need some suggestions
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:31 pm
Dear all
Currently I am a Ph.D student in Hearing Science, doing research in physiological signal processings related to auditory perception. I have an idea recently about going for another Ph.D after finishing the current one. The second one I'd like to pursue is theoretical neuroscience, which is put under Applied Math division, since it's mainly about computational modelling of neural representations. Though I am not a math major, I personally believe the two research areas match well. However, I heard people say that it's hard to be offered with a second Ph.D because most likely one of them will be wasted. I actually consider the both are useful, because one is more experiment based while the other is theoretical related. Neuroscience itself is very interdisciplinary. What I plan to do is to study the same issue just from different aspects. I am not sure if this argument looks strong enough.
Another concern is that I am not a math major. I was a Biomedical Engineering major in undergrad. I took several math courses in Math&Physics department before. Now plan to take several graduate level math courses including matrix theory and statistics sequence. Also will for sure take the Math subject test. I don't know if this disadvantage would be less weighted if I do well in Subject test to show that I have the necessarily needed math background.
Someone says what matters is the research ability and matching of research areas. On the other hand, they say it's hard to get offered a second Ph.D. I don't mind spending years for another degree. Actually, I would be excited about it since theoretical neuroscience is the area I have dreamed to learn about. And I know lots of researchers change their research areas from what they did in Ph.D.
I am looking forward to hear suggestions! Thanks a lot!
Currently I am a Ph.D student in Hearing Science, doing research in physiological signal processings related to auditory perception. I have an idea recently about going for another Ph.D after finishing the current one. The second one I'd like to pursue is theoretical neuroscience, which is put under Applied Math division, since it's mainly about computational modelling of neural representations. Though I am not a math major, I personally believe the two research areas match well. However, I heard people say that it's hard to be offered with a second Ph.D because most likely one of them will be wasted. I actually consider the both are useful, because one is more experiment based while the other is theoretical related. Neuroscience itself is very interdisciplinary. What I plan to do is to study the same issue just from different aspects. I am not sure if this argument looks strong enough.
Another concern is that I am not a math major. I was a Biomedical Engineering major in undergrad. I took several math courses in Math&Physics department before. Now plan to take several graduate level math courses including matrix theory and statistics sequence. Also will for sure take the Math subject test. I don't know if this disadvantage would be less weighted if I do well in Subject test to show that I have the necessarily needed math background.
Someone says what matters is the research ability and matching of research areas. On the other hand, they say it's hard to get offered a second Ph.D. I don't mind spending years for another degree. Actually, I would be excited about it since theoretical neuroscience is the area I have dreamed to learn about. And I know lots of researchers change their research areas from what they did in Ph.D.
I am looking forward to hear suggestions! Thanks a lot!