We’d like to celebrate Martin’s successful completion of his master’s degree. Surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues, he crossed the stage to receive his diploma from the Faculty of Science and Technology, while his supervisory team looked on with pride.
A snapshot of Martin’s thesis
Martin’s research focused on building and testing a multi-angle illumination microscope for 3-D refractive-index (RI) reconstruction using the Multi-Slice Beam Propagation (MSBP) method.
His thesis is available here: https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/36370
In practical terms, he:
- Designed and aligned custom optics—including motorised kinematic mirrors—to deliver precisely controlled illumination angles.
- Wrote Python routines that calibrate those angles via Fourier ptychography and handle the heavy data processing.
- Validated the set-up on bead phantoms and Peace-lily pollen, recovering detailed 3-D RI maps and showing where iteration numbers still need optimization for even sharper reconstructions.
The work pushes our group’s long-term aim of label-free, high-resolution optical microscopy a solid step forward and highlights open directions for tackling highly scattering biological tissues.
Thanks to the team
Research is a team sport. Martin’s accomplishments rest on countless hours of discussion, troubleshooting, and guidance from his supervisors and the wider 3D Nanoscopy crew. The second photo shows Martin (second from the left) standing with his supervisory team Professor Krishna Agarwal, Jean Claude Tinguely, and Farhad Niknam on the terrace after the defense—with the fjord and snow-topped mountains providing a fitting backdrop.
Looking ahead
Martin’s skill at combining meticulous experimental work with thoughtful computational analysis has already made an impact in the lab. He is now contributing to a deep tech innovation with a big impact in healthcare and we look forward to working together on the road ahead.