In November this year,Laurent Simons, a 15-year-old Belgian boy, successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Antwerp and became one of the youngest PhDs in quantum physics in the world.. Laurent was born in 2009, has an IQ of 145 (only 0.1% of people in the world can reach this level), and has a photographic memory.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in physics at the age of 11 with the highest score of 85%, and a master's degree in quantum physics at the age of 12 with the highest score of 85%. His research interests are bosons and black holes.Obtaining a PhD degree at the age of 15, compressing twenty years of study for his peers into just a few years.
In December last year, he completed a two-month internship in quantum optics at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
During this period, he began to explore the intersection of physics and medicine, participated in colorectal cancer case-control studies, trained machine algorithms to distinguish plasma samples from cancer patients and healthy people, and devoted himself to developing early detection methods for cancer.
For Laurent, the impetus to cross physical and medical boundaries stemmed from his grandparents' heart disease, which made him aware of the fragility of life.
After losing my grandparents,He has decided to go to the University of Munich in Germany to study for a second doctorate in AI medicine., studying how to extend human life through technological means (such as replacing worn parts of the body with mechanical parts), and even achieve "superhumanity".
It is worth mentioning that, contrary to the inherent impression of a genius, Laurent likes to play video games such as "Fortnite" and "Minecraft". He is a fan of the Marvel Universe and loves Iron Man the most. He hangs out with friends on weekends and likes to visit Universal Studios.
