{"id":8065,"date":"2021-02-10T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T09:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/en\/news\/university-honours-outstanding-doctoral-theses\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:20:56","slug":"university-honours-outstanding-doctoral-theses","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/university-honours-outstanding-doctoral-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"University honours outstanding doctoral theses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p>The University of Luxembourg has honoured 15 doctoral graduates of 2020 with the first \u201cExcellent Thesis Award\u201d which recognises the outstanding quality of their doctoral theses. 9 awardees come from the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering, 4 from the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences, one from the Doctoral School in Law and one from the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance. The awardees are due to be celebrated during the doctoral candidate graduation ceremony in May 2021. In total, 124 candidates obtained their doctor\u2019s degree in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe contribution of doctoral candidates to the University of Luxembourg\u2019s positioning as a research university cannot be overstated, also as a talent pool for the country. The \u2018Excellent Thesis Award\u2019 celebrates cutting-edge research and is awarded to the top 10% of the University\u2019s doctorates. We are proud of our outstanding young researchers, who will be ambassadors of our University and for the research and innovation potential of Luxembourg,\u201d says Prof. Jens Kreisel, Vice-Rector for Research of the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"a-cross-section-of-excellent-doctoral-research\"\n    >\nA cross-section of excellent doctoral research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Drs Anna Sophia Monzel, Elisabeth Tropper, Vincent Richard and Nora Paulus are among the 15 awardees of the \u201cExcellent Thesis Award\u201d. They were driven by an interest in voting schemes, the theatre of the present, default and payment order procedures in law as well as tax competition to push themselves to the highest achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><i>A midbrain model for understanding Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/anna_monzel_small.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/4; object-fit: contain; width: 25%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dr Anna Sophia Monzel wrote her thesis about the neurodegenerative disorder Parkinson\u2019s disease at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/fstm\/actualites\/excellent_doctoral_thesis_awards_2020_in_science\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctoral School of Science and Engineering<\/a>, supervised by Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/jens_christian_schwamborn\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jens Schwamborn<\/a>.&nbsp;At the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine&nbsp;she developed a miniaturised, artificial and simplified version of the midbrain \u2013 the part of the brain affected by Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 from human skin cells to help understand the mechanisms underlying the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, adherent cell cultures and animal models have been used to model brain development and disease, but they have clear limitations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, 2D cell cultures fail to&nbsp;mirror the physiological environment in which cells naturally reside,&nbsp;and animal models lack certain key features of the human brain. Thus,&nbsp;3D models of the human brain have emerged in recent years&nbsp;to bridge the gap between&nbsp;adherent&nbsp;cell culture approaches and animal models. \u201cWhen I started with this project, the organoid technology was still in its infancy, and no organoid model of the human midbrain was available, which encouraged me to develop such a model,\u201d says Dr Monzel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Monzel has joined the Psychiatry at Columbia University, New York, as a postdoctoral researcher to study mitochondria, tiny organelles in the cells of our body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<i><strong>Ghost buster of European contemporary theatre<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Elisabeth Tropper wrote her thesis about contemporary European theatre at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/fhse\/doctoral_school\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a> in collaboration with the Trier University and supervised by Prof. Dieter Heimb\u00f6ckel. She analyses the manifold revenants of Europe \u2013 which may take the form of ghosts, discarded or repressed memories, circumstances and facts \u2013 and how they are used as subversive and creative tools to undermine the supposedly intact identity of Europe, the coherence of its self-descriptions and the stability of its historical and geopolitical coordinates. \u201cI was looking for a topic that combines aesthetic and political-ethical issues. Furthermore, I was very interested in the idea of Europe and the construction of the European Union \u2013 perhaps all the more so after I moved to Luxembourg,\u201d says Dr Tropper.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/elisabeth_tropper_small.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/4; object-fit: contain; width: 25%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Today, Dr Tropper has switched sides from the theoretical to the practical sphere again and is currently employed as dramaturge at the National Theatre in Graz, Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><i>Looking at the laws behind settling the debt with creditors <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/vincent_richard_small.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/4; object-fit: contain; width: 25%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dr Vincent Richard wrote his thesis on \u201cLe jugement par d\u00e9faut dans l&#8217;espace judiciaire europ\u00e9en\u201d (Default Judgement in the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/formations\/fdef\/ecole_doctorale_de_droit\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctoral School of Law<\/a>, supervised by Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/fdef\/departement_droit\/people\/gilles_cuniberti\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilles Cuniberti<\/a> and Prof. Lo\u00efc Cadiet, in cooperation with the University of Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne and the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. The thesis looks at default procedures and payment order procedures in French, English, Belgian and Luxembourgish laws. Default procedures apply when the defendant does not appear in court to contest the claim. When the creditor expects that his debtor will not