Theoretical physics
News involving the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
10 November 2017
Magnetic Wand Directs Particles in Microfluidic Device
Researchers propose a scheme to position, focus, and sort magnetic particles in a microchannel with a magnetic field.
2 November 2017
Congratulations to Chico Camargo shortlisted for IOP Award
Chico Camargo has been selected as one of four shortlisted finalists for the 2017 IOP Early Career Physics Communicator Award. More information about the award can be found here.
Good luck Chico!
Inaugural Oxford Network for Planets in the Universe Distinguished Lecture
Title: Getting to know alien worlds: Characterizing exoplanets from the ground and from space
Registration is required (no registration fee) Link to registration page
Time: 5 pm (to be seated by 4.50pm) on 8th November 2017
9 October 2017
Dr Fernando de Juan awarded Royal Spanish Physical Society prize
Royal Spanish Physical Society prize "Investigador Novel en Física Teórica" awarded to Dr Fernando de Juan for his work on the theory of two-dimensional conducting materials, especially their topological properties.
More details can be found here.
21 August 2017
DPhil Student Chico Camargo wins University Public Engagement Award
Chico Camargo, of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has won an Early Career Researcher award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards, which celebrate public engagement work across the University. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on 28 June hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson.
15 July 2017
2017 EPS DPP prize awarded to Justin Ball
Justin Ball, student of Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has been awarded a 2017 EPS DPP PhD Research Award for his study of the effect of plasma boundary shape on driving intrinsic rotation in the tokamak, and more generally on the confinement properties.
More information can be found here.
4 July 2017
Four Royal Society University Research Fellowships for Physics
The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 43 new University Research Fellows (URFs) for 2017. The University Research Fellowship scheme aims to provide outstanding early career scientists, who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen fields, with the opportunity to build an independent research career. The scheme is extremely competitive and URFs are expected to be strong candidates for permanent posts in universities at the end of their fellowships, and many have gone on to enjoy significant national or international recognition for their work.
6 June 2017
First Sam Edwards Thesis Prize awarded to Arnold Mathijssen
Congratulations to Arnold Mathijssen of the Rudolf Peierls Centre who has been awarded the first Sam Edwards Thesis Prize by the Institute of Physics Theory of Condensed Matter Group. The thesis describes research on the “Hydrodynamics of Microswimmers in Complex Fluids and Environments”. Arnold graduated last summer and now holds an HFSP cross-disciplinary Fellowship at Stanford.
2 June 2017
Ramin Golestanian awarded the EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize
The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics (EPJE) has awarded Iranian physicist Ramin Golestanian the 2017 EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize. Ramin was selected for his outstanding theoretical contributions to the physics of microswimmers and their hydrodynamic interactions which have led to a series of exciting new discoveries and stimulated the development of the field of active matter.
13 April 2017
A mechanical route to cell death
A MECHANICAL ROUTE TO CELL DEATH
By exploiting analogies to ‘active’ liquid crystals Oxford theoretical physicists have contributed to discovering a mechanical mechanism controlling the extrusion of dying cells from layers of tissue.
