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A silicon nitride based synthetic metamaterial
(2024)The recent transfer of topological states from the quantum realm to clas- sical physics has sparked ideas for new approaches in designer materials. These unusually robust configurations were no longer out of reach for classical material design. However, while it is relatively easy to identify a topological state when it appears, the inverse statement is not true. It is hard to find a material structure that will host a specific topological ...Doctoral Thesis -
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Manipulating Light in LEDs: From Emitter Orientation to Electroluminescent Metasurfaces
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Precision genome editing screens to study genetic variants of uncertain significance
(2024)Genetic tests play an increasingly pivotal role in predicting disease risks, prognosis and treatment response in the clinics. However, their interpretation is hindered by the prevalence of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) whose phenotypic effects remain elusive. Addressing this issue, multiplexed assays of variant effect (MAVEs) have been developed that enable the interrogation of protein functions and the assessment of variant ...Doctoral Thesis -
X-ray Dark-Field Imaging for Building Materials Characterization
(2024)Material scientists optimize materials and develop new ones to improve their durability, sustainability, and functionality. An important part of this goal is the characterization of the internal structure on different length scales, as changes in the nano- and micrometer ranges can influence the properties of the material on macroscopic scales. A better understanding of the structure therefore enables the production of new, higher-quality ...Doctoral Thesis -
Computational Approaches for Identifying Causal Effects in Online Social Platforms
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Quantum Correlations of Exciton-Polaritons
(2024)n this work we study the quantum nature of a hybrid light–matter system, where we use the interactions of the matter component to introduce a sizable nonlinearity to photons. It is a longstanding goal to achieve interactions that overcome the losses in the system, resulting in the photon blockade effect that leads to nonclassical signatures measurable in photon correlation experiments. To implement such a system we combine an optical ...Doctoral Thesis -
Bicycle Commuting
(2011)Sustainable Urban AreasCycling is cheaper, healthier and in urban environments often faster than other transport modes. Nevertheless, even at short distances, many individuals do not cycle. This thesis aims to explain why commuters vary in their decision to bicycle. Results indicate that the individual (day-to-day) choice to commute by bicycle is affected by personal attitudes towards cycling to work, social norms, work situation, weather conditions and trip ...Doctoral Thesis -
Perovskite Electrocatalysts: Oxygen Intercalation, Surface Reactivity and Structural Degradation
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Flow and Cardiac Microstructure in Aortic Stenosis
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Dielectric phenomena at magnetic quantum critical points
(2024)The interplay between magnetic and dielectric degrees of freedom gives rise to novel emergent phases in condensed matter systems. In the proximity to quantum critical points, exotic phenomena are stabilized by quantum fluctuations. In this work, we investigate experimentally dielectric phenomena at magnetic quantum critical points. Our focus is the highly frustrated quasi-one-dimensional quantum family of magnets: Rb2Cu2Mo3O12 and ...Doctoral Thesis -
Role of Bioenergy in Sustainable Energy and Food Systems
(2024)To combat climate change, the Paris Agreement established a global warming limit of 2℃ by the century's end. Numerous countries aspire to attain carbon neutrality by 2050, as evidenced by initiatives such as the European Union Green Deal. As the sole renewable energy that can provide negative emissions, bioenergy emerges as an appealing option yet with an unclear role in both long-term policy and current models. The challenge of ...Doctoral Thesis -
Spatially Resolved Surfaceome Analysis Using Light-activated Lipid-anchored Probes
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Adaptation to polyploidy associated with changes in nuclear volume and chromatin architecture
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Strucutral insights into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii axoneme by cryo-electron tomography
(2024)Doctoral Thesis