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PhD



NOUN
doctor's degree
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Students have the opportunity to work with researchers, PhD candidates and professors conducting research at the campus through a group research project in which they present their findings to peers and professors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Additional authors include four former Scripps PhD students: Shailja Gangrade, Lillian McCormick, Ariel Pezner and Yassir Eddebbar, who is now a Scripps climate scientist.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

The cell he printed allowed him to carry out the tests he needed for his PhD.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Post-doctoral researcher Dr Hugh O'Connor began tinkering with the design of flow batteries when he needed one for his PhD - and realised it would cost £2,000-£3,000.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

A more complicated case, though one that unfolded outside the AEC’s security process, involved Frank Oppenheimer, a talented physicist who had received his PhD from Caltech but lacked his older brother’s theoretical profundity.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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