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PhD defence: Villads Lundsteen Jacobsen

Understanding Nuclear Fragmentation to Improve Cancer Therapy

Info about event

Time

Friday 15 August 2025,  at 14:00 - 16:00

Location

Building 1523, auditorium 318, Aarhus University

On Friday 15 August at 14:00, Villads Lundsteen Jacobsen defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Nuclear Fragmentation Effects in Ion-Therapy".

Villads Lundsteen Jacobsen will defend his PhD dissertation on how nuclear fragmentation affects the effectiveness and precision of ion-therapy used in cancer treatment. His research aims to improve our understanding of nuclear interactions within the human body and explores the possibility of utilizing nuclear reactions in novel treatment modalities such as neutron capture enhanced particle therapy.

The summary is written by the PhD student.

The defence is public and takes place in building 1523, auditorium 318, Aarhus University. Please see the press release for more information. 

Contact

PhD student Villads Lundsteen Jacobsen
Mail: villads.lundsteen@clin.au.dk
Phone: (+45) 22869210

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