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First POLIMA Center of Excellence PhD

3 June 2026, Martin Koch Nørgaard successfully defended his PhD thesis

By Louise Skovborg Just, , 6/9/2026

Last week, Martin Koch Nørgaard successfully defended his PhD thesis with the title 'Near-field Explorations of Highly Confined Polaritons'. The committee members were:

  • Jer-shing Huang, PD Dr. habil., Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT)
  • Elizaveta Semenova, Professor, Technical University of Denmark
  • Jonas Beermann, Associate Professor, SDU Nano Optics, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark

The PhD defense was also a milestone for the POLIMA DNRF Center of Excellence, as Martin Koch Nørgaard was the first PhD student employed when the center was started in 2023 based on a grant from the Danish National Research Foundation. 

Congratulations to Martin from the POLIMA center and colleagues with the new title!

 

PhD committee for Martin Koch Nørgaards PhD defense

Martin Koch Nørgaard gets PhD hat from Sven Ebel

 

Torgom Yezekyan Vladimir Zenin and Martin Koch Nørgaard

Editing was completed: 09.06.2026