So this week we hosted a conference at Newcastle University in honour of Prof. Carlo Barenghi’s 65th birthday. There were some fascinating talks and it was great to see so many people travel to Newcastle from all over the world in celebration of my Masters supervisor and colleague.
I’ll take this as an opportunity to say a few words about Carlo myself. I have only been working with Carlo for around 2 years now, but in that time I can honestly say he has had such a large impact on my academic career already. During my Masters project he really pushed me to be better and taught me how to be a better researcher. He always gave me great advice regarding a career in academia and it was because of him that I wanted to do a PhD and stay in research. I would be more than happy to achieve half of what he has in my career and to hear somebody talk about their work with such passion is a real inspiration to me. Even now, whilst my PhD is in another area of mathematics we continue to work together and he still takes such an interest in my work and how I am doing.
So thank you Carlo for all that you have done for me and I look forward to continuing our work together.