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Antoine
United States7481 Posts
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Teoita
Italy12246 Posts
 I have a bachelor's in physics and im currently studying for a Master's in astrophysics. Regular physics blogs would be awesome and, in fact, some day (not earlier than next semester tho) i'd be happy to help and do some astrophysics stuff too. And real high energy physicists aren't nearly as entertaining as that show makes you believe they are. Dunno, we have a couple people here who are basically exactly like Sheldon xD | ||
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Ideal26
United States185 Posts
On April 23 2014 22:05 c0ldfusion wrote: dang Phd in physics.. man that's a rough journey Which grad school? Rice University. I had an NSF REU there last summer and just love the school and the professor I should be working for. With respect to jobs, it is very true that finding a job with a PhD in physics is difficult. That’s why I’m not doing research in pure physics or doing theory…even though its sometimes tempting. The research I’ll do at Rice is in the field of biomedical optics. My PhD will say physics, my classes will be all the usual grad physics classes, and the professor I am going to work with is a physicist, but she runs a biomedical optics/ biomedical engineering lab. I’ll be developing optical diagnostic systems for early cancer detection… specifics I don’t know yet, but that’s the broad project statement. Careers in this area are not hard to come by, and biomedical optics has been gaining a lot of momentum recently with all of the recent advancements in optics, nanotechnology, and cancer biology. All of these sciences are starting to merge, leading to the development of some amazing diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. I'm pretty thrilled to get to be a part of it. | ||
micronesia
United States24769 Posts
On April 23 2014 22:51 Antoine wrote: tl banling Micronesia has his Bachelor's in Physics, although he decided against going to PhD and wasn't doing optics Also a Masters in physics! Yeah PhD didn't seem worth it to me. | ||
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miercat
394 Posts
Consequently, I made a serious effort to try and follow the Pro SC2 scene, when the switch was made. I found it un-watchable though, from both an entertainment and intellectual standpoint. | ||
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coffeejoe
Australia4 Posts
Fellow TL lurker here. I'm a chemist, but did an honours, a couple years of RA and half a PhD in a laser spectroscopy lab. My focus was largely around gas phase irradiation of microparticles. Would definitely be interested in reading a physics based blog, as it been a while since I've done any proper science. And congratulations in getting what sounds like a pretty sweet spot for a doctorate! | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On April 24 2014 05:53 Ideal26 wrote: Rice University. I had an NSF REU there last summer and just love the school and the professor I should be working for. With respect to jobs, it is very true that finding a job with a PhD in physics is difficult. That’s why I’m not doing research in pure physics or doing theory…even though its sometimes tempting. The research I’ll do at Rice is in the field of biomedical optics. My PhD will say physics, my classes will be all the usual grad physics classes, and the professor I am going to work with is a physicist, but she runs a biomedical optics/ biomedical engineering lab. I’ll be developing optical diagnostic systems for early cancer detection… specifics I don’t know yet, but that’s the broad project statement. Careers in this area are not hard to come by, and biomedical optics has been gaining a lot of momentum recently with all of the recent advancements in optics, nanotechnology, and cancer biology. All of these sciences are starting to merge, leading to the development of some amazing diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. I'm pretty thrilled to get to be a part of it. Congrats! lol I have family going to Rice next year. And yeah, from what little I hear, there is a good amount of excitement in optics right now. Sounds awesome, good luck with your Phd! | ||
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