#  Sophia defended her thesis!  

 





March 25, 2026

 

 

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Sophia successfully defended here PhD thesis on "X-ray probes of dynamical correlations in nickelates and cuprates"! She is the first PhD student to graduate from the Mitrano group, and in establishing tradition, received a graduation hat representative of her outstanding work during the PhD. Congratulations Dr. TenHuisen!



 

 

 

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