phd – Louie D. Corpe

If Particle Physics were a railway, who would lay the track and who would drive the trains?

Image: LHC magnet being assembled. If Particle Physics were a railway, CERN would be in charge of laying and maintaining the tracks and signalling. Image © CERN. This weekend, I’ve been visiting some friends from my university days. While catching up, they asked me a question which I get a lot: are you still workingContinue reading “If Particle Physics were a railway, who would lay the track and who would drive the trains?”

They said the PhD would be the last formal exam I would ever do: they were wrong.

In my last post I talked about PhD defences and how they vary from country to country. Sometimes the PhD defence is described as the last formal exam you’ll ever take, because it’s the highest academic qualification you can have. Well, turns out that’s true in many countries, but not all. In France, Germany andContinue reading “They said the PhD would be the last formal exam I would ever do: they were wrong.”

PhD defences at home and abroad

Last week I was back at Imperial college High Energy Physics department, where I spent 3.5 years working on my PhD. But this time, I was back as an external examiner for a PhD viva. It was a very validating experience to know that 8 years after my own PhD defence, I am now enoughContinue reading “PhD defences at home and abroad”