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+---
+title: "Leander joins"
+collection: news
+permalink: /news/leander-joins
+date: 2024-01-08
+---
+<a href="/people"><b>Leander Kurscheidt</b></a> joins APRIL as a PhD student. Welcome!
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+---
+collection: people
+ref: "leander-kurscheidt"
+permalink: "/people/leander-kurscheidt"
+title: 
+name:  "Leander Kurscheidt"
+date:   2024-01-08 00:00
+image: "images/bio-photo.jpg"
+role: "PhD Student"
+secondsupervisor: ""
+webpage: ""
+---