Post doc Definition and 14 Threads

Something has prompted me to peruse this forum like a morning/afternoon/evening newspaper after I've joined and now I can't help but scratch my head about a few things. See, I'm a traveller from the distant realm of technical universities (which are completely different beasts from non-technical...

Hi everyone! How can I apply for a post-doc that is in a different field from my current PhD topic? I.e. I would like to make a transition. However, I need to learn how to say and justify that I am competent in the fields I have rarely touched. In addition, I have yet to publish at the moment...

Does this happen? How much can it vary by? for example, I have a PhD offer in a pretty boring application of fluid dynamics, in the future woild I be able to take my research into a direction perhaps applying this to astrophysics or something? Also I very much enjoyed general relativity at...

Hello, I am interested in physics of cuprate high temperature superconductors (Cuprate_SC) However, I heard that it is "out-of-dated" topic in solid state physics and almost impossible to find group/foundation to do research in this field. I am doing PhD right now and I consider moving...

Hi all, I'm entering the last year of my PhD on the interface of quantum optics and condensed matter (theoretical) in Europe. At this point, I am happy to have started it and now love doing research (even when being stuck on a problem-because this usually means something interesting will appear...

I have been looking into what is like being a Post Doc in theoretical physics, and the impression that I get is that it is like graduate school, except you are paid a bit more money and some how you have much more work to do. I want to become a professor in theoretical physics but at the same...

Hello, For some reason, I need to leave the U.S. and go back to my country for two years once I finish my PhD. I am doing experimental condensed matter. In my country (an unkown place) , there is absolutely no way to do research in this field. I can only work as a lecturer in a university...

I have completed Ph.d. in macromolecular science, recently. I want to pursue post doc in the same subject. So, i want to know about the institutes in USA, Germany, Cannada etc., which offers these positions. Thanks

There's a post doc in my lab who almost never shows up for work, in the past two weeks I think I've seen him once in lab for a few hours. The only other time he shows up is when there is a lab meeting (food is served every time). When he comes in he talks condescendingly to me asking where...

hi all, i am dead certain i want to be physicist. But seems i will not get colleges in usa. Am a senior at high school and international. Physics education at my country for bachelors is very poor. So i am thinking of doing bachelors in engr here and applying for phd physics. How difficult is...

Hi, So I applied for a postdoc position for a research lab in France. In my cover letter to the PI (who's English) I wrote at the end: "I will call you next week to make sure that you received my CV. Thank you for your time and consideration." I received an acknowledgment of my application...

Hi guys, I have just completed my Master of Science in Physics from an Indian University. Now I wish to do PhD in the US. Being 31 years old, will it be too late for a PDF by the time I complete my PhD? As it is troubling me a bit, I just thought of having your opinion.

Hi Everyone, Could someone explain the difference between a post doc and a doc? Is doing a post doc neccesary? Is it something that's appealing?

The following idea occurred to me: It seems very hard to get scholarships into Primary and Secondary schools because everyone goes for them. And also very hard to get scholarships for undergraduate because of the small number of them avaliable and small number of universities. However, it's...