Caolionn O'Connell on her thesis:

"I have hit a bump in the road, metaphorically speaking. A really big bump, such that even though my car might have lost a wheel, I am hoping it will still drive me to the thesis defense."

Stephon Alexander on interviewing for a faculty position:

"The interview? It was incredible. These things are grueling in one sense but exhilarating and exciting because you're selected from hundreds for a possible faculty gig. You get to define a research programme, have colleagues, students and postdocs to work with and get to teach—something I really love to do!"

Bryan Dahmes on his research:

"My goal is pretty simple. In order to get an analysis approved for release from our collaboration, there has to be lots of people who agree that I'm not just making things up, or (worse?) doing bad physics."

José Ocariz on signs of success:

"Not all days start with a nice series of e-mails. Fortunately, today is one of those! The first one was a message announcing that the European Union has approved our HELEN project … [which] will provide mobility and research grants for students, technicians and physicists from Latin America to work on collaboration projects with the European labs."