[staff-physics-and-astronomy-HL-UHD-UD] New PhD Council of the Department of Physics and Astronomy

[Juan Rojo]

Dear colleagues,

We are very happy to share thew news that the Department of Physics and 
Astronomy has now its own PhD Council.

The role of the PhD Council is to serve as representatives of all PhD 
candidates in the department and to work together with the Management 
Team and other stakeholders to support each other in our common goal of 
carrying out excellent, impactful research in a productive, safe, and 
nurturing environment.

The current composition of this council is:

- Mohammad Hossein Afsharian
- Bram Hoogland
- Sarah Lander
- André Lohde
- Gal Ross
- Kimiya Setayeshmehr

For the PhD candidates: should you be keen in contributing in any way to 
the activities of the PhD Council, or have ideas/suggestions about 
topics that need to be discussed, do not hesitate to reach to one of 
their members.

The PhD Council will meet regularly with the MT and with the Graduate 
School coordinator to discuss topics of common interest, from PhD 
policies and common roadblocks in the PhD trajectory to courses and 
trainings and to facilitating onboarding. The Council will also organise 
social events and team building activities - stay tuned for the first one.

Should you have any question, feel free to reach out. And many thanks to 
Mohammad, Bram, Sarah, André, Gal, and Kimiya for their availability to 
help the department in this important role.

Best,

Juan


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Prof. Dr. Juan Rojo
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam
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1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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