on my life. They organised events with the industry, and they helped me understand the importance of networking and professional connections.”
Ditta Bezdan
Timur Özdemir,General Medicine
‟ I could not possibly sum up my experience in a single memory –there are far too many. However, if I had to shorten it, it would be the enjoyment of lectures delivered by highly competent people. I feel genuine gratitude.”
Timur Özdemir
Jenna Hensen, Masters in European Law and in in European Banking and Financial Law
‟ My studies have influenced my career path in a very positive way, as I now possess a strong foundation in Luxembourg law, as well as in European and international law. We had excellent, renowned professors and legal practitioners who made our studies enjoyable, interesting, and accessible.”
Jenna Hensen
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European Research Council (ERC) grants
The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding body for frontier research. It provides funding for creative researchers of any nationality and age to run projects based across Europe with the aim of encouraging the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and supporting investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, based on scientific excellence. The ERC offers five main grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants, Synergy Grants and Proof of Concept Grants. Since 2014, the University of Luxembourg has been awarded 20 ERC grants, including five under Horizon Europe.
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Consolidator GrantProf Daniele Brida
FSTMHead of DPHYMS, Full professor in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics -
Proof of Concept Grant
Advanced GrantProf Jean-Sébastien Coron
FSTMHead of DCS, Full professor in Informatics -
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Consolidator GrantAssoc. Prof Anupam Sengupta
FSTMAssociate professor, FNR ATTRACT Fellow -
Proof of Concept Grant
Advanced GrantAssoc. Prof Anupam Sengupta
FSTMAssociate professor, FNR ATTRACT Fellow