We are happy to share that our PhD student, Iftikhar Ahmad, successfully defended his thesis titled “Investigating backgrounds in dark matter searches: Argon-37 activation and cosmogenic neutron suppression in the DarkSide experiments” on Friday, January 24, 2025.
Iftikhar conducted his research under the supervision of Prof. Masayuki Wada and Prof. Marcin Kuźniak at Astrocent / Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre.
The thesis was reviewed by an esteemed panel:
- Dr. Filipa Melo Borges Belo Soares (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
- Dr. Piotr Homola (H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
- Dr. Władysław Henryk Trzaska (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
We are incredibly proud of Iftikhar’s hard work and dedication, and we wish him every success as he continues his scientific journey. Congratulations!
