How to thank a potential supervisor's email? I have recently interviewed by a professor in US after sending him my CV. A few days after the interview he mailed me and told me to do the formal application process and mention him as the professor I want to work with.
Now, I want to thank him for considering me as a choice of his future PhD student. What should I write?
Do not overthink this (and do not write a very long text). Just write


  Dear Prof. NAME,
  
  Thank you very much for considering me as a PhD student.
  
  Best, NAME