<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Alegreya Sans";}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">*<b>sent on behalf of the Physics Society</b>*
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><br>
Hi Everyone,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Join us for the second guest talk of the semester: "Application of Intense Laser Light" by Dr Mark Wiggins. This talk will be held in TL423 (Teaching
and Learning Building) at 5pm on Tuesday 4<sup>th</sup> February. Please see the link below to book your free ticket. As always, all students and staff are welcome to attend. I hope to see you all there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/application-of-intense-laser-light-by-dr-mark-wiggins-tickets-1137767004739?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/application-of-intense-laser-light-by-dr-mark-wiggins-tickets-1137767004739?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Lasers are, of course, vitally important now to our everyday lives thanks to optical communications and other applications. However, new types of laser technology are opening
up new avenues of exploration in the 21st century. I will talk about cutting-edge physics projects that look to use very high intensity laser pulses as drivers for new types of particle accelerators and intense radiation light sources for society. Leading
work in this field has been conducted out at Strathclyde for more than 20 years and the state-of-the-art user facility, the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA), carries this work forward. SCAPA houses two very high-power
Ti:sapphire femtosecond lasers, including our so-called big laser at 350 TW peak power, to provide high energy particle beams and high brightness radiation pulses for users across all scientific and engineering disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="Signature">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">____________________________________</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="495" style="width:371.05pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing: border-box;border-spacing: 0px">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:153.45pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:153.45pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Matthew R. Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">PhD Student<br>
Institute of Photonics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Technology and Innovation Centre, Floor 5, Desk 128<br>
99 George Street<br>
Glasgow, G1 1RD, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-wilson-physics/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-wilson-physics/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">____________________________________</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:84.0pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:84.0pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Alegreya Sans";color:#222222"><img border="0" width="375" style="width:3.9062in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://new-og.is.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/logos/email_footer_logos.png" alt="University of Strathclyde and Safe360 logo"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:66.3pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:66.3pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">THE QUEEN’S ANNIVERSARY PRIZES</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">2019, 2021 & 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
For Higher and Further Education<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:66.3pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:66.3pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">2012 & 2019</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Times Higher Education<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:66.3pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:66.3pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">2024 RUNNER-UP</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Daily Mail University of the Year Awards<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:66.3pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:66.3pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">2024</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Daily Mail University of the Year Awards<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:50.1pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:50.1pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURIAL<br>
UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Triple E Awards</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:33.9pt">
<td width="495" style="width:371.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:33.9pt;box-sizing: border-box">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222">____________________________________<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>
<div id="x_Signature">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>