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15 January 2019

Inaugural Brebis Bleaney Memorial Lecture

Inaugural Brebis Bleaney Memorial Lecture
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Past, Present and Future
Prof Mark Newton
Department of Physics, University of Warwick

3.30pm on 22 February 2019
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory

14 November 2018

Congratulations Prof. Michael Johnston

Congratulations to Prof. Michael Johnston who will be awarded the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize in December.

This is a silver medal from the Institute of Physics which is awarded in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Physics (http://www.iop.org/about/awards/bilateral/massey/page_38485.html).

The 17th Hintze Lecture: Professor Rocky Kolb

Date: 
31 Oct 2018 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Audience: 
General public (Age 14+)

Professor Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
The Quantum and the Cosmos
Wednesday 31st October 2018 at 17:00 (to be seated by 16:50)

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19 September 2018

New £50m physics building opened by Sir Tim Berners-Lee

The University of Oxford has marked the opening of the Beecroft Building, a new 8,950sqm building for experimental and theoretical physics.

World wide web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee and donor Adrian Beecroft joined the Chancellor, Lord Patten of Barnes, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, to officially open the new state-of-the-art facility located in Oxford University’s science area in Parks Road.

12 July 2018

Congratulations to Dieter Jaksch

Congratulations to Dieter Jaksch who has been awarded the 2018 Thomas Young Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for 'his contributions to theoretical proposals enabling the study of non-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics with unprecedented microscopic control in ultra-cold atoms, and establishing them as a quantum technologies platform.'

You can see more at http://www.iop.org/about/awards/page_71751.html

12 July 2018

Congratulations John Chalker

Many congratulations to John Chalker who has been awarded the 2018 Dirac Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for 'his pioneering, deep, and distinctive contributions to condensed-matter theory, particularly in the quantum Hall effect, and to geometrically frustrated magnets.’

You can see more at http://www.iop.org/about/awards/page_71751.html

In Conversation with: CalTech President Thomas Rosenbaum: New Ways to Interrogate Nature

Date: 
7 Jun 2018 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
First Floor Audrey Wood Meeting Room

CalTech President Thomas Rosenbaum will discuss new ways to interrogate nature on 7 June 2018 from 12:00-14:00 in the Physics Department (Audrey Wood Seminar Room).

President Rosenbaum will share stories of great discoveries with a CalTech bent and how they illustrate the creativity, persistence, and inspiration of science. He intends to make remarks for 20 to 30 minutes and to take questions on any topic desired for the rest of the time.

This event is free and open for all students and researchers, but there are only 40 places.

For more information contact: 

Dr Moritz Riede
Tel: 272377
Email: moritz.riede@physics.ox.ac.uk

2018 Halley Lecture

Date: 
22 May 2018 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Audience: 
General public (Age 14+)

22 May 2018 (17.30pm – door open 17.15)
2018 Halley Lecture
Professor Adam Showman, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PU (Followed by drinks reception – Martin Wood Foyer foyer)

Registration via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weather-on-remote-worlds-by-prof-adam-sho...

The 16th Hintze Lecture: Professor René Doyon

Date: 
25 Apr 2018 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Audience: 
General public (Age 14+)

Professor René Doyon, Director, Mont-Mégantic Observatory & Institute for Research on Exoplanets, University of Montreal, Canada
The Quest for Nearby Habitable Worlds
Wednesday 25th April 2018 at 5pm (to be seated by 4:50pm)

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16 February 2018

Prof Ian Walmsley becomes President of the Optical Society of America

Professor Walmsley took up the role of President of the Optical Society of America (OSA) on 1st January this year, having been elected to the role of Vice-President in 2016.

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