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Doctoral exam of Axel Obermeier
![Massimo Fornasier, Philipp Grohs, Axel Obermeier, Ralf Hiptmair](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/11/doctoral-exam-of-axel-obermeier/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1075320870.jpg)
Axel Obermeier successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Ridgelets - an optimally adapted representation system for solving advection equations". Congratulations!
VMP Research Group Event
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Each year the student association VMP organizes the Research Group Event that brings together students of mathematics and physics with doctoral students of the Departments of Mathematics and Physics.
Horst Knörrer: 2015 Golden Owl
![Sarah Springman, Horst Knörrer](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/11/horst-knoerrer-2015-golden-owl/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1058943463.jpg)
The student association VSETH has awarded the 2015 Golden Owl to Prof. Horst Knörrer. He is a full professor at the Department of Mathematics.
Doctoral exam of Dominic Descombes
Dominic Descombes successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Spaces with convex geodesic bicombings". Congratulations!
Javier Fresán: Vicent Caselles Award
![Javier Fresan at the award ceremony](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/11/javier-fresan-vicent-caselles-award/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1209772913.jpg)
The BBVA Foundation and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society have awarded the 2015 Vincent Caselles Award to Javier Fresán postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Mathematics.