Simen Sommerfeldt Reine defended on November 27 his PhD thesis entitled "Density functional theory for large molecular systems". The work has been carried out at the CTCC in Oslo in close collaboration with our NCoECC partner, the Lundbeck Foundation Center for Theoretical Chemistry and Prof. Poul Jørgensen. Prof. Trygve Helgaker of CTCC/UiO and Dr. Filip Pawlowski has been the advisors for the thesis. The full announcement of the PhD defense can be found here.