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For Students

This page is for students who are either a) already doing a project with me or b) thinking about it. The three sections below cover, in order: prospective Master’s and Bachelor’s students at DTU, prospective PhDs and postdocs from anywhere, and – at the bottom – resources for students who are already working on a project with me.

Master’s & Bachelor’s at DTU | PhDs & postdocs | Current students

Prospective Master’s and Bachelor’s students at DTU

If you are at DTU and would like to do your Master’s or Bachelor’s project with me: there is a procedure.

I am sorry about this formality, but the thing is that I teach two large classes and a lot of students see me, so I get many more requests than I can handle and still be good advisor. I might get 30-50 requests per semester and a realistic load is around 5 projects. Therefore a structured intake is the only way I have found to give each one a fair look.

Send me an email, using this exact subject line (this is because I use a filter to categorize), also it’s a kind of Van Halen test:

M.Sc. Project | Student number: [student number(s)] | Semester: [when you are planning to write your thesis]

(Use B.Sc. Project instead of M.Sc. Project if it is a Bachelor’s project.)

Attach the following:

  • A short application. Fill out this form and remember to return it as .md (please don’t send .docx).
  • A CV.
  • Your DTU grades so far.
  • A portfolio, of cool projects you’ve done during your studies (if relevant).

I read these as they arrive, but I am not always quick to reply. Apologies in advance.

Prospective PhDs and postdocs

I get a lot of emails from people who would like to join the group as a PhD student or a postdoc. That’s amazing and I’m honored. I read them all. But I get so much incoming mail that there are weeks when I simply can’t answer everything.

The reliable signal is this: every open position in the group gets posted on the blog and on LinkedIn. If you would rather have those announcements arrive in your inbox, the Bursty Transmissions newsletter is the slow channel for the same news.

Unsolicited applications are welcome too, but please understand that I cannot always promise an answer.

Current students

Two guides I have written over the years that are still the best reference for what I expect from a thesis project. Useful both before you start and while you are in the middle of it.

  • How to write a Master’s Thesis – a long, opinionated set of notes, mostly about process: how to keep track of what you have done, how to build a list of references, how to structure the text, how to write it. Re-read it once in a while during your project; you will get different things out of it at different stages.
  • Master’s defense notes – what actually happens in the room on the day of the exam, what each of the three stages is for, and how to prepare for them.