Congratulations to Wang Qian on passing your viva voce on 7th May 2025!
Wang Qian is my first PhD student from China to successfully complete the viva. I hope her achievement will inspire her fellow Chinese colleagues under my supervision to follow in her footsteps. I truly admire her calmness and politeness in responding to the examiners’ questions. Many thanks to the chairman, both internal and external examiners, the assistant chairman, and the secretariat for making the session a fruitful one.
I currently supervise five PhD students from China, and Wang Qian is one of them. Interestingly, they did not know each other before starting their studies here, even though they come from the same country. One thing I am particularly proud of as their supervisor is how actively they support each other. They regularly hold online discussions to share ideas and experiences. Just tonight, Wang Qian shared insights from the four-hour viva session she recently completed.
