PhD Thesis Topic defence

22/04/2020

PhD candidate Valentino Jadriško has defended his PhD Thesis topic.

PhD candidate Valentino Jadriško has defended his PhD Thesis topic “Optics of van der Waals Layered Systems”.

Public defence of the dissertation topic was held during the spring lockdown, via video link on Jitsi platform, with the Committee consisting of dr.sc. Marko Kralj, senior scientist, prof.dr.sc. Hrvoje Buljan and doc. dr.sc. Damir Aumiler, senior research associate.

Valentino presented a current state-of-the-art in the field of optical properties of two dimensional-2D crystals and layered materials under various external conditions and outlined scientific objective and methodology. Valentino has shown an excellent understanding of the issues related to the dissertation topic, he precisely defined main problems and presented a reasonable research plan.