Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
My Fulbright Experience
My Fulbright Experience
Máté CsanádEötvös University, PhD Student(high energy nuclear/heavy ion
physics)Long Island, New York
Brookhaven National LaboratoryState University of New York at
Stony Brook
Máté CsanádEötvös University, PhD Student(high energy nuclear/heavy ion
physics)Long Island, New York
Brookhaven National LaboratoryState University of New York at
Stony Brook
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
MotivationsMotivations• Professional aspects
– One working high energy heavy ion collider is in the US
– Many experts of my subfield working there
• Cultural aspects– A foreign scholarship is a big experience– America: 100% broadening of
perspective
• The „Fulbright” aspect– Well known scholarship (looks good )– Noble purpose
• Professional aspects– One working high energy heavy ion
collider is in the US– Many experts of my subfield working
there
• Cultural aspects– A foreign scholarship is a big experience– America: 100% broadening of
perspective
• The „Fulbright” aspect– Well known scholarship (looks good )– Noble purpose
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
BrookhavenBrookhaven, RHIC, PHENIX, RHIC, PHENIX
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
Personal stories…Personal stories…• ’91 Honda Civic
– 20 miles from the Lab and Stony Brook, no public transport: need of a car
– It will be very easy (never looked up the rules before)
– At least a funny story • Margaret
– Jamaican origin funny habits– Openness, immediacy, pressure to talk
– Halloween, thanksgiving, christening
• Social Security Number …– Took me 6 months to get
• ’91 Honda Civic– 20 miles from the Lab and Stony Brook,
no public transport: need of a car– It will be very easy (never looked up
the rules before)– At least a funny story
• Margaret– Jamaican origin funny habits– Openness, immediacy, pressure to talk
– Halloween, thanksgiving, christening
• Social Security Number …– Took me 6 months to get
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006Margaret, a christeningMargaret, a christening
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006CIVICCIVIC
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006165 Muriel Street, Holbrook, 165 Muriel Street, Holbrook,
NYNY
Stony BrookStony Brook
HolbrookHolbrook
BrookhavenBrookhaven
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006Office, Stony BrookOffice, Stony Brook
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
Professional experienceProfessional experience• Learning a lot of new things
– What is impossible to learn here– What I never thought I would learn
• Get acquainted with a different working-style– Different people, different aspects, different speed– Huge international collaboration
• Chance for significant success– Cutting edge facility, top researchers– American Institute of Physics, #1 Top Story of
2005– Paul Dirac Diploma at the New Talents Session of
the International School of Subnuclear Physics, signed by Nobel-Laureate Gerardus t’Hooft
• Learning a lot of new things– What is impossible to learn here– What I never thought I would learn
• Get acquainted with a different working-style– Different people, different aspects, different speed– Huge international collaboration
• Chance for significant success– Cutting edge facility, top researchers– American Institute of Physics, #1 Top Story of
2005– Paul Dirac Diploma at the New Talents Session of
the International School of Subnuclear Physics, signed by Nobel-Laureate Gerardus t’Hooft
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
Home, sweet homeHome, sweet home• Frequentness of coming home
– Cheaper than from the western shore– Being home for Christmas
• Communication– Not a big deal, Internet, IP-based
telephony
• Re-integrating oneself back at home– Bringing back success, knowledge and
experience– Myself: starting a high-energy heavy ion
physics group
• Frequentness of coming home– Cheaper than from the western shore– Being home for Christmas
• Communication– Not a big deal, Internet, IP-based
telephony
• Re-integrating oneself back at home– Bringing back success, knowledge and
experience– Myself: starting a high-energy heavy ion
physics group
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006
Top Story 2005Top Story 2005• American Institute of PhysicsAmerican Institute of Physics: RHIC : RHIC
result:result:Most important physics story in Most important physics story in 2005!2005!
http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0410003http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0410003, 250 , 250 citationscitations ( (as of November 2006)as of November 2006)
• American Institute of PhysicsAmerican Institute of Physics: RHIC : RHIC result:result:Most important physics story in Most important physics story in 2005!2005!
http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0410003http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0410003, 250 , 250 citationscitations ( (as of November 2006)as of November 2006)
Csanád Máté, Fulbright on the road 2006The end?The end?
