Hello people and wish you a happy new year 2025! This will be my last blog of SPEAR as my PhD is coming to an end in a few months.
I just came back from Zurich where I visited my friend Zhewen, ESR 13 who lives in Zurich. We had a lot of fun touring a lot of places in Switzerland and besides being a very good researcher, Zhewen is also a great tourist guide!
Reflecting back on the year, I am happy with how things have progressed in my PhD. There will always be ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ wherever you go. But taking only the positives with me from my PhD experience, I am venturing into the last phase now, where I am currently writing my thesis and will defend in a few months from now. Hamburg has been a special place in my life, both academically and personally. I went through many highs and lows which shaped me into a better individual.
The SPEAR program has proven to be challenging with respect to the time in one’s PhD. But these kind of challenges made me to learn adaption even better. I started my PhD with no experience in the technique I use now, i.e. STM and now I value this technique very much. I plan to stay in academia and stay loyal to STM and it’s different variants 🙂
I am looking forward with excitement to the wrapping up SPEAR conference to be held in San Sebastian, Spain in April! These coming months until the SPEAR conference will be busy and intense for me. But I enjoy intense situations as I perform better under pressure xD. I wish all my co-ESRs a happy remainder of their PhD and congratulations to Salvatore (ESR 7) for finishing his PhD successfully! Thank you everyone for your warm friendship and wish you all a nice year ahead 🙂
