上周,我在 Soft Matter 上线了一篇长综述,《使用蛋白质的纳米孔测序:分子动力学模拟与实验室及工业发展的同步与异步》。这篇论文可以作为我在上家单位的终始之作吧(end of the beginning),断断续续写了一年半,审稿修稿经历了4个月。 论文本身不值一提。 初衷是:纳米孔测序从90年代初的草稿纸上的思想 ...
上周末,我参加了一场深圳某大学的某硕士专项的复试面试。这次偶然的经历令我有几点感想。 面试共有6套类似的考题,考生随机抽取一份,总时长20分钟,每套考题均含4题。前两题80分,后两题120分。 第一题为英语口语,由考官用英语问出,考生用英语作答,题目是“what’s your favorite book and why”之类行为问题 ...
Karl was a great mentor. He studied theoretical and computational chemistry. He taught at UChicago from 1968 till 2019 and mentored numerous students and postdocs. He respected his students as fellow scientists, expecting them to pursue learning with rigor, with interest, and with self-motivated dr ...