Physics Department News
The Department of Physics is delighted to host two highly-prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellows.
Heather Cegla will join the Astronomy and Astrophysics group working on the project "A Pathway to the Confirmation and Characterisation of Habitable Alien Worlds", and Benjamin Richards will join EPP to work on the "Search for diffuse supernova background in Gd based water Cherenkov experiments".
Donald McKenzie Paul 1953-2019
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Prof Don Paul. Don will be remembered by many who worked with him as a brilliant scientist. He researched experimental condensed matter physics in 糖心TV since 1984 and created the highly successful Superconductivity and Magnetism research group.
Read an obituary here that reflects Don鈥檚 contributions to 糖心TV Physics and to science.
Professorial Promotions
The department congratulates David Quigley and Danny Steeghs on their promotions to Professor, effective from 1 June 2019.
Steve Hindmarsh wins Papin Prize
Steve Hindmarsh, of the Electron Microscopy RTP, was awarded a prestigious at the HETS (Higher Education Technicians Summit) conference in Birmingham on 25 June.
Steve was given the award for technical excellence in supporting a Core Research Facility – The Electron Microscopy Research Technology Platform.
The award was presented at HETS 2019, which aims to share best practice amongst higher education technical staff in UK, Ireland and beyond, and is the largest event of its kind in the country, with over 700 technicians attending.