go to court to defend the case, payment order procedures are initiated. They often concern utility bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Richard compares the procedures to understand which elements are likely to hinder the recognition of these decisions in other EU Member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that the University considered my thesis worthy of an award. It highlights the importance of comparative law as Luxembourg lawyers must always pay attention to what is going on across the borders,\u201d says Dr Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Richard will continue his work in a law firm and hopes to combine legal practice with teaching and academic writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><i>Analysing the consequences of tax competition<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Nora Paulus wrote her thesis \u201cEssays on tax competition\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/formations\/fdef\/doctoral_school_in_economics_finance_and_management_dsefm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctoral School in Economics and Finance<\/a>, supervised by Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/recherche\/fdef\/dem\/people\/prof_dr_patrice_pieretti\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrice Pieretti<\/a>. The&nbsp;major part of the&nbsp;thesis looks at the dynamics of inter-jurisdictional competition for mobile tax bases. Against this background, Dr Paulus investigates issues regarding dynamic tax competition.&nbsp;In this context,&nbsp;Dr Paulus&nbsp;analyses&nbsp;the consequences of tax competition in a dynamic setting, in which capital can flow more or less sluggishly from one jurisdiction to another as a response to policy changes and governments interacting differently according to specific behavioural patterns.&nbsp;A last part&nbsp;of the dissertation is devoted to&nbsp;a mitigation&nbsp;rule&nbsp;(Controlled-foreign-Company Rule) of \u201charmful\u201d tax avoidance practices of multinational firms.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/nora_paulus_small.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/4; object-fit: contain; width: 25%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Indeed, multinationals can lower their tax bill by shifting profits to tax havens or relocating capital to the country which taxes less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am extremely grateful to be awarded the Excellent Thesis Award. Working on my thesis was a long and challenging, but also unforgettable journey. It is nice to see that all the efforts I put into my research are being rewarded,\u201d says Dr Paulus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Paulus is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU) and the University of Trier and focuses on Labour Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral education is one of the core missions of the University of Luxembourg. About 950 doctoral candidates are currently enrolled at the University of Luxembourg, holding great potential for another year of excellent doctoral education in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title of the thesis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doctoral school<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gelen Gael Chewe Ngapeya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improvement of the load-bearing capacity of dry-stacked masonry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugues Meyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generalized Langevin Equations and memory effects in non-equilibrium statistical physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diego Kreutz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logically centralized security for Software-Defined Networking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivana Vukotic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formal Framework for Verifying Implementations of Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Protocols Under Various Models<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marie Laure Zollinger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Secure to Usable and Verifiable Voting Schemes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filippo Mazzoli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constant curvature surfaces and volumes of convex co-compact hyperbolic manifolds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Schiry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Untersuchung der metallurgischen Phasenbildung und deren Einfluss auf die Verbindungseigenschaften sowie auf die Versagensursachen von laserstrahlgeschwei\u00dften Hartmetall-Stahl-Verbunden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fulvio Paleari<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First-principles approaches to the description of indirect absorption and luminescence spectroscopy: exciton-phonon coupling in hexagonal boron nitride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Sophia Monzel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modelling Parkinson\u2019s disease in human midbrain organoids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elisabeth Tropper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ENTER THE GHOSTS OF EUROPE. Heimsuchungen Europas im Theater der Gegenwart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christa Birkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das Herzogtum Luxemburg unter \u201aausw\u00e4rtiger\u2018 Herrschaft&nbsp; (1346-1437).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legitimation, Delegation und Partizipation zwischen Kooperation und Konkurrenz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tahereh Pazouki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MaGrid \u2013 From Developing a Language-Neutral Learning Application to Predictive Learning Analytics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthias Kern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health, Well-Being, and Health Behavior Among Immigrant Adolescents in Social Context<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincent Richard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le jugement par d\u00e9faut dans l&#8217;espace judiciaire europ\u00e9en<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nora Paulus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essays on Tax Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral School in Economics and Finance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Luxembourg has honoured 15 doctoral graduates of 2020 with the first \u201cExcellent Thesis Award\u201d which recognises the outstanding quality of their doctoral theses. 9 awardees come from the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering, 4 from the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences, one from the Doctoral School in Law and one from the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance. 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