College Lecture Programme
Lecture Programme 2008-2009
2008
Quantum puzzles and their applications in future information technologies
Prof Anton Zeilinger
University of Vienna, Austria
Supported by Science Foundation Ireland
- UCC Monday 10 November 7.00pm
- DCU Tuesday 11 November 7.00pm
Committee contact: Síle Nic Chormaic s.nicchormaic@ucc.ie +353 21 490 2373
Light control on the nanoscale by plasmonic antennas and shaped pulses
Prof Niek van Hulst
ICFO, Barcelona, Spain
- UCC Monday 24 November 4.00pm
- UCD Tuesday 25 November 4.00pm
- QUB Wednesday 26 November 4.00pm
Committee contact: Emma Sokell emma.sokell@ucd.ie +353 1 716 2514
2009
The high speed universe
Prof Vik Dhillon
University of Sheffield
- NUIG Monday 2 February 4.00pm
- UL Tuesday 3 February 2.00pm
- DIT Wednesday 4 February 4.00pm
Committee contact: Ray Butler ray.butler@nuigalway.ie +353 91 493788
Using lasers to study single biological molecules
Dr Justin Molloy
National Institute for Medical Research
- UCC Monday 16 February 4.00pm
- QUB Wednesday 18 February 4.00pm
- TCD Friday 20 February 12.00pm
Committee contact: Cormac McGuinness cmcguin@tcd.ie +353 1 896 3547
Quantum information and Rydberg atoms
Prof Charles Adams
Durham University
- UCC Monday 23 February 4.00pm
- QUB Wednsday 25 February 4.00pm
- TCD Friday 27 February 12.00pm
Committee contact: Andrew Whitaker a.whitaker@qub.ac.uk +44 2890 973576
Birth of cosmic ray astronomy on the Argentine pampas
Prof Alan Watson
University of Leeds
- NUIG Monday 9 March 4.00pm
- QUB Wednesday 11 March 4.00pm
- UCD Thursday 12 March 4.00pm
Committee contact: Emma Sokell emma.sokell@ucd.ie +353 1 716 2514
Applications of solar radiation to water treatment: the Plataforma Solar de Almería experience
Dr Pilar Fernandez
Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Spain
- UL Tuesday 24 March 2.00pm
- RCSI Wednesday 25 March 3.00pm
- UUJ Thursday 26 March 4.00pm
Committee contact: Kevin McGuigan kmcguigan@rcsi.ie +353 1 402 2207
Quantum engineering and quantum gates
Prof Klaus Mølmer
Aarhus University, Denmark
- DCU Thursday 2 April 4.00pm
- NUIM Friday 3 April 2.30pm
- UCC Monday 6 April 4.00pm
Committee contact: Síle Nic Chormaic s.nicchormaic@ucc.ie +353 21 490 2373
Chiral surfaces: Nanoscale insights into macroscale mirror symmetry breaking
Prof Rasmita Raval
University of Liverpool
- UUJ Wednesday 15 April 4.00pm
- DCU Thursday 16 April 4.00pm
- UCC Friday 17 April 12.00pm
- NUIG Monday 20 April 4.00pm
Committee contact: Eilish McLoughlin eilish.mcloughlin@dcu.ie +353 1 700 5862
Binary Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity
Dr Joan Centrella
NASA, USA
- UCC Monday 20 April 4.00pm
- WIT Wednesday 22 April 4.15pm
- NUIG Thursday 23 April 4.00pm
- NUIM Friday 24 April 2.30pm
Committee contact: Creidhe O’Sullivan creidhe.osullivan@nuim.ie +353 1 708 3953
Tyndall Lecture 2009: The Human Body is the Ultimate Physics Laboratory
Dr Kevin McGuigan
Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- UCC Tuesday 20 January 12.00pm and 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Paul Callanan 021 4902468 or paulc@miranda.ucc.ie - UL Wednesday 21 January 12.00pm
Contact: Dr George McClelland 061 202469 or george.mcclelland@ul.ie - IT Carlow Thursday 22 January 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Loranne Vallely 059 9170474 or loranne.vallely@itcarlow.ie - NUIG Friday 23 January 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Ray Butler 091 493788 or ray.butler@nuigalway.ie - RDS Monday 2 February 12.00pm and 2.00pm
Contact: Alexis Steberger 01 240 7289 alexis.steberger@rds.ie - QUB Wednesday 4 February 2.00pm
Contact: Prof Bob McCullough 028 9097 3709/3523 or rw.mccullough@qub.ac.uk - WIT Tuesday 12 February 10.00am
Contact: Dr Gabriel Gallagher 051 302645 ggallagher@wit.it
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this programme. However, please contact a local organiser or nearest committee member for confirmation of times and details of venues.
Spring Weekend Meeting 2009
This will be held in Whites of Wexford with a Physics and Life theme: 3-5 April 2009.
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