Great Country Academician

Chapter 196 Unexpected Student

It took two days for Xu Chuan to complete the interviews with the twelve resumes of his opponents, and finally selected three of them.

Gu Bing, a doctoral student from Jiaotong University in China, Roger Dean, a doctoral student from Politecnico di Milano, and Shahi Perez, a doctoral student from Université Paris VI.

Three students, from three different countries, all PhD students.

The youngest is Gu Bing, twenty-five years old, and the oldest is Roger Dean, thirty-one years old.

In fact, according to the application materials, the resumes of these three people are not the best and most beautiful among all of them.

But after the interview, Xu Chuan finally settled on these three students.

Because these three people showed the strongest pursuit of academics during the interview process.

This is a very intuitive thing. It is very important whether you have the pursuit of academics.

In his opinion, the first element of leading a student is to find someone who is sincerely willing to delve deeper into this field.

Things you don't understand can be learned slowly and mastered slowly. But if the heart is not on scientific research, there is really no way.

If the heart is not on scientific research, no matter how much you teach, it will be useless.

After securing the student quota, Xu Chuan sent the list to Princeton staff.

The admission information will be updated on the school's official website.

Of course, he will also tell these three students, after all, what he needs are students who enter early, so there is not much time left for the other party to prepare.

But fortunately, there is still a month to go, and he can help with the school's information report, admission application and other things. It is enough for the three students to prepare their visas.

After dealing with the matter of recruiting students, Xu Chuan got up to have dinner.

Although he has now moved to the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and lived in a villa, the kitchen utensils, tableware, and food are not prepared at home, otherwise he can cook for himself.

Strolling along Stockton Street all the way to Nassau Street, Xu Chuan randomly found a restaurant and walked in.

This is a rice restaurant, and there are quite a few people having dinner here.

Compared with the situation in China where dinner is not very important, dinner in the United States is generally richer.

If you want to have a good dinner, you can choose a rice restaurant.

After ordering dinner and waiting for the other party to deliver it, a clear and pleasant voice came over.

"Hi Xu, long time no see."

At the same time, a figure walked to his side and sat across the table.

Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, looked at the girl opposite him with some doubts, and asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"Xu, have you forgotten about me? This is really sad." The girl opposite said suddenly with a sad face.

Hearing this, the corners of Xu Chuan's eyes twitched, but since the other party said that, he must have seen it somewhere.

Flipping through his memories, his eyes lit up, and he said quickly, "Amelia!"

Seeing Xu Chuan think of herself, Amelia suddenly showed a bright smile on her face. "It seems that you still remember me, which is really happy."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Forgive me for not recognizing it for a while, you have changed too much."

The girl named Amelia on the opposite side was met when he participated in the IPHO physics competition a few years ago. She is a talented girl from Germany and led the German physics team as the captain.

Although the results of the Germanic Sports Team were very hip at that time, Amelia won the individual gold medal at that IPHO, and she was also one of the only two girls among the individual gold medal winners.

But to be honest, it’s not because he didn’t recognize her for a while, it’s because Amelia has changed a lot in the past few years.

In the past few years, she was very thin and short, and she looked a little malnourished, but now she has completely disappeared from the previous problems. She has grown a lot taller and opened up a lot.

"Has it become more beautiful?" Amelia raised the corners of her eyes and asked slyly like a little fox like a crescent moon.

Xu Chuan recalled: "Of course, I still remember that you were very thin and small at that time, like a water monkey."

Hearing his description, Amelia rolled her eyes unhappily.

Xu Chuan smiled, avoided the topic and asked, "By the way, why are you here?"

"My father was hired to come to Princeton last month, and now he's an associate professor in the physics department."

Amelia explained: "In addition, I also applied to come here to study for a Ph. D., so I came here in advance to familiarize myself with the environment."

"Which professor is your father?" Xu Chuan asked curiously. He should basically know all the physics professors in Princeton.

"Stanford Allwin." Amelia said a name, Xu Chuan suddenly nodded, it turned out to be him.

