Student Research Connection in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
This unique event brings together students from across UK universities and connects them with top researchers in the field of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. We want to give students a chance to meet academics, see lab facilities, talk about career opportunities and deepen their interest in the topic. We hope this to be the first of recurrent annual events which gives students on various programmes an opportunity to meet and share their curiosity as well as develop links to academia and industry.
This event will be hosted virtually, so participants from across the country can join and learn about the exciting and cutting-edge science that is being conducted in this field. Lab tours, talks and other networking events will be held in the afternoons of 14th and 15th February 2023 to showcase the fabulous world of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.
In particular, we are honoured to be able to invite the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics Prof. Sir Kostya Novoselov to give a special talk on graphene research.
The event content will be targeted at 3rd and 4th year undergraduates and postgraduates in physics, who have taken university courses in the field of CMMP.
SRC CMMP 2023
Registration
Please sign up on this link on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/student-research-connection-condensed-matter-and-material-physics-tickets-490483137267
Please get tickets for "Standard Registration" if you are attending both days of the conference, and the one day tickets if you can only attend one day of the event.
Details
Date: 14 and 15 February 2023 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Time: 1pm to 6pm
Location: Gather Town
Details
The following details are provisional and are subject to change.
Tuesday 14th February
13:00 | Welcome |
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13:30 | Keynote talk on the role of central facilities in CMMP research | Prof. Paolo Radaelli, University of Oxford |
14:00 | Live tour of Diamond Light Source, the UK’s synchrotron X-ray facility including flash talks on current science | Prof. Sarnjeet Dhesi, Dr. Cephise Cacho, Dr. Alessandro Bombardi, Dr. Larissa Ishibe Veiga, Dr. Mirian Garcia-Fernandez |
16:00 | Coffee break |
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16:15 | Tour of ISIS, the UK’s Neutron and Muon source including talks on accelerator physics and an overview of current science at ISIS | Dr. Pascal Manuel, Dr. Aleksandra Krajewska, Dr. Haroon Rafique |
17:45 | Virtual pub |
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Wednesday 15th February
| 13:30 | Keynote talk on applied materials research | Prof. Chris Howard, University College London |
| 14:00 | Nobel Prize Winner special talk on graphene | Prof. Sir Kostya Novoselov, University of Manchester |
| 14:30 | Talk on SmartIR, a graphene start-up company | Dr. Margherita Sepioni, CEO of SmartIR |
| 15:00 | Talk on Materials modelling | Prof. David Bowler, University College London |
| 15:30 | Talk on fundamental research beyond graphene | Dr. Chris Stock, University of Edinburgh |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 | Talk on opto-electronics | Dr. Akshay Rao, University of Cambridge |
| 16:45 | Tour of the Cambridge opto-electronics laboratory | |
| 17:15 | Virtual pub | |
| 17:45 | Close |
Abstracts
Please see below for a booklet for talks' abstracts.
PhD Calls
The Diamond Light Source, who will be giving a tour of their state-of-the-art facilities, are also advertising for two funded PhD positions. Please see below for more details. Members of Diamond Light Source would also be present during the event to answer any inquiries you have about the positions.
Organisers
Dr. Monika Szumilo, Dr. Roger Johnson, Kelvin Ho, and Xiang Cheng
Any questions, please feel free to get in touch: m.szumilo@ucl.ac.uk or roger.johnson@ucl.ac.uk