Professor Nick Wright
And yet it moves – My career following the motions of the stars
Professor Nick Wright will present his lecture, And yet it moves – My career following the motions of the stars, on Tuesday 2nd June at 6pm in Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building. A drinks reception will be held in Chancellor's Building from 5pm. If you'd like to attend, please sign-up here.
Biography:
Nick is a Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences and Director of the Astrophysics Research Centre. He completed his PhD in Astrophysics at University College London in 2009 before moving to the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics as a postdoctoral fellow. He was awarded a Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship in 2012 and an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship in 2015, which be brought to Keele University. He was awarded a lectureship at Keele University in 2020 and a Chair in Astrophysics in 2025.
Abstract:
From the time of Galileo to the present day, the motions of the heavenly bodies have always provided astronomers with clues to the structure and evolution of the cosmos. This is even more true today thanks to the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. In his inaugural lecture, Nick will share his career in astrophysics and his work studying the motions of stars to understand the formation and dissolution of star clusters.
- Event date
- Event Time
- 6:00PM
- Location
- Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building
- Organiser
- Keele Box Office
- Contact email
- boxoffice@keele.ac.uk
- Contact telephone
- 01782 734 340
