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Learn
about the history of IGPP with an interview with Professor
Walter Munk.
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Jim
Behrens
Third Year Graduate Student
Supervisor: Prof. Steve Constable
Research Interests: Seafloor electromagnetic exploration
methods
Jim
was interviewed on the top floor of the Revelle Lab at IGPP.
In the background is La Jolla Cove, with Mt. Soledad on the
left and the beach on the right.
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Click on
the following questions to link directly to Jim's answers.
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1. Where
are you from? What is your academic background? [0.5MB]
2. Why
did you choose to study at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary
Physics? [0.6MB]
3. Did
you have any clear research interests when you applied to IGPP?
[0.6MB]
4. So
were there specific advisors at IGPP whom you wished to work with?
[0.5MB]
5. Is
it true that in your first year you are periodically placed with
a different advisor throughout the year until you find an advisor
and research project that match? [1.0MB]
6. Does
your advisor dictate which courses you should choose in your first
year, or is it completely up to you? And do classes continue into
your second year, or is that when your research project 'proper'
starts? [2.6MB]
7. How
are the facilities here at IGPP? [0.8MB]
8. Are
there links with industry at IGPP - for example, oil and gas companies?
[0.9MB]
9. Through
your research have you attended any conferences, presented any talks
and/or posters? [0.8MB]
10. Is
there any funding available to graduate students to attend these
conferences? [1.3MB]
11. How
is the administrative support down at the main Scripps graduate
office? Can they help graduate students acquire grants? Are the
IGPP support staff approachable? [1.1MB]
12.
What are you thinking about doing when you finish your Ph.D.? A
post-doctorate research position? Would your supervisor help you
work out who is good to work with? [2.2MB]
13. What
is life like in San Diego - is it a nice place to live? [0.8MB]
14. What
about student housing? [1.1MB]
15. Have
you been on many research cruises? And what sort of experiments
are you running on them? [2.9MB]
16. When
you are on a cruise are you helping other people with their experiments,
are you running your own experiments, or a combination? [0.7MB]
17. If
you are on a cruise, do you and other graduate students help with
experiments, and is this reciprocated with others helping you?
[1.0MB]
18. What
is the nightlife like in San Diego? [1.0MB]
19. Any
sports that you do other than surfing? [1.0MB]
Thanks to Jim
for his time!
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