On 27 June, Zahra Niavarani impressed the examination committee at Leipzig University with an outstanding oral performance as part of her doctoral procedure in the Department of Chemistry and defended her dissertation with magna cum laude. In her doctoral thesis, Ms Niavarani, a research associate in the "Surface Porous Membrane Filters" research area at the IOM, dealt with the topic "Design of Adsorptive Polymer Microfiltration Membranes using Electron Beam Modification". The doctorate was supervised by Prof Dr Reinhard Denecke, Professor of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces at the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut of the University of Leipzig.

The IOM would like to congratulate Zahra Niavarani on her successful doctorate and her valuable contribution to the field of membrane-based filtration systems!