Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Niels Kjaergaard
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Professor Niels Kjaergaard delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: On a Collision Course with Lasers and Atoms
Myles Thayer retires after 45 years
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Mylre Thayer retires this week, after 45 years with the Department of Physics.
Physics Colloquium - Assoc Prof Sandro Wimberger
Monday, 24 February 2020
Assoc Prof Sandro Wimberger is from the Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università di Parma.
Otago physicists grab individual atoms in ground-breaking experiment
Thursday, 20 February 2020
In a first for quantum physics, University of Otago researchers have “held” individual atoms in place and observed previously unseen complex atomic interactions.
Physics Colloquium - Prof Jens Niemeyer
Monday, 17 February 2020
Prof Jens Niemeyer is from the Faculty of Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
Physics Colloquium - Prof Murray Holland
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Prof Murray Holland is from the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Physics Colloquium - Dr Dmitry Strekalov
Monday, 10 February 2020
Dr Dmitry Strekalov is a Senior Research Scientist in the Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech.
Physics Colloquium - Prof Gerd Leuchs
Friday, 31 January 2020
Prof Gerd Leuchs is the visiting Julius von Haast Fellow from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. Erlangen.
2020 New Zealand Sea Ice Symposium
Monday, 27 January 2020
The 2020 New Zealand Sea Ice Symposium is being hosted by the University of Otago and will take place on the 27th and 28th (Monday and Tuesday) of January at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Physics Colloquium - Professor David Snoke
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Prof David Snoke is from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Physics Seminar - Dr Gunsu S. Yun
Thursday, 19 December 2019
Dr Gunsu Yun is from the Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
2019 OERC and OCCNet Symposium
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Anna Tarr and Helen Prime win student prizes at the 2019 OERC and OCCNet Symposium.
Physics Seminar - Pengfei Yang and Yanfeng Zhang
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Ms Pengfei Yang and Ms Yanfeng Zhang are both PhD students studying at the Center for Nanochemistry (CNC), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University, Beijing
2019 Marsden funding success
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Prof Blair Blakie, Dr Danny Baillie, Assoc Prof Niels Kjærgaard and Dr James Croft and collaborators awarded 2019 Marsden funding.
Physics Seminar - Craig Chishom
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Craig Chisholm is a PhD Student at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
Physics Colloquium - Dr Ali Clarke
Monday, 14 October 2019
Historian Dr Ali Clarke is Collections Assistant at the Hocken, and is the author of several books, including "Otago: 150 Years of New Zealand’s First University". She will give a repeat performance of a talk given as part of a series on Great Scots.
Physics Colloquium - Dr Katharine Challis
Monday, 7 October 2019
Dr Challis works at Scion, New Zealand.
Physics Colloquium - Dr Alexander Salkeld
Monday, 23 September 2019
Dr Salkeld is from the University of Michigan, USA.
Amita Deb awarded 2019 MBIE Endeavour Round Smart Ideas funding
Thursday, 19 September 2019
2019 MBIE Endeavour Round Smart Ideas funding.
Physics Colloquium - Andrew Pauling
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Andrew gained his MSc at Otago under the supervison of Dr Inga Smith, Prof Pat Langhorne (Otago) and Professor Cecilia Bitz (Washington).
