Finalists of the PhD Thesis Contest Presentation 2021

Top row, left to right: Pavlo Burdiak (copyright: Mykhailo Druliak); Kateryna Chernii, Yevhen Havrylenko, Kseniia Kravchenko.

Bottom row, left to right: Alina Nychyk, Aleksandar Radivoievych, Maja Reimann, Nataliya Yadzhak. 

The PhD Thesis Contest is aimed at PhD/MD students carrying out their research in any subject, from one or more following groups:

• Ukrainian PhD students carrying out their research outside of Ukraine (incl. exchange PhD students);
• PhD students, regardless of nationality, who are involved in a collaborative (e.g. German-Ukrainian or multi-lateral, including Ukraine) research project;
• PhD students, regardless of nationality, whose topic of research relates to Ukraine.

The final of The PhD Thesis Contest Presentation will be carried out on Thursday, 16^th of September 2021. The PhD Contest judging panel will consist of researchers involved in international cooperation with partners in Ukraine, appointed by the board of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (Die Deutsch-Ukrainische Akademische Gesellschaft e.V., DUAG).

This PhD Contest is organised by the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (DUAG)/ The UKRAINE Network. It has been sponsored and supported by Nomad Bioscience GmbH and the Embassy of Ukraine in Germany.

Finalists of the PhD Thesis Presentation Contest 2021:

• Pavlo Burdiak, University of Szeged, Hungary (International Law): Interaction of states and social media platforms in preserving the freedom of expression on social media
• Kateryna Chernii, Leibniz Centre of Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany (History): On to new victories! The transformation process of Ukrainian football and its elites after the collapse of the Soviet Union
• Yevhen Havrylenko, TU Munich, Germany (Mathematical Finance): Optimal investment-reinsurance strategies in equity-linked products with capital guarantees
• Kseniia Kravchenko, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife research (IZW), FU Berlin, Germany (Population Biology): Migratory bats and Global climate change: climate-driven changes in migratory behaviour and distribution of the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula)
• Alina Nychyk, University of Manchester, UK (Politics/International Relations): Strategic Decision-Making in Times of War: EU-Ukraine-Russia Relations During the First Year of the Conflict in Ukraine
• Aleksandar Radivoievych, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany (Cancer Nanomedicine): Anticancer Star Symphony
• Maja Reimann, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Lung Center, Germany (Biomedical Sciences): TB22: A transcriptomic 22-gene model to individualize treatment durations for patients with tuberculosis
• Nataliya Yadzhak, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv/ Ukraine & University of Clermont Auvergne/ France (Material Sciences): Development of the model for short crack growth in metallic materials under long-term loading and operation environments