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unusual facts about PhD degree



Richard Forno

Forno earned a Bachelor's degree in international relations from American University in 1994, a Master's Degree in international relations from Salve Regina University in 2002, and a PhD degree in Internet studies from Curtin University of Technology in 2010.


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Barry R. Clarke

In January 2014 he was awarded a PhD degree without amendments from Brunel University on A linguistic analysis of Francis Bacon's contribution to three Shakespeare plays: The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, and The Tempest.

Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel

He completed his bachelor's degree in arts and philosophy in Barcelona and his PhD degree in Madrid.

Bayar Dovdoi

He obtained PhD degree in the theme of “Stone sculptures of Eastern Mongolia”, and ScD degree in the theme of “Human Statues in Mongolian territory”.

Dimitri Mihalas

Dimitri completed his PhD degree in three years in 1963 in Physics and Astronomy, also from California Institute of Technology.

Edward L. Dreyer

In 1971 he earned a PhD degree with a thesis on "The Emergence of Chu Yuan-chang, 1360–65."

Einar Kristian Tveitå

In February 2010 he took the PhD degree at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, with the thesis Adhesive Capsulitis, Hydrodilatation and Some Aspects of Validity Regarding Shoulder Assessments.

Gary A. Tanaka

He graduated from MIT, then earned a PhD degree at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom with a dissertation on the mathematics of the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in a fluid flowing over a solid surface.

Jitendra Jatashankar Rawal

He received an M.Phil degree in Physical Sciences, from Calcutta University, in 1975, and a PhD degree in Astrophysics, from the University of Mumbai, 1992 (Thesis: Some Problems in the Solar System & in the Local Group of Galaxies).

John Endler

Born in Canada, Endler took his PhD degree at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and subsequently worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia and is currently working at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.

Jon Jenkins

He graduated BSc (Hons) and completed a PhD degree, being awarded the University Prize for his postgraduate work in virology, which was followed by studies of viral coat proteins, protein structure prediction, artificial intelligence in medicine, virtual surgery and 3D imagery construction.

Jüri Talvet

Talvet received his MA degree in English philology from the University of Tartu in 1972 and defended his PhD degree in Western European literature at Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University in 1981.

Kenneth O. Bjork

In 1935 he obtained his PhD degree on a thesis on Anglo-German diplomatic relations in the Bismarck era.

Matthias Wolfes

In 2002 he received another PhD degree (Dr. phil.) under supervision of Prof. Michael Salewski (University of Kiel).

Min Zhuo

In 1992, Zhuo graduated from University of Iowa with PhD degree in Pharmacology.

New investigator

Other organizations, such as the Alzheimer's Association, consider a new investigator someone that is less than 10 years past their PhD degree.

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Dr. Rumiana Jeleva, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (2009–2010), earned a PhD degree in sociology at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.

Prince Manuel of Bavaria

Prince Manuel was awarded a PhD degree in biology from Columbia University where he is now a cardiology researcher.

Roberto Cláudio

Roberto Cláudio (as he is known in politics) is a doctor, graduated from the Federal University of Ceará, in Fortaleza, and has a PhD degree in Public Health from the University of Arizona, in the USA.

Sudhir Srivastava

Srivastava received his PhD degree in biological science from Banaras Hindu University in 1977, followed by an MS in Computer Science from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1987 and a MPH degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1997.

William Henry Long

Under the guidance of George F. Atkinson, Long performed field work at Cornell University, which eventually led to a PhD degree awarded from the University of Texas in 1917.

Yigong Shi

In 1995 when receiving his PhD degree in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University, he has determined the crystal structure of several critical apoptotic proteins, including apaf-1, DIAP1, and the BIR3 domain of XIAP.

Younan Xia

Dr. Xia received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with Professor George M. Whitesides) in 1996, his M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with the late Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000) in 1993, and his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987.

Yurii Sh. Matros

After four years of research at this university, while simultaneously working at the Novosibirsk chemical plant, he received his PhD degree in 1964.