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?