On 6 November 2026 at 10:00, Reynald Ponté, a doctoral student at the Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, will defend his doctoral thesis entitled “MnO2 Nanomaterials for High-Performance Anode for Supercapacitors Applications” to apply for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Engineering Sciences.
The public defence will take place in room A202, Tehnikamaja, F. R. Kreutzwaldi 56/1, Tartu, Estonia.
Supervisors:
Professor Lisandra Marina da Rocha Meneses (Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia);
Dr Durga Parajuli (Research Institute of Core Technology for Materials Innovation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan);
Dr Larysa Khomenkova (V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine; Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of “Kyiv Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine).
Opponents:
Dr Kremena Makasheva (Laboratory on Plasma and Conversion of Energy (LAPLACE), CNRS, France);
Dr Tanel Käämbre (Associate Professor in Materials Science, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia).

The doctoral thesis is available in the Estonian University of Life Sciences digital repository, EMU DSpacelink opens in new page.

Location

F. R. Kreutzwaldi 56/1

Timetable

Start 10:00

End 12:30