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PhD Survival Tips: How to Navigate your PhD Journey

Going for a PhD can be a very rewarding and enriching experience. However, it can also be challenging in different ways.The “PhD Survival Tips” feature advice and insight of MCQST and IMPRS-QST alumni and experienced PhD students who have been through the process themselves. Drawing on their own personal experiences and successes, they offer practical tips and strategies to make the most of the PhD journey, while tackling issues that may come along the way. Tune in to learn how to handle the unique challenges of the PhD stage, from balancing research and personal life to finding the right mentors, staying healthy, and more.

The PhD Survival Tips series is a joint project by the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) and the International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Science and Technology (IMPRS-QST)

PhD Survival Tips with Caroline de Groot

In this episode, Caroline de Groot shares insight into her experience and offers hands-on tips on getting unstuck, finding inspiration, and staying healthy. Caroline de Groot finished her PhD in June 2022 with the dissertation entitled “Topological Phases, Symmetries and Open Systems” from TUM, as part of the IMPRS-QST graduate school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-OzNRvEQY

PhD Survival Tips with Jiří Guth Jarkovský

In this episode, Jiří Guth Jarkovský shares the keys to successful networking, peer connections, and harnessing the diverse skills cultivated during your PhD journey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBdxVA5o8H0

Interview Series: Meet our Alumni

In this series, we talk to IMPRS-QST graduates about their professional journey, their career path and their memories of their time as students. They share their experience about how carreer plans and ideas can evolve during the course of the PhD. They also have valuable advice for current students on how to get the most out of the PhD training to both enjoy the journey and prepare for the next step!

Meet our Alumni: an interview with Thomas Kohlert

Thomas Kohlert did his PhD in the group of Immanuel Bloch at LMU and has been working in a patent attorney's office in Munich since September 2021. In this conversation, Thomas tells us about the ups and downs during his time as doctoral researcher, how he became interested in his current job and what things are essential for him as part of a good work. more

Meet our Alumni: an interview with Annabelle Bohrdt

Annabelle Bohrdt did her PhD in the group of Michael Knap at TUM. Since May 2021, she has been working as ITAMP postdoctoral fellow on a combination of machine learning, numerical methods and quantum simulation to study quantum many-body systems in and out of equilibrium. In this interview, Annabelle tells us about her current research and shares some nice memories and important things she learned during her time as doctoral student. more

Meet our Alumni: an interview with Dominik Irber

Dominik Irber finished his PhD at TUM in 2021 and is now a Project Leader at attocube systems. In this interview, Dominik tells us about his current job, shares some experiences from his time as doctoral student and what he enjoyed most about being part of IMPRS-QST.

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