Annual kick off meeting for doctoral candidates in Physics and materials science

In the framework of the Doctoral School programme in Physics and Materials Science, the Luxembourg  Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the University of Luxembourg invite PhD students and scientits working on relevant research fields to attend the Annual Doctoral Kick off meeting to be held on 23 February 2018 at La Maison du Savoir in Belval (LU).

The doctoral school programme comprises scientific groups from LIST's Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies  research unit and from the Doctoral Program of Physics and Materials Science (DPPM) of the University. 

The presence of all the PhD students registered at DPPM from both institutes are mandatory. PhD students, their supervisors as well as all interested scientific staff should confirm their attendance by filling the registration form before 16 February.

Guest speakers of the event

• Professor Cornelia Denz from University of Münster, vice rector for international and young scientists
• Johannes Hendrik Fahner, president of LuxDoc association

Poster registration

Students should indicate their willingness to present poster in the registration form and bring their printed posters to event before 10 am to the event site.

To ensure the best judgment, a committee of specialists, consisted of representatives of Doctoral Programme in Physics and Materials Science will preselect the five outstanding posters right after exhibition. All the DPPM students participated by presenting poster will receive 0.5 ECTS as described in the programme and the selected posters will be awarded, assigned Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and eventually published.

Objectives

The objective of this annual event is to introduce all the designed activities of the programme during current academic year for students and academics from two institutes. General assembly, poster session and talks provided by programme directors and invited guests are the highlights of the meeting.