{"id":1459,"date":"2026-05-24T20:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2026-05-24T20:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:32:53","slug":"andreas-ph-d-thesis-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/andreas-ph-d-thesis-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Andreas&#8217; Ph.D. thesis defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22nd, Andreas Theiler successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis &#8220;Magnetic impurities in conventional superconductors: Effects of superconducting order parameter suppression on Yu\u2013Shiba\u2013Rusinov and Majorana bound states&#8221;, with Prof. Brian M\u00f8ller Andersen, Copenhagen has opponent. The day before we also arranged an interesting mini-symposium with Brian and the committee members: Julia Meyer, Andrej Mesaros, and Jens Wiebe as external speakers. A big thank you to all involved, opponent, committee members, group and division members, family, and friends, who all helped ot turn this into a very nice event and most of all, big congratulations to Andreas!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1460 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07787-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presentation of thesis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1461 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07788-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discussion with opponent<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1462 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07805-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The &#8220;third&#8221; defense<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1463 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07838-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Celebrating afterwards<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1464 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/materials-theory.physics.uu.se\/black-schaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC07843-small-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most of the group together celebrating with Andreas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22nd, Andreas Theiler successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis &#8220;Magnetic impurities in conventional superconductors: Effects of superconducting order parameter suppression on Yu\u2013Shiba\u2013Rusinov and Majorana bound states&#8221;, with Prof. Brian M\u00f8ller Andersen, Copenhagen has opponent. 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