Olga Lychagina
“I studied at the Department of Particle Physics of the faculty of Physics at MSU. When it was time to choose the topic of my diploma, after the third year I came to the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems for a summer internship (in 2019), I wrote my bachelor's and master's theses, after graduation I stayed here to work as a research trainee in the DLNPDepartment of Particle Physics, and in parallel I am doing the postgraduate studies at the Physics Department of MSU.
Such a branch of physics that is fundamental and far from applied science attracted my attention back in my freshman year when, as a part of a nuclear physics course, we were told a bit about the formation of the universe, the diversity of particles in it, and how for years scientists had been trying to find neutrinos and had finally succeeded and filled one of the white spots in understanding how things worked.
The scientific direction I chose is studying rare processes in the DarkSide experiment. I am a collaboration member and we are publishing the article soon. My scientific supervisor is Oleg Yuryevich Smirnov, Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics).
I would like to advise girls who are at the beginning of their scientific career to be patient, determined, to choose their own way and keep within it, and not to pay attention to unconstructive criticism. I advise them to try to have a deep understanding of themes of interest and not to be afraid of difficulties since they are an integral part of the whole process. Remember that there is a place for creativity even in hard sciences.
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The Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems invites students with a bachelor degree and master’s degree, specialists, and postgraduate students to do an internship and write graduation theses. Information about the programme can be found on our website.
