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Hello 

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Hello, would you like to introduce yourself?

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Hi, my name is Marie Genge.

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I'm currently a

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post-doc at the University of Lille's Earth Science department.

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I work for the oceanology and geoscience laboratory.

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I've done nearly all my studies 

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at the University of Lille, including my bachelor's and master's degrees.

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During my master's, I also spend time at the University of Uppsala

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in Sweden as part of the Erasmus programme, and then

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I went to the University of Padova in Italy to do my thesis under joint supervision.

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As for my research areas,

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I'm working on the evolution of the relief and landscape in active 

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zones, mainly in the Andes.

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OK, thank you very much for that introduction.

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And tell us, why did you decide to do your thesis under the international joint supervision

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initiative? 

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Initially, it was an exclusively Italian PhD

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and I was supposed to work on surface data,

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i.e. relief and the evolution of the topography.

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That was at the same time as my master's traineeship 

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on underground data at the University of Lille.

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And so, it actually quickly became quite clear that it would be useful 

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to combine surface data and underground data.

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So my two supervisors simply contacted one another 

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to discuss that, and after a few email exchanges 

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it was decided to set up a jointly supervised PhD at the University of Padova

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to work on surface data 

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and the University of Lille to work on underground data.

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Okay, thank you very much. 

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And so, how did you choose 

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the University of Padova as the other institute for your PhD,

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splitting it between the University of Lille and your host University?

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I chose the University of Padova simply 

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because I had been given the name 

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of a person there. I had been advised to work 

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with someone linked to the area I wanted to explore.

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So I was put in touch with a professor at the University of Padova.

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And when I contacted him, he had a thesis topic in mind. 

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And so

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all that was needed was a discussion by email.

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Just a simple exchange of emails.

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That's it.

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And can you tell us about the appeal of doing 

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your PhD under joint supervision and how you benefited 

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from it?

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In terms of the advantages, there are many. 

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I'll begin with my personal perspective 

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since after all that's what interests 

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most students who want to go abroad.

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First of all, it's about living abroad in total immersion.

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Learning a new language, 

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it's really enjoyable.  

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There's also the cultural immersion.  

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And from a professional perspective, in terms of research, 

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it's appealing to have quite a broad network.

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Working with two laboratories 

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means you work with way more people.

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That gives you a lot more contacts

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and so it's easier to have a large network, which is very important 

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for us later when trying to find work.

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What else? 

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It's also interesting to see the differences 

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between the University of Lille, for example, and the University of Padova.

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What I mean is seeing the different 

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methods the laboratories use as well as their work approach.

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Italy and France are quite similar, but actually, 

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in terms of work methods, you do find differences 

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and so it's very interesting to observe these two methods. 

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That way, when you get a job later in life, 

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you retain the best aspects of each environment.

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It's also really appealing to have two thesis supervisors.

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Simply because in general 

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they're specialized in quite different areas.

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And so having two different supervisors 

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gives you different perspectives 

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on scientific discussions which are very often complementary.

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And that allows you to progress quite quickly from a scientific point of view 

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because it gives you several opinions all the time 

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and that can give you loads of different ideas.

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So those are 

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some of the many benefits of joint thesis supervision.

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And tell us, did you notice 

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a difference in climate between Lille and Italy? 

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Yes, I felt the cold much more when

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I returned, and struggle with the climate in Lille now!

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But although it's very hot in Italy,

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it was really a fascinating experience.

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OK.

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That was a little bonus question, but we have one more for you.

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Do you have any advice for future PhD students to encourage them 

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to opt for joint supervision?

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The main piece of advice I would give is ...

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and this is something you should do for any thesis, to find out  

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about the laboratories,

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the different machines and tools they have at their disposal 

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which allow you to do your work, but also about the supervisors,

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your future supervisors:

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find out exactly what research they are doing, and see if it would be really interesting 

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to work with them. 

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And that's something you do using fairly traditional methods. 

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Except that in the case of joint supervision, you have to do it for two laboratories.

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So that can take a bit more time.

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But generally it can be done quite quickly.

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And if I can give another piece of advice, it would be to choose a country 

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where you would like to live.

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Then you get the chance to live there 

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for one or even two years.

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It's the place where your PhD will be based,

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and it's really fascinating to go and do it in another country

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where you would like to gain experience.

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Great!

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And if you like the sun, then Italy is the place?

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Absolutely, and good food.

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And good food, ok.

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Well, thank you very much Ms Genge.