{"id":2,"date":"2010-05-27T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-09-10T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T16:27:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>My answers to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/culture\/quantum-dots-janko-sl-100909.html\">ScienceLives 10 questions<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat inspired you to choose this field of study?<\/strong><br \/>\nI found superconductivity and vortex matter mysterious and beautiful.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat is the best piece of advice you ever received?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhen you no longer care about a factor of 2, you should retire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat was your first scientific experiment as a child?<\/strong><br \/>\nThrowing a used tire off a balcony from the fifth floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat is your favorite thing about being a researcher?<\/strong><br \/>\nI have the unique chance to reveal, understand and explain something no one else ever has before.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat is the most important characteristic a researcher must demonstrate in order to be an effective researcher?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn my field, unique mathematical talent has to be combined with an outstanding ability to understand, interpret experimental data and to interact effectively with experimentalists.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat are the societal benefits of your research?<\/strong><br \/>\nQuantum dots are used as biomarkers in cancer research, virology and cell biology.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWho has had the most influence on your thinking as a researcher?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy postdoc advisors and collaborators, Nobel Laureates Alex Abrikosov, Rudy Marcus, Tony Leggett, and my Ph.D. advisor Vinay Ambegokar.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat about your field or being a researcher do you think would surprise people the most?<\/strong><br \/>\nThat we are able to see SINGLE molecules blink like stars on a clear night sky AND able to explain the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p><strong> If you could only rescue one thing from your burning office or lab, what would it be?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Myself.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat music do you play most often in your lab or car?<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthentic Roma (gypsy) music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My answers to the ScienceLives 10 questions: What inspired you to choose this field of study? I found superconductivity and vortex matter mysterious and beautiful. What is the best piece of advice you ever received? \u201cWhen you no longer care &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/condensed-matter-physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}