John Anderson Research Colloquia 2008-2009
See also Glasgow University Physics Colloquia. (They may have donuts but we have free chocolate covered biscuits and coffee!)
Wednesday's at 3.00pm
(unless otherwise stated)
Room 3.14, John Anderson Building
107 Rottenrow, Glasgow
Coffee and Tea served at 4.00 pm.
All Welcome
Coordinated with the Colloquia at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Glasgow.
Forthcoming events 2008/2009
John Anderson Colloquia
Autumn 2008
1st October
Prof. Alex Cunningham (University of Strathclyde)
Lies, damned lies and statistics: An introduction to optical
oceanography
15th October
Dr Nick Lockerbie (University of Strathclyde)
Matters of Gravity
29th October
Dr Bryan Dalton (Swinburne University of Technology)
Theory of interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates
12th November
Dr Euan Hendry (University of Exeter)
Exploring electron dynamics in semiconductors using THz light
26th November
Dr Mikhail Portnoi (University of Exeter)
Carbon-based nanostructures as terahertz emitters and detectors
10th December
Dr Harry Ward (University of Glasgow)
LISA: Astronomy from measuring picometer changes over gigameter baselines
Spring 2009
4/2/09
Dr Simon Stebbing and Dr Ian McKeown (pq corp)
Title to be announced
Strath contact - David Birch
18/2/09
Dr Francesco Papoff (Department of Physics,
University of Strathclyde)
Title to be announced
4/3/09
Prof. Ingo Fischer (School of Engineering and Physical Sciences and
Joint Research Institute for Integrated Systems,
Heriot-Watt University)
Title to be announced
Strath contact - Gian Luca
18/3/09
Dr. Jesús Zúñiga Pérez (Centre de Recherche sur l'Hétéro-Epitaxie et ses Applications (CRHEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
“The role of electric dipoles in semiconductors: ZnO as a paradigm of polar materials”
Strath contact - Rob Martin
29/4/09
Dr Johannes Courtial (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Glasgow)
'METATOYs'
Strath contact - Steve Barnett
13/5/09
Dr Alastair Sinclair (NPL)
Trapped ions and single photons: ingredients for quantum technologies
Strath contact - Erling
27/5/09
Prof Ton Visser
Characterisation of the unfolded state of apoflavodoxin using picosecond-resolved fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
