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Venus Keus

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education:

    AUT(2001-2006), TUDelft (2006-2007), Chalmers (2007-2008), ULg (2009-2012)

  • Qualifications:

    PhD in Physics

  • Work History:

    University of Southampton

  • Current Job:

    Post-doctoral researcher

  • Employer:

    University of Southampton

  • Favourite thing to do in my job: Challenging myself

  • My work

    Trying to find a relation between what happens to tiny things, what happens to huge things and what hapens to fast things

  • My Typical Day

    Well as a physicist most of my day is spent just thinking about stuff ;)

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    My typical day is filled with calculating stuff, writing up reports and papers, reading other physicists’ work and discussing physics with my colleagues, topped with some gymnastics 😉

     

  • What I'd do with the prize money

    Create an interactive website to play with different physics problems

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Ambitious, energetic and fun

      What's the best thing you've done in your career?

      Attended a school in Princeton where I had plenty of fruitful discussions with other physicists and made lots of friends.

      What or who inspired you to follow your career?

      I always wanted to be like Einstein.

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      Oh Yeah!

      If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

      A dancer or an artist

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Dean Martin

      What's your favourite food?

      hmm… I love all types of food, but if I have to pick I go for Italian.

      What is the most fun thing you've done?

      Bungy-jumping

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      I wish to explore the universe when I (1) shrink to a tiny size, (2) blow up to a huge size, (3) move with a very high speed

      Tell us a joke.

      How many theoretical physicists specializing in general relativity does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to hold the bulb and one to rotate the universe.

  • My profile link:
    https://ias.im/u.38411

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