Working at UZH

The UZH campus is beautiful.  The buildings have large windows and lots of natural light.  Everything is new and clean.  The office I am currently sharing with the post doc, Michal Chodkiewicz in the Sinergia project, who is writing the ZODS (Zürich Oak Ridge Disorder Simulation) software is large and has plenty of natural light which I really prefer. The first picture below was taken from the door of the office to show the window and the layout of the office.  The second is taken from the other side of the office and shows the white board where I was working out my two dimensional disorder simulation for a hexagonal lattice for the 2-D code I am writing.

We go for lunch in the Mensa cafeteria which serves hot lunches daily. They usually have three menu choices, one is always vegetarian. The other collaborators Hans-Beat Bürgi (University of Bern) and Thomas Weber (ETH) visit a couple of times a week to have discussions about our work. These discussions are educational and enjoyable. We skyped with ORNL yesterday and spoke with my advisor Robert Harrison and Vickie Lynch. It is interesting to work with so many experts in different areas and a privilege to learn from them all.