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PhD theses PhD theses completed at the Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic PhysicsSince 2009
Quirijn Meijer Optimisation of Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis - Employing Machine Learning in Searches for Cosmic Strings and Binary Black Holes Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. S.E. Caudill Utrecht, August 2025 Stefano Schmidt Searching for Precessing Black Hole Binaries in Gravitational-wave Data Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. S.E. Caudill Utrecht, May 2025 Christos Pliatskas Stylianidis Study of energy flow fluctuations within jets at heavy-ion collisions with ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peizmann, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen, Dr. M. Verweij Utrecht, February 2025 Melissa Lopez Exploring the Frontier of Transient Gravitational Wave Detection: Unleashing the Power of Machine Learning Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. S.E. Caudill Utrecht, February 2025 Shi Qiu The Search for the Chiral Magnetic Effect with ALICE at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P.G. Kuijer, Dr. P. Christakoglou Utrecht, April 2024 Anna Puecher Fundamental physics with gravitational waves: Testing general relativity and studying neutron stars with current and future detectors Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. S.E. Caudill Utrecht, February 2024 Auro Mohanty Charm Jets: Production and fragmentation of D0-tagged charged-particle jets in small collision systems Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. A. Mischke, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, November 2023 Pawan Gupta Probing compact objects with gravitational waves Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. T. Hinderer Utrecht, October 2023 Darius Keijdener Azimuthal Differences of Quenched Jets Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. ir. M. v. Leeuwen Utrecht, September 2023 Justin Janquart From Einstein to Einstein Telescope: From Testing Predictions to Addressing Future Challenges Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Dr. S.E. Caudill Utrecht, June 2023 Peter Pang From spacetime to nucleus: Probing nuclear physics and testing general relativity Supervisors: Prof. dr. C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings Utrecht, December 2022 Luuk Vermunt Hadronisation of Heavy Quarks : Production measurements of heavy-flavour hadrons from small to large collision systems Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. A. Mischke, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, May 2022 Dimitra Andreou Detector characterization and Λb measurements with the upgrades of the ALICE Inner Tracking System Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P.G. Kuijer, Dr. L. Musa Utrecht, December 2021 Fatiha Lehas Azimuthal angular correlations between D*+ mesons and charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Prof. dr. J. Aichelin, Dr. A. Mischke, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, September 2021 Annelies Veen D^{∗+}-meson production in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions in ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. A. Mischke, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, July 2021 Syaefudin Jaelani Measurement of the D∗+-meson production in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, June 2021 Mike Sas Illuminating Light; Neutral meson production and direct photon correlations from small to large collision systems at the LHC Supervisor: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann Utrecht, June 2021 Zhanna Khabanova Studies of collective effects in pp collisions at the LHC with the balance function for identified particles Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P. Christakoglou Utrecht, December 2020 Govert Nijs Holography in Quark-Gluon Plasma and Neutron Stars Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. U. Gürsoy Utrecht, July 2020 Jacopo Margutti Rotating Planes, Fluctuating Shapes: Anisotropic Flow and Magnetic Fields in Heavy-Ion Collisions Supervisor: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings Utrecht, November 2018 Mónika Varga-Köfaragó Anomalous Broadening of Jet-Peak Shapes in Pb-Pb Collisions and Characterization of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. J.F. Grosse-Oetringhaus Utrecht, February 2018 Davide Lodato Measurement of the prompt photon production cross section in proton proton collisions as √s = 7 TeV with ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. ir. M. v. Leeuwen Utrecht, January 2018 Hongkai Wang Prototype Studies and Simulations for a Forward Si-W Calorimeter at the Large Hadron Collider Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. ir. G. J. L. Nooren, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, January 2018 Naghmeh Mohammadi Higher Harmonic Anisotropic Flow of Identified Particles Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P. Christakoglou Utrecht, May 2017 Chunhui Zhang Measurements with a High-Granularity Digital Electromagnetic Calorimeter Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. ir. G. J. L. Nooren, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, May 2017 Alberto Caliva Low-mass dielectron measurement in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN= 2.76 TeV with ALICE at the LH Supervisor: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann Utrecht, April 2017 Emilia Leogrande Jet-like two-particle correlations in p-Pb collisions Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. J. F. Grosse-Oetringhaus Utrecht, December 2016 Redmer Bertens Path length dependence of jet quenching measured with ALICE at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. ir. M. v. Leeuwen Utrecht, October 2016 Sandro Bjelogrlic Azimuthal angular correlations of D mesons and charged particles with the ALICE detector at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. A. Mischke Utrecht, May 2016 Andrea Dubla Elliptic flow at different collision stages Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, April 2016 Misha Veldhoen Identified particle yield associated with a high-pT trigger particle at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. ir. M. v. Leeuwen Utrecht, March 2016 Martijn Reicher Digital Calorimetry Using Pixel Sensors Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. ir. G. J. L. Nooren, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, March 2016 You Zhou Anisotropic Flow and flow fluctuations at the Large Hadron Collider Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P. Christakoglou Utrecht, January 2016 Alis Rodriguez Manso BALANCE FUNCTIONS: Multiplicity and transverse momentum dependence of the charge dependent correlations in ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. P. Christakoglou Utrecht, November 2015 Carlos Eugenio Perez Lara Azimuthal Anisotropy of Strange and Charm Hadrons: Measured in Pb-Pb Collisions at 2.76 TeV Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. P.G. Kuijer Utrecht, August 2015 Wilke van der Schee Gravitational collisions and the quark-gluon plasma Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Prof. dr. G.E. Arutyunov Utrecht, July 2014 Deepa Thomas Jet-like heavy-flavour particle correlations in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions in ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Dr. A. Mischke Utrecht, June 2014 Marta Verweij Modelling and measurement of jet quenching in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Prof. dr. R. Kamermans, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, October 2013 Mikolaj Krzewicki Anisotropic flow of identified hadrons in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC: from detector alignment and calibration to measurement Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Dr. M. Botje Utrecht, July 2013 Raoul de Rooij Prompt D*+ production in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions, measured with the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Prof. dr. R. Kamermans, Dr. A. Mischke, Dr. A. Grelli Utrecht, May 2013 Marek Chojnacki Measurement of pions, kaons and protins with the ALICE detector in pp collisions at the LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings, Prof. dr. R. Kamermans, Dr. ir. G. J. L. Nooren, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, May 2012 Ante Bilandzic Anisotropic Flow Measurements in ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider Supervisor: Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings Utrecht, March 2012 Naomi van der Kolk To flow or not to flow: a study of elliptic flow and nonflow in proton-proton collisions in ALICE Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Prof. dr. R.J.M. Snellings Utrecht, January 2012 Ermes Braidot Two-particle azimuthal correlations at forward rapidity in STAR Supervisors: Prof. dr. T. Peitzmann, Prof. dr. E. L. N. P. Laenen, Dr. A. Mischke Utrecht, January 2011 Christian Ivan Open charm analysis with the ALICE detector in pp collisions at LHC Supervisors: Prof. dr. R. Kamermans, Dr. P.G. Kuijer, Dr. ir. M. van Leeuwen Utrecht, November 2009 Katrin Mai Production rates of 36Cl in basalts from the calibration site of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands Supervisors: Prof. dr. R. Kamermans, Dr. K. van der Borg Utrecht, September 2009