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PhD

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abbreviation

  1. Also: DPhil.  Doctor of Philosophy

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That idea is exactly how Sarah Thiele, formerly a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and now a researcher at Princeton, and her colleagues characterize today's massive satellite networks.

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"Now, I feel like I'm doing a PhD in couture," he explained.

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"Our measurement protocols can be directly applied to existing precision instruments such as optical lattice clocks," says Lex Joosten, PhD student in the Basel group.

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She holds a PhD, completed graduate research training at the University of Florida, and studies brain aging, physical activity, and cognitive health across adulthood.

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Lead author Dr. Carolyn Wheeler, a recent JCU PhD graduate, explained that the team also examined blood chemistry and hormone levels while the sharks were producing eggs.

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