While every Ph.D. is unique, each one is a journey filled with challenges and struggles.
How to PhD is a one-stop-shop of absolutely FREE materials for all students. Most importantly, we focus on truly learning.
My goal is to provide students with whatever they need.
I want students to succeed AND be healthy, mentally, and physically.
For this cause, I strive to cover relevant student-related topics in this blog. What you will find here:
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Actionable steps you can take to succeed in school
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How to get a job outside of academia
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Self-care tips while in graduate school
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Templates for research statements, SOPs, and cover letters
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Templates for typesetting your thesis and journal papers
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About me:
I graduated with my Ph.D. in physics from (The) Ohio State University in the summer of 2018 and transitioned to the industry as a consultant.
My thesis research sub-field was Particle Astrophysics and I worked on an ultra-high-energy neutrino experiment called ANITA.
I got to travel quite a bit for my research, including to the icy continent of Antarctica and my other favorite – Hawaii!
In this blog, I share my experiences as a Ph.D. student, researcher, and industry professional. I hope that anything I write helps someone out there to navigate school and career.
Once again, I would be thrilled to hear about your experiences, so please feel free to reach out and/or post comments under the blog posts!
Welcome, and enjoy it!
Bit more on my Ph.D. research project:
I worked on a Particle Astrophysics experiment called ANITA.
ANITA stands for ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna.
It is the world’s ONLY detector searching for neutrinos of ultra-high energies above EeV!
ANITA is a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon experiment that we go to Antarctica to launch!
The detector hangs from a gigantic balloon and flies over the continent of Antarctica in circular orbits, using the polar vortex, at about a 40 km altitude.
There have been 4 flights of ANITA so far.
My favorite motivation for doing this project was two-fold:
Astrophysics: I wanted to learn about Nature’s most powerful accelerators such as Gamma Ray Bursts through the detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos produced by them.
Particle physics: I wanted to learn about new physics by measuring particle physics interactions at energies and in ways that have never been probed before!
To learn more, read the FREE electronic preprints of my work on arxiv.org:
