Dimitris CHATZOPOULOS

Most of the challenges for PhD students are related to remaining goal oriented, time management and maintaining a work-life balance. For Dimitris, it is concentrating on the first of these problems that has been essential to maintaining his research output. "The rule is simple: 'First things first'. Doing a PhD in a world-class university implies that you have to do world-class research and publish your work in world-class conferences and journals."

In his fellow postgraduate students, Dimitris has found a support network that has been vital to maintaining academic excellence and a healthy work-life balance. Be it through constructive feedback, group discussions or relaxing over delicious food, the atmosphere in the lab has been essential to both his personal and academic development...(Read More)