Stanford Elwin, professor of Princeton Department of Physics, an expert in optoelectronic physics and electromagnetism, has won the world's highest award in radio wave science, the Patton Award, and can be said to be a top leader in the field of optoelectronics and electromagnetics.

But in his previous life, he hadn't had much contact with the other party, after all, optoelectronic physics was not in his field of research.

Nodding his head, Xu Chuan congratulated with a smile: "So that's the case, congratulations, I hope you can spend a pleasant few years in Princeton and reap fruitful results."

Amelia waved her hand and said, "Compared to you, I am far behind. You have even solved Hodge's conjecture, and you have become a professor at Princeton, while I am qualified to enter doctoral studies."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's just that I get some inspiration occasionally."

Amelia squinted at him and said, "I really want to have such an inspiration."

Xu Chuan laughed. It was quite nice to meet an acquaintance from the past for a chat in Princeton by accident.

The two chatted for a while, and Amelia seemed to think of something. She looked at Xu Chuan and asked, "Xu, I heard that you are already a professor in the Princeton Department of Mathematics, right?"

Xu Chuan nodded, looked at Amelia in confusion, and said, "Yes, I signed a contract with Princeton not long ago."

"You haven't recruited students yet, have you? I'll be your student."

Amelia uttered surprises, Xu Chuan almost fell off the chair, coughed several times before recovering, and said, "How is this possible!"

Amelia looked at Xu Chuan strangely, her blue eyes were full of puzzlement. Asked: "Why not? Do you dislike my poor grades?"

"My grades are not bad. Although I can't compare with yours, my GPA is also 3.9. I have also published two SCI papers in the second district. One is in the direction of mathematical physics, and the other is in the direction of theoretical physics. Yes, and besides, I have a mathematics paper in District 2."

Xu Chuan was silent for a moment. An undergraduate student can publish three SCI papers in District 2, in two different fields of mathematics and physics. This achievement is quite excellent even if it is placed in the world.

However, his sudden refusal was probably because he felt that there was a sense of disobedience?

Maybe it's a bit embarrassing to enroll an acquaintance as a student?

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chuan, whose mind was a little short, wanted to understand where the sense of disobedience was, and quickly asked, "Wait, our majors don't match. You are studying physics, and I am a professor of mathematics."

Amelia said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. I am a double major in Gothic. I study physics and mathematics, and the major I chose when I applied to Princeton was mathematical physics."

"Although you are a professor of mathematics, your ability in the field of physics can definitely be a professor at Princeton."

"You have solved the mystery of the proton radius and calculated the most ideal search decay channel for the coupling between Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark Yukawa. These are all difficult problems in the world."

"Especially the latter. I have read your original thesis and calculation data. It can be said that it is the most perfect combination of mathematics and physics. What's more, your supervisor is Professor Edward Witten. I believe that your physical ability will definitely not Worse than math."

"I believe I can learn more if you are my mentor."

Xu Chuan paused, not knowing what to say.

Amelia's vision is really accurate. His physical ability is indeed not inferior to mathematics, and at the current stage, it is even stronger, even if he has proved Hodge's conjecture.

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan asked, "Haven't you already applied to Princeton? The mentor should have been confirmed, right?"

Amelia bent her crescent-like eyes and smiled like a cunning little fox: "But Princeton does not stipulate that you must come if you accept the invitation. It has not officially enrolled yet. If I cancel the entry invitation, then you Just send me another copy."

"In comparison, I think following you is more promising."

After a long silence, Xu Chuan, who didn't know what to say, said, "I have already accepted three students."

Amelia froze for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Is it so fast? Didn't you just become a professor at Princeton a few days ago?"

After a pause, she continued, "But what does it matter? Princeton doesn't stipulate that a professor can only accept three students."

"If you are worried, you can interview me. I think I should be able to meet your standards and requirements."

Xu Chuan coughed lightly, and said, "I suggest you go back and ask your father first, maybe he may have a different opinion."