On August 11, Ben gave his public defense to receive his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathology. The week before that, he had his private defense, where he presents to his committee members all the data he has collected over his four years in the program. They then tell him whether or not he has done enough research to finish and they said he did (it's got to be good research too)! He also had to publish a paper in a scientific journal, which was accepted just in time for him to go ahead with his defense. Anyone can come to the public defense to listen and ask questions. Many faculty show up to ask questions to stump you to see if you really know your stuff. Ben answered all questions with ease! His next step is to complete a post-doctoral fellowship in another lab for about 2 years. He started that position today! No rest for the weary!
The title of Ben's dissertation
Ben and his mentor, Dr. Lopez, who is an awesome guy and loves to take us out to eat and drink, especially at Rojo
He's finished!
11 comments:
Yay Ben!
That is such a cute pic of ya'll!
Congrats!
Which lab is he moving to for the next 2 years?
Congrats to you guys! That is a MAJOR accomplishment!
YAY!! Love that last picture!! haha!
What a wonderful job!! Glad you have a smarty pants hubs!
Whooo hoooo!!!!! Congratulations to both of you!
Matt said, "Congrats! Dr. Benjamin!" And me too!
yipeee!! that is a cute picture of yall!
Thanks for commenting on my blog;) Please tell Ben congratulations! We need to have a girls night soon!
Ok first of all you and Ben are so ridiculously smart...Sipsey is going to be in Mensa by age 5 for sure. Her math and science skills are probably already way better than mine. Second, LOVE that picture of you two! And congrats to Ben!
-Jillian Scott
I LOVE that last picture of the two of you! Congratulations!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS BEN!!
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