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PhD

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abbreviation

  1. Also: DPhil.  Doctor of Philosophy

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Iman Talebian, a PhD student who has been in Northern Ireland for three months, said he would have no prospects of finding a job with a good salary if he lived in Iran.

From BBC

Ruppert, a molecular biologist with a PhD, was at SDU when the study was performed and is now at Cornell University in New York.

From Science Daily

Portions of the research were conducted as part of her PhD work on Medieval Carrickfergus.

From Science Daily

Dr. Priestley said: "This was a really fun project to work on in my PhD, and I hope this research brings more attention to the importance of sugars in the immune system."

From Science Daily

He holds a PhD in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran.

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