The open meeting of the Doctoral Council for Physics and Astronomy of the University of Latvia scheduled for Friday, 19th of May, at 15.00 at the conference room of UL Institute of Solid State Physics (Ķengaraga 8) as well as remotely on the online platform BigBlueButton, where the doctoral thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science (Ph.D) in Natural Sciences will be defended by Aleksandrs Platoņenko.
The topic of the thesis: "Radiācijas punktveida defektu modelēšana un raksturošana α-Al2O3 un MgAl2O4 kristālos no pirmajiem principiem" ("First principles modelling and characterization of radiation point defects in α-Al2O3 and MgAl2O4 crystals"), scientific supervisor Dr. rer. nat. Deniss Grjaznovs.
Specialised Council:
Dr. phys. Anatolijs Šarakovskis – chairman of the Council
Dr. habil. phys. Linards Skuja – vice-chairman of the Council
Dr. habil. phys. Ruvins Ferbers
Dr. phys. Vjačeslavs Kaščejevs
Dr. phys. Aleksejs Kuzmins
Dr. habil. phys. Artūrs Medvids
Dr. sc. ing. Andris Guļāns
Reviewers:
Dr. sc. ing. Andris Guļāns (University of Latvia)
Dr. Theo Scherer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Dr. Mikhail Brik (University of Tartu, Estonia)
The thesis and abstracts in Latvian and English can be found either in UL Library, Raiņa street 19, or online here.
If you are unable to attend in person, you can also access the online meeting here.