In rapid succession, Christian de Podesta and Oliver Squire had their PhD vivas this week, having submitted their dissertations in under four years. Christian's viva was on Monday 20 January, with Philipp Niklowitz (external, Royal Holloway) and Montu Saxena (internal) as his examiners. Oliver's viva took place on Wednesday 22 January, with Paul Goddard (external, Warwick) and Mike Sutherland (internal). Both vivas seem to have gone very well, with examiners recommending minor corrections, so we can all be hopeful that Christian and Oliver will soon join the distinguished group of QM PhD alumni. Heartfelt congratulations to both from the entire group!
Oliver and Christian have already started technical jobs outside the narrow confines of academia.