05. October 2026

Congratulations to Lukas Krusenbaum for successfully passing his PhD-defense! Congratulations to Lukas Krusenbaum for successfully passing his PhD-defense!

On October 2nd Lukas Krusenbaum successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Characterization of rice (Oryza sativa) genetic resources for root traits using quantitative and pan-genomic approaches” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Matthias Wissuwa.

Lukas Krusenbaum receives his doctoral cap
Lukas Krusenbaum receives his doctoral cap © Verena Gaugler
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Following the successful defense, he was traditionally presented with a doctoral hat specially designed by his colleagues. The hat was handed over by one of our PhD candidates who will soon defend her own PhD thesis – in keeping with the tradition of our department. In perfect weather, the celebrations then continued with the doctoral cart ride from Campus Poppelsdorf to Poppelsdorf Castle.

Congratulations Lukas on this achievement and all the best for the future!

Ride in the Doktorwagen from our institute to Poppelsdorf Castle
Ride in the Doktorwagen from our institute to Poppelsdorf Castle © Verena Gaugler
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