| Name: |
Bill Kamtchou |
| What year did you leave the Marist? |
2015 |
| What are your favourite memories of the Marist? |
Physics and Maths class, the school building itself and triple class religion |
| Were you a boarder/day pupil? |
Day |
| What subjects from school are/were most helpful to you? |
Maths, Physics, Chemistry and History |
| Were you part of any club or team while in school? Memories of this? |
Basketball, playing away games and heading to different schools on bus |
| Are you in contact with any of your class? |
Yes a couple |
| What has your career path been since you left the Marist? |
Almost another decade in further education |
| If you attended College –what college/s did you attend? |
Undergraduate at TCD in Astrophysics, Masters at UCD in Space Science & Technology and currently a PhD and Masters at UCD in Medical Physics |
| What course/s did you study? |
Stated above |
| What did the course/s involve – subjects/assessment etc? |
A lot of lectures and lab work. |
| Is/was there a lot of study to do? |
All incredibly dense course work. |
| Can you tell us about what your current job involves? |
As a PhD researcher I’m involved in daily research from computational work to experimental work in the hospital. I also do quite a bit of teaching for undergrads. |
| What advice would you give to our current Marist students |
Work hard but try to have as much fun as possible along the way. There are so many opportunities out there go and find what you love to do. |
