Academician Li's envy is not unreasonable.

In fact, in the entire Chinese academic community, there is probably no one who does not envy Lu Zhou.

With the halo of the Nobel Prize Fields Medal on his head, the academicians of the two academies and the Chinese Academy of Sciences were elected at one time, the two or three hundred billion projects just moved their mouths, and thousands of scientific research dogs had to break their legs because of his papers.

And he has done all this, and he is not even in the age of standing......

For countless people, his accomplishments have basically marked the culmination of his career as a scholar.

However, there are some things that cannot be envied by envy.

In addition to envy, Academician Li Qingquan also admired in his heart that the earth-shattering achievements made by Professor Lu after returning to China were something that many people had to accomplish in a lifetime, or even in a lifetime.

He who can do all this does indeed deserve to be taken so seriously.

At least compared to the bureaucratic scholars who eat the corpses, he doesn't know where to go.

Just as the seminar of the Bureau of Science and Industry on the lunar mass projector project had come to an end, Lu Zhou, the initiator of the project, had already left Beijing and returned to Jinling.

So far, the work of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee has basically been on the right track, and as the important work has basically been arranged, Lu Zhou finally has time to move part of his energy from the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee to the Jindae side.

Coupled with the graduation thesis, he will basically come to the office here in the academy to show his face these days.

“…… Yesterday I received a reply from the editorial office of INTERNATIONAL-MATERIALS-REVIEWS, congratulations, your dissertation has been published. ”

Standing in front of Lu Zhou's desk, Han Mengqi's face showed a comfortable expression and he breathed a sigh of relief.

For this graduation thesis, she prepared for at least nearly half a year. Now that the stone had finally landed on the ground, she would be able to relax a little bit, at least until next summer.

Looking at Han Mengqi, who breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Zhou smiled and continued.

"Don't be in a hurry to breathe a sigh of relief, have you thought about what will happen after graduation?"

Hearing this question, Han Mengqi touched the back of her head a little embarrassed, then shook her head and hesitated: "I...... Haven't figured it out yet. ”

"Try to think about it as quickly as possible," Lu Zhou looked at her and said seriously, "If you plan to study for a doctorate, you can already start preparing in the first half of this year." If you are planning to find a job, you also have to find an internship in the first half of the semester, and if you have something you want to go to, I can help you write a letter of recommendation. ”

Staring at her toes, Han Mengqi said with a little nerve-wrenching: "...... Professor, may I ask a question? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Just ask, answering students' graduation inquiries is also part of my job." ”

"Studying for a PhD...... What kind of feeling is it? ”

"What does it feel like? This question is a bit abstract," Lu Zhou thought for a moment and continued, "How do you describe it...... Actually, it's probably the same as what you do every day now, right? The only difference may be in the mentality. ”

"Mentality?" Han Mengqi tilted her head and asked with some interest, "Can you be specific?" ”

Lu Zhou: "To put it simply, the work of a doctor is the same as that of a master's degree, but the difference is that the primary task of a master's degree is to skillfully use some scientific research tools, such as graphic-model, Markov chain, etc., and use these tools to solve some small problems encountered in scientific research work. At this stage, new problems and tools to use are usually raised by the supervisor, and the master is responsible for thinking of specific solutions. ”

"And the PhD study," Lu Zhou paused for a moment, recalling how he spent his Ph.D., and said, "The main task of the PhD is to solve new problems with new tools. As for the so-called new questions here, they can be raised by the teacher or by themselves. At this stage, students already have the ability to ask questions and come up with ways that others don't think of. It is from this stage that you can be considered to be able to engage in scientific research independently in the true sense of the word...... Are you listening? ”

"Ah......h

Reminded by Lu Zhou's voice, Han Mengqi, who was a little dull when she heard it, suddenly came back to her senses.

Noticing that Lu Zhou was looking at herself, her face suddenly turned slightly red when she realized that she was distracted, she scratched her head in embarrassment, bowed her head and apologized, "I'm sorry...... I was a little distracted just now. ”

Lu Zhou said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, I can see that your face is full of thoughts." When I'm too bothered by something to make a decision, even I get distracted, so there's no need to apologize. ”

Han Mengqi asked carefully, "...... Will you be stumped by something? ”

Playing with the pen cover in his hand, Lu Zhou, who was sitting behind the desk, was silent for a while, as if he didn't know how to answer this question.

However, after thinking for a moment, he replied in a slightly vague tone.

“…… Of course, people are all faced with problems that are beyond their means, and even I am not sure that every choice I make is the best. There are even some things that I haven't been able to give a good solution to even today. ”

For some reason, I suddenly cared about what Lu Zhou was talking about.

Blinking her eyes, Han Mengqi tried to muster up her courage and asked.

"May I ask what the question is?"

"Some personal questions......" Lu Zhou coughed lightly and forcibly diverted the topic, "To get back to the point, you have a good talent in scientific research, if you plan to continue on the academic road, I recommend you to continue to choose the direction of computational materials." In particular, the Berry phase and topological effects in phonons, as well as the development of 3D topological materials and hydrogen storage materials, are all quite popular and relatively easy to produce results. ”

The role of computational materials science is primarily focused on building predictable or descriptive models to help study the intrinsic mechanisms of materials and reduce the time and cost of new material development.

Ten years ago, it was a new discipline, but now it's basically mature. Especially after 18 years of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, many research institutes will open related research departments, and generally a strong materials science research team will also retain a PhD who is proficient in computational materials in the project team, so the opportunity to work is not worried.

As for the easier results to be produced......

Let's talk about it, it's actually just relative to Lu Zhou's laboratory.

Jinling Institute for Advanced Study is a leading experimental institution in the world in the fields of aerospace materials, carbon materials, and new energy. Many academic journals in this field have even been "contracted" by the papers they produce, so it is naturally easy for Jinling Institute for Advanced Study to make achievements in this field.

Looking at Han Mengqi, who was silent and silent for a long time, Lu Zhou turned the ballpoint pen in his hand and asked.

"What do you think?"

"I want to ......"

Biting her lip gently, Han Mengqi pondered for a long time.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she jerked her head up and said in a firm tone.

"I want to ...... Learn math with you! ”

Lu Zhou: "......?" ”