Keele Physics Centre
Evening Talk Series 2022-23
These talks are open to the public and are sponsored by the West Midlands Branch of the IoP.
Upcoming lectures
Talks start at 7.00pm and are followed by Q&A. These talks are free, open to the public and are sponsored by the West Midlands Branch of the Institute of Physics. All talks will be accompanied by a British Sign Language Interpreter.
| Date | Speaker | Title | In-person / virtual |
| 17 November 2022 | Mitchell Perry (University of Sheffield) | Quantum Sensors for the Hidden sector (QSHS) |
In-person |
| 26 January 2023 | Dr Kate Lancaster (University of York) | Is it Possible to Build a Star on Earth | In-person |
| 16 February 2023 | Dr Ronald S Gamble Jnr (NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) | The Nature of Cosmic Geometry | Virtual |
| 16 March 2023 | Dr Tianning Xu (ChargePoint) | Electric Vehicle Charging | In-person |
| 20 April 2023 | Dr John Mansfield (University of Michigan) | Micro-characterisation Applications of Cultural Artifacts | Virtual |
Previous lectures
2022
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 13 October |
Ashish Sharma & James Hackney |
Eratosthenes |
| 5 April |
Tommy Isaac (Progressive Energy Ltd) |
HyDeploy – Introducing hydrogen into the UK gas grid |
2021
|
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 16 December | Dr Patricia Schmidt (University of Birmingham) | Gravitational waves |
| 18 November | Dr Julianna Morbec (Keele University) | The fantastic world of 2D materials |
| 21 October | Professor Ard Louis (University of Oxford) | Why the world is simple: from evolution to algorithms |
| 18 March | Rossella Bonetti (Ansaldo Energia) | SMR lead-cooled fast reactors |
| 25 February | Allan Simpson (National Nuclear Laboratory - NNL) | Nuclear data - the original big data challenge |
| 11 February |
Dr Natasha Stephen (University of Plymouth) |
Extra-Terrestrial Geology; exploring Mars as an earth-bound astronaut |
| 21 January |
Dr Mark Whalley (Institute of Physics) |
2020
|
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|
17 December |
Professor Raphael Hirschi (Keele University) |
|
|
15 October |
Dr Kostas Nikolopoulos (University of Birmingham) |
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Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Barry Smalley and Dr Joana Oliveira
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Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
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