An experimental research group, based in the Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Positron (AMOP) Physics section of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCL.

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The Optical Tweezers group, winter 2010

Two PhD studentships available

Two three-year PhD studentships are available to work on the Leverhulme Trust finded project 'Exploring stochastic dynamics with optical traps', starting in 2013. The studentships will pay a stipend and fees at the rate applicable to UK/EU students.

Contact Dr Phil Jones for details.

Juanjo Saenz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) is visiting and giving a talk on Scattering Asymmetry and Non-conservative Optical Forces, Fri 10 May 13

Matt Jones (Durham) is giving today's AMOPP seminar on Many-body physics with Group II Rydberg atoms, Wed 08 May 13

Isabel Llorente Garcia has joined the department as a UCL Excellence Fellow

MSci projects for Physics and Natural Sciences students available for 2013-14. Contact Phil Jones for details

Simon Cornish (Durham University) is giving today's AMOPP seminar on Bose-Einstein condensation with tunable interactions, Wed 24 Apr 13

Prof Phillippe Marmottant will be addressing the next meeting of the Bubble Users Group at UCL, Wed 23 Apr 13

Phil and Onofrio are visiting Giovanni Volpe at Bilkent Unversity, Ankara, 17-19 Apr 13

PHOTOPTICS 2014: 2nd International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology taking place in Lisbon, 07-09 Jan 14

Phil's article Optical Tweezers will appear in the next edition of the Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering

POP! The sound of bubbles will be at the Big Bang Science Fair, 14-17 Mar

Dr Susan Skelton is leaving the group to take up a postdoc position at the University of Osaka

Two PhD studentships for 'Exploring stochastic thermodynamics with optical traps' available for 2013 start. Contact Phil Jones for details.

Congratulations to Susan Skelton who successfully defended her PhD thesis, Mon 18 Feb 13

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