Chapter 196 Unexpected Students (Additional Chapter 110 for the Leader Gao Shan Liu Shui)

It took Xu Chuan two days to complete the interviews of the twelve resumes in his hand, and finally selected three people from them.

Gu Bing, a doctoral student from Jiaotong University in China, Roger Dean, a doctoral student from the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy, and Shashi Perez, a doctoral student from the University of Paris VI in France.

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

The youngest is Gu Bing, 25 years old, and the oldest is Roger Dean, 31 years old.

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

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

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

This is a very intuitive thing. Whether there is a pursuit of academics is very important.

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

You can learn and master things you don’t understand slowly. But if your heart is not in scientific research, there is really no way.

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

After locking in the number of students, 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 the three students, after all, he needs students who enroll in advance, so there is not much time left for them to prepare.

Fortunately, there is still a month, and he can help with the school's information reporting, admission applications and other matters. It is enough for these three students to prepare visas.

After handling the recruitment of students, Xu Chuan got up to have dinner.

Although he has now moved to the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and moved into a villa, the kitchen utensils, tableware, food and other things at home have not been prepared, otherwise he can cook for himself.

Walking along Stockton Street to Nassau Street, Xu Chuan casually found a restaurant and walked in.

This is a Mi restaurant, and there are many people eating dinner there at this time.

Compared with the situation in China where people don't pay much attention to dinner, dinner in the United States is generally more abundant.

If you want to have a better dinner, you can choose a Mi 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 with some doubts, and asked: "Excuse me, who are you?"

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

Hearing this, Xu Chuan's eyes twitched, but since the other party said so, he must have seen her somewhere.

His memories flipped, his eyes lit up, and he quickly said: "Amelia!"

Seeing that Xu Chuan remembered her, Amelia's face suddenly showed a bright smile. "It seems that you still remember me, which is really happy."

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

The girl opposite named Amelia was someone he met when he participated in the IPHO Physics Competition a few years ago. She was a talented girl from Germany and led the German Physics Team as the captain at that time.

Although the German physics team's performance was very poor at that time, Amelia won the individual gold medal at that IPHO, and was one of the only two girls among the individual gold medalists.

But to be honest, it's no wonder that he didn't recognize her for a while, because Amelia has changed a lot in the past few years.

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

"Have you become more beautiful?" Amelia raised her eyes and asked cunningly like a little fox.

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

Hearing his description, Amelia rolled her eyes unhappily.

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

"My father was hired to come to Princeton last month, and he is now an associate professor in the Department of Physics."

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

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

"Stanford Irwin." Amelia said a name, and Xu Chuan nodded suddenly. It turned out to be him.

Stanford Irwin, a professor in the Department of Physics at Princeton, an expert in optoelectronic physics and electromagnetism, has won the Patton Award, the highest award in the world for radio wave science, and can be said to be a top boss in the field of optoelectronics and electromagnetism.

But he didn't deal with him much in his previous life. After all, optoelectronic physics is not in his research field.

Nodding, Xu Chuan smiled and congratulated, "So that's how it is. Congratulations. I hope you can spend a few happy years in Princeton and reap fruitful results."

Amelia waved her hand and said, "I am far behind you. You have even solved the Hodge conjecture and have become a professor at Princeton, while I have just started my doctoral studies."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's just an occasional inspiration."

Amelia glanced at him and said, "I also want such inspiration."

Xu Chuan laughed. It was quite good to meet an old acquaintance unexpectedly in Princeton to chat.

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 have become a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton, right?"

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

"You shouldn't recruit students yet, right? I'll be your student."

Amelia's words were shocking, and Xu Chuan almost fell off the chair. He coughed several times before he recovered and said, "How can this be!"

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

"My grades are not bad. Although I can't compare with yours, my GPA is 3.9. I have published two SCI papers in the second zone, one in the direction of mathematical physics and the other in the direction of theoretical physics. In addition, I have a mathematics paper in the second zone."

Xu Chuan was silent for a while. An undergraduate student can publish three SCI papers in the second zone, and they are in two different fields of mathematics and physics. This achievement is quite excellent even in the world.

But his sudden refusal probably felt that there was something wrong?

Maybe it's a bit awkward to recruit an acquaintance as a student?

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan, whose brain was already a little insufficient, finally figured out the dissonance and asked quickly: "Wait, our majors are not related. You studied physics and I am a mathematics professor."

Amelia said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. I am a double major in Göttingen. Physics and mathematics are both my majors, and the major I chose when applying to Princeton is mathematical physics."

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

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

"Especially the latter. I have read your original papers and calculation data. It can be said to be the most perfect combination of mathematics and physics. What's more, your mentor is Professor Edward Witten. I believe your physics ability is definitely not worse than mathematics."

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

Xu Chuan paused, not knowing what to say.

Amelia's vision is really accurate. His physics ability is indeed not worse than mathematics. At the current stage, it is even stronger, even though he has proved the Hodge conjecture.

After thinking for a while, Xu Chuan asked, "Haven't you applied to Princeton? The tutor should have been decided, right?"

Amelia curved her crescent eyes and smiled like a cunning little fox: "But Princeton doesn't stipulate that you must come after accepting the invitation. I haven't officially enrolled yet. If I withdraw the invitation, you can just send me another one."

"Comparatively, I think it's more promising to follow you."

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

Amelia was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise, "So fast? Didn't you 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."