Natalie B. Hogg

Cosmologist

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  • A collaborative week in Leiden

    A collaborative week in Leiden

    I spent the past week at the Lorentz Institute, the theoretical cosmology part of the physics community at Leiden University. My collaborators there are fellow members of CANTATA, an EU COST-Action that is mainly focused on creating and testing alternative theories of gravity, and I was awarded my second STSM (short-term scientific mission) by CANTATA […]

    Natalie Hogg

    November 20, 2018
    Academia, PhD, Travel
    leiden, PhD, Travel
  • Slow progress — but progress nonetheless

    Slow progress — but progress nonetheless

    This week I’m in the Netherlands, visiting colleagues at the Lorentz Institute at Leiden University. Leiden is a beautiful place– a scaled-down, tourist-free version of Amsterdam– and the institute is nice too. It’s the oldest theoretical physics institute in the Netherlands and has played host to many greats of the field, including Ehrenfest, Fermi and […]

    Natalie Hogg

    November 11, 2018
    Academia, PhD, Travel
    leiden, PhD, Travel
  • Year Two

    It turns out that maintaining a blog is somewhat difficult when faced with the time-consuming Cerberus that is a PhD. But, fuelled with a desire to practice my non-technical writing, I am dusting off my typing fingers and trying again. Two weeks ago I had my Major Review, which is essentially Portsmouth’s qualifying exam for […]

    Natalie Hogg

    November 4, 2018
    Academia, PhD
    major review, PhD
  • Applying for a PhD in physics

    Applying for a PhD in physics

    Almost exactly one year ago, I sent my final two applications off for PhD places in cosmology. One year on, as my department prepares to interview the candidates for October 2018 entry, I wanted to reflect on the application process. In total, I sent off nine applications and had three interviews. I was fortunate in […]

    Natalie Hogg

    February 17, 2018
    Academia, PhD
    applications, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, interview, PhD, physics
  • 2017 Summer Schools

    My PhD has (almost) officially begun, and this summer I attended two summer schools in preparation for the year ahead. The first was STFC’s Introductory Summer School for students in astronomy and related disciplines, and was held over the course of a week at the University of Manchester. There was a relaxed programme of events […]

    Natalie Hogg

    September 16, 2017
    Academia, PhD, Travel
    PhD, summer schools
  • Graduation

    The sun was shining yesterday as I graduated from Aberystwyth with my friends and classmates in a lovely ceremony and celebration. Following the formalities, the Physics department hosted a reception where we had a department photograph and some prizes were awarded. I was very surprised and humbled to be awarded the Breen Prize for best […]

    Natalie Hogg

    July 21, 2017
    Academia, Undergraduate
    aberystwyth, graduation, prize
  • Final degree results

    Yesterday I received the final results for my degree. My dissertation was awarded a grade of 82 and I also achieved a grade of 70 in my other final module, Advanced Research Topics, meaning that the final weighted average for my degree is 76. I will therefore be graduating in July with a 1st class […]

    Natalie Hogg

    June 30, 2017
    Academia, Undergraduate
    aberystwyth, Undergraduate
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