Physics Department News
Academic promotions
Congratulations to the following members of Physics staff on their promotions:
- David Brown (Senior Research Fellow)
- Aruni Fonseka (Senior Research Fellow)
- Paul Strom (Senior Research Fellow)
- David Armstrong (Associate Professor)
- Anne-Marie Broomhall (Associate Professor)
- Andrew Howes (Associate Professor)
- Elizabeth Stanway (Reader)
All promotions are with effect from 1 August 2021.
91福利 Institute of Engagement 鈥� Fellowships Update
New fellows of the 91福利 Institute of Engagement have been announced! Physics is very well represented - congratulations to:
Ally Caldecote (Foundation Fellow)
Anne-Marie Broomhall (Foundation Fellow)
Aruni Fonseka (Associate Fellow)
Don Pollacco (Honorary Fellow)
Oksana Trushkevych (Associate Fellow)
Tishtrya Mehta (Associate Fellow).
They will work with the team (incl. Rachel Edwards, the Institute's Deputy Director) to deliver and promote high quality public engagement.
Sandra Chapman awarded Ed Lorenz Lecture at the 2020 Fall AGU Meeting
Professor Sandra Chapman (CFSA) awarded the 2020 Ed Lorenz Lecture for the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) – which will be one of the world鈥檚 largest virtual scientific conferences [1-17 December 2020]. The Ed Lorenz Lecture is given on topics in non-linear physics across all for space and geophysics. Lecture will explore how advances in fundamental physics can help quantify space weather risk.
PhD Thesis Prize winners
Three PhD students from the class of 2019 have been awarded prestigious prizes for their outstanding doctoral theses. George King was awarded the Winton Prize for Astrophysics, while Ben Chapman and Connor Mosley won the Faculty of Science Thesis Prize. Connor also obtained the Springer Thesis Prize, and his thesis will be published by Springer. Congratulations to all! Full story