Staff
3 July 2012
2012 Institute of Physics Prizes
Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Katherine Blundell has been awarded the Bragg Medal "For promoting engagement in and learning of physics both by carrying research in astronomy into schools in developing countries and by helping graduate students and postdocs in the UK to talk to schoolchildren about their science."
3 July 2012
BBC 'Horizon' filming at Oxford Physics
On Monday 2nd July, the Lindemann Theatre in the Clarendon Laboratory hosted the 'Horizon' BBC film crew, where Robert Taylor (Professor of Condensed Matter) and Marcus du Sautoy (Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics) filmed an episode that was all about temperature scales and the role of Lord Kelvin. They included demonstrations of the transition from normal to superfluid helium and the triple point of nitrogen.
26 June 2012
Mihran Vardanyan & Chris Boddy awarded prizes by OxTALENT 2012
Oxford University Computing Services' OxTALENT program has awarded First Prize in the Student IT Innovation category to Mihran Vardanyan for his development of the iCosmos cosmology calculator.
21 June 2012
Neutrinos put cosmic ray theory on ice
The IceCube telescope buried beneath the South Pole has failed to detect any high energy neutrinos accompanying exploding fireballs in space, undermining a leading theory of how cosmic rays are born (Nature 484:351,2012).
16 May 2012
Application submitted for Athena Swan Silver Award
Physics has long been a male-dominated subject. To fulfil the department's scientific mission, it is vital that we use the full potential of the population and redress that imbalance. Since 2010, the department has been developing a portfolio of new and existing actions to improve the employment conditions and practice for all staff and students. Good practice benefits everyone, but disproportionately benefits women. These actions, and the critical assessment that led to them, are described in our application for an Athena Swan Silver Award.
Oxford Energy Society - Inaugural Seminar
This new student society aims to inform people about the challenges surrounding the supply and demand of energy, and climate change.
The Energy Soc Inaugural Seminar – and Post Seminar Drinks!
No booking required.
Email subscribe@energysoc.org to join our mailing list.
Visit www.energysoc.org for more info on the society other events we are organising for this term.
26 April 2012
Dr Sam Vinko winner of the 2012 IOP Culham Thesis Prize
The prize is awarded annually to the candidate who has displayed excellence in the execution of the scientific method as witnessed by the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Plasma science from a UK or Irish university. The thesis content should exhibit significant new work and originality, clearly driven by the nominee, be well explained and demonstrate a good understanding of the subject. The prize consists of £500 in cash plus an expenses paid trip to the annual IOP plasma physics conference, where the recipient will be asked to give an invited talk.
Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to Discovering New Materials
Paul C. Canfield
Distinguished Professor and Robert Allen Wright
Chair of Physics
Senior Physicist, Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University, USA
New paths to particle dark matter
The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent developments concerning searches for dark matter, as well as relevant astrophysical issues and particle phenomenology. On Thursday 29th March there will be a Half-day Meeting (2-6 pm) to take stock of the field, while Friday 30th March will be devoted to a Workshop (9 am-4 pm) concerning both theory and experiment.
Subir Sarkar s.sarkar@physics.ox.ac.uk
19 March 2012
Oxford physicist reaches final of FameLab UK
Oxford Physics researcher Andrew Steele will be competing in the UK final of FameLab on Wednesday evening. His three-minute talk on a scientific topic will be pitted against those from nine other national finalists, selected at heats around the country.
The final will take place at the Royal Institution in London, for those who can’t make it to the capital, it should also be viewable as a live stream online.