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Defences of doctoral theses

The public defences of doctoral theses at Umeå University are always open to the general public.

The notification of the date of the defence of a doctoral thesis takes place at least three weeks in advance by nailing the doctoral thesis on the University's official notice board. This takes place at the University Library

In our calendar, you can read about upcoming doctoral thesis. 

Upcoming defences of doctoral theses

Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Thu
29
Jan
Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 14:00 - 18:00 29 January 14:00 - 18:00
Place Lilla hörsalen (KB.E3.01), KBC

Defence of doctoral thesis. Comparative co-expression network analysis of abiotic stress response in boreal conifers.

Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Fri
30
Jan
Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Time 09:00 - 12:00 30 January 09:00 - 12:00
Place Aula BIologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. Maintaining human mitochondrial DNA: Insights into Replication Stress, Pathogenic Mutations, and Related Mitochondrial Processes.

Sofi Sandström - Medical science
Fri
30
Jan
Sofi Sandström - Medical science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 30 January 09:00 - 13:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Sofi Sandström defends her thesis in medical science with a focus on imaging and functional medicine.

February

Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Fri
6
Feb
Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Time 09:00 - 12:00 6 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place Assembly Hall, Östersund Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Microinvasive trabecular surgery in glaucoma.

Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Fri
13
Feb
Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 13 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.480.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Contextual Language Processing: From Formal Transducers to Advertising Strategy.

Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Tue
17
Feb
Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 16:00 17 February 13:00 - 16:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.230 - Lindellhallen 3.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Control Flow Integrity in Practice: Retrospectives, Realities, and Automated Enforcement.

Badegül Eren-Aydınlık – History and education
Fri
20
Feb
Badegül Eren-Aydınlık – History and education
Time 10:00 - 12:00 20 February 10:00 - 12:00
Place HUM.D.230, Hohaj. Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. The Pedagogization of Femininity: Female Subjectivity in Education from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey (c. 1859–1933)

Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Tue
24
Feb
Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Time 08:30 - 12:00 24 February 08:30 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. From Accelerated First-Order Methods to Structured Nonconvex Optimization: Analysis and Perspectives.

Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Fri
27
Feb
Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Ultrafast charge and spin dynamics in nanostructures and metamaterials.

Ylva Holstad - Nursing
Fri
27
Feb
Ylva Holstad - Nursing
Time 09:00 - 12:00 27 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 - Aula Biologica, Biologihuset, Umeå universitet

Defence of doctoral thesis. Childbirth and parenthood among adults with congenital heart disease - Register studies and perspectives from parents and midwives

March

Eduardo Soldado, Plant Science
Wed
4
Mar
Eduardo Soldado, Plant Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 4 March 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE3.01 Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. What makes a tree a tree? Regulatory network controlling wood formation in coniferous and angiosperm forest tree species.

Josline Otieno - statistics
Fri
20
Mar
Josline Otieno - statistics
Time 09:30 - 12:00 20 March 09:30 - 12:00
Place Hum.D.210, Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. Machine learning for predicting diverse stroke outcomes: binary, multi-class, and time to event

Maria Söderlund - Oncology
Fri
20
Mar
Maria Söderlund - Oncology
Time 13:00 - 16:00 20 March 13:00 - 16:00
Place Östersund sjukhus, hus 16, Hörsalen Snäckan + Teams

Defence of doctoral thesis. Maria Söderlund defends her thesis in medical science with a focus on oncology.

Niillas Blind - Medical science
Fri
27
Mar
Niillas Blind - Medical science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 March 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal B, Hus 1D, målpunkt T9, NUS

Defence of doctoral thesis. Niillas Blid defends his thesis in medical science with a focus on surgery.

April

Minal Patil, Computing Science
Wed
15
Apr
Minal Patil, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 15 April 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.440.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Adversarial Robustness, Explainability, and Formal Verification for Autonomous Systems.