illuminating science

Well, it’s official! As of 23rd of February (backdated!) I am officially Dr. Joel Gilmore.

Woohoo!

My thesis, titled “Quantum dynamics of electronic excitations in biological chromophores: Models for the influence of the protein and solvent environment”, doesn’t quite obey thesis title conventions, but it does have a colon. It looks very nice in gold embossed font on my black bound thesis.

The corrections I had to make to my thesis were relatively minor, the big one being actually changing the title of my thesis! What I was really impressed with was how useful the examiner’s comments were; I know I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but sometimes reviewers for journal articles are a little, er, less than helpful. But both my PhD reviewers were generous with their praise (ahem), but also offered some useful improvements to my thesis. I think the thesis was definitely better after taking on board their suggestions, which I’m happy about.

So far, I haven’t found any typos, which I’m also happy about!

Tomorrow, I’ll post a (reasonably) “non-technical” summary of my thesis, which I added in after enough of my friends commented they didn’t understand any of it, including the introduction… Feedback always welcome!