{"id":553,"date":"2026-01-26T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.phys.ntnu.no\/LOVE-NEST\/?p=553"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:08:17","slug":"dr-marco-new-phd-thesis-defended-in-the-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.phys.ntnu.no\/LOVE-NEST\/dr-marco-new-phd-thesis-defended-in-the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"DR. MARCO: New PhD thesis defended in the group!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#FFFFFF”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]On January 14th, 2026, Marco Turchetta successfully defended his PhD thesis at NTNU!<\/p>\n

Thesis title:\u00a0\u201cHunting Spider Millisecond Pulsars in the Optical Sky\u201d
\nTrial lecture: \u201cSupernovae\u201d<\/p>\n

Main supervisor: Manuel Linares
\nCo-supervisor: Karri Koljonen<\/p>\n

Many thanks to both opponents in the committee (Nathalie Degenaar and Teo Mu\u00f1oz-Darias) for coming to Trondheim, and for their questions and comments. Thanks also to the internal member and administrator of the committee (Jens O. Andersen) for ensuring a smooth defense.<\/p>\n

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The thesis can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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