Successful PhD defenses: three Researchers earn their doctorate
Zhouping Lyu, ‘High-resolution Imaging Through a Multimode Fiber: From Raster-scanning to Compressive Sensing’
Zhouping will start the next chapter in her career at Johnson & Johnson, focusing on intraocular lens design.
Yahia Mostafa, ‘Mass & Energy Efficient Tin Laser Produced Plasma Light Sources’
On January 10th, Yahia defended his thesis at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. At ARCNL, Yahia set out to explore and characterize tin plasma extreme ultraviolet light sources alternative to the current industry standard.
Yahia’s work has attracted attention from both science and industry. As his promotor, Oscar Versolato, noted: “There is clearly interest in Yahia’s research from science and industry related to lithography and EUV sources. We saw this, for example, at the EUV Source Workshop 2024 in Amsterdam.”
As a next step in his career, Yahia will explore opportunities in data science, where he aims to analyze large-scale data and uncover meaningful stories.
Cyrian Leriche, ‘Visualizing, quantifying, and understanding nanowear of hard multi-asperity contacts’
In ASML lithography machines, silicon wafers are loaded onto the wafer stage and subsequently moved in horizontal direction with extremely high precision and acceleration. Tribological findings contribute to making this process as efficient as possible.
Currently, Cyrian is continuing his research as a Postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is exploring new physical systems and applications.
