European ESRs Network On Short Pulsed Laser Micro/Nanostructuring Of Surfaces
On August 31st, 2019 the Laser4Fun project was completed by the successful delivery of all project requirements and the last deliverables. On the Cordis website of the European Commission, some of the project reports, results, as well as news & multimedia can be downloaded. A more detailed overview of publications and achievements is listed on our Publications page.
On April 27th, 2022, during a partly on-line session, Melissa Sikosana successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled: ‘Antimicrobial coatings to maintain drinking water at point-of-use’ and was awarded the degree of Doctor.
Melissa carried out her work at the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner and Dr. Lars Renner. The now Dr. Sikosana was an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) of the Laser4FUN project. The public defense ceremony took place partly on-line at TU Dresden (Germany) and the audience could ‘attend’ the event through a video stream.
We congratulate Melissa for this achievement!
Water is life. Yet, nearly a third of the global population is water insecure; with children under the age of five in low-income countries experiencing the brunt of this burden. Disinfection and safe water storage practices are vital to protect people against waterborne dise