The $3,000,000 Fundamental Physics Prize established by the Milner Foundation has been awarded to Professor Michael Green (together with John Schwarz of California Institute of Technology) for the work he began at Queen Mary in 1984. For full details please see https://fundamentalphysicsprize.org.
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SPA Colloquium Series with String Theory and Holography
School Colloquium series of the School of Physics and Astronomy
Friday, 13th December 2013, 16:30, GO Jones Lecture Theatre
Postdoctoral position in CRST
The School of Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London has been awarded funding for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the CRST.
Post-doctoral position in String Theory
There is an opening for a post-doctoral position in string theory, starting in September 2014, shared between the string theory group of QMUL, London and the high energy theory group at WITS university, Johannesburg. For full details see inSPIRE and AcademicJobsOnline.
Maths/Physics Dialogue
We have started a series of Maths/Physics seminars at the interfaces of theoretical physics with mathematics.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 was awarded jointly to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs, "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".
Two new academic staff members in CRST
We are very pleased to announce that CRST will welcome two new academic members of staff from October 2013: Dr Constantinos Papageorgakis (Rutgers), who will join the group as a Royal Society University Research Fellow, and Dr Donovan Young (NORDITA), who will take on a three-year Lectureship in CRST.
Three new PhD students in CRST
We are very happy to announce that three new PhD students will join our group in the next academic year: Edward Hughes and Zachary Kenton, from Cambridge University, and Paolo Mattioli, from Bologna University.
Junk the Jargon
On Wednesday 27 February, ten PhD students from QM competed in the annual Junk the Jargon competition. Junk the Jargon challenges participants to communicate their research topic in an engaging and fun way to a broad audience - in just three minutes.
Juno Practitioner Status
The School of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to announced that it has been awarded Juno Practitioner status by the Institute of Physics. The aim of Juno is to recognise and reward departments that can demonstrate they have taken action to address the under-representation of women in university physics and to encourage
The National Student Survey 2013
National Student Survey is now open for all 3rd year BSc and 4th year MSci students to complete. We would like to encourage all of these students to complete the survey as soon as possible.
PhD positions in Theoretical Physics
The deadline for applying for a PhD studentship in the Centre for Research in String Theory is 31 January 2013. If you intend to apply, please follow the instructions here. Reference letters should reach us by the deadline.