Previous Seminars
Archive of previous seminars:
2025
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | Amanda Donohoe | [PhD Defence] A measurement of ultra-peripheral $\rho^0$ meson production in heavy ion collisions using the LHCb detector |
| Jan | Prof. Anna Ho | TBA |
| Jan | Gabriel Finneran | [PhD Defence] Searching for the signature of relativistic jets in stripped-envelope broad-line Ic supernovae |
2024
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Nov | Dr. Sivanandan (Hari) Harilal | How Laser-plasmas Can Help with Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring |
| Nov | Kevin Mongey | [PhD Defence] Spatial and spectral characterization of micrometer scale soft x-ray emitting laser-produced plasmas |
| Nov | Eoin Carolan | [PhD Defence] Information dynamics in controlled and uncontrolled quantum systems. |
| July | Prof Ioan Andricioaei | On Slow Relaxation: Examples from Glass Transition, Biomolecular Folding, and Granular Jamming, and Computational Methods to Simulate Their Kinetics |
| June | Eric Doyle | [PhD Defence] Atomic Structure Revealed by EUV Photoabsorption of 6th Row Ions |
| June | Ann McCann | [PhD Defence] Novel methods of quantifying tumour characteristics on PET/CT and their application in personalised dosimetry and therapy for patients with neuroendocrine tumours |
| May | Prof Tomaso Zambelli | Measuring cellular forces and currents with the FluidFM |
| May | Dr. Diana Chisholm | Distinguishing between redundancy and consensus when quantifying quantum objectivity |
| May | Dr Cosimo Inserra | Supernova frontier: beyond standard stellar demises |
| May | Prof Alex Evilevitch | Intranuclear herpes DNA ejection induces robust mechanoprotection of nucleus integrity required for viral genome replication |
| April | Prof. Darach Watson & Prof. Padraig Dunne | HEAVYMETALs from Binary Neutron Star Mergers |
| March | Fionnuala Curran | Maximal intrinsic randomness of a quantum system |
| March | Dr. Pamela Sooriyan | First Impression of the Data |
| January | Parinaz Mosaddeghi Amini | Multiscale Modelling of Food Protein Absorption on Solid Surfaces |
| January | Prof. Richard A. Amos | Particle Physics in Medicine: Targeting Cancer with Ion Beams |
2023
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| November | Dr. Anne Matthies | Simulated Cooling on Quantum Computers |
| November | Dr. Matteo Carlesso | Space experiments to test the foundations of quantum theory |
| November | Conor McGrath | [PhD Defence] Search for dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with VERITAS |
| November | Prof. Massimo Vassalli | Fluidic Force Microscopy to study Cellular Mechanosensing |
| November | Dr. Elizabeth Hays | Innovations to unlock the high-energy gamma-ray sky |
| November | Rachel Dunwoody | [PhD Defence] System-Level Qualification, Characterisation and Operation of a Cerium Bromide Gamma-ray Burst Detector on the EIRSAT-1 CubeSat |
| October | Nicolas Wong | [PhD Defence] Photoionization studies from laser-produced plasmas to synchrotron radiation |
| October | Robert Byrne | [PhD Defence] Massive Stellar Endpoints |
| October | Luke McConnell | [PhD Defence] Measurement of the Central Exclusive Production of the ρ0 meson with the LHCb Experiment |
| September | Ahmed Thuwayb Alanazi | [PhD Defence] Advanced Nanomaterial Composites for Enhanced Photocatalysis and Sensing |
| September | Eoin O'Connor | [PhD Defence] Characterisation and optimality of open quantum system dynamics |
| September | Serena O’Keefe | [PhD Defence] Optimisation of hypo fractionation in radiation therapy |
| June | Jonas Rigo | [PhD Defence] Models and methods for complex quantum nanostructures |
| May | Henry Legg | Topological superconductivity in topological insulator and Ge devices |
| May | Pamela Sooriyan | Diversity in Physics |
| April | R. Jason Jones | Frequency Comb Spectroscopy from the MIR to the VUV |
| April | Andrew Mitchell | Analogue quantum computation with nanoelectronic circuits |
| March | Xiongfei Bai | [PhD Defence] A study of low-dimensional laser-produced plasmas through modelling and experimentation |
| March | Emrullah Kargin | [PhD Defence] Probing electrostatic and electrochemical processes at the solid-liquid interface with electrochemical force microscopy (EcFM) |
| March | Nick Brereton | Lessons from Microbiome Exploration within Space Science |
| February | Maeve Doyle | [PhD Defence] On-Board Software Development & Mission Testing for the EIRSAT-1 Satellite and Prospects for Future Astrophysics Missions |
| February | Abolfazl Bayat | Quantum many-body probes |
2022
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| December | Richard Woolf | High-Energy Space Environment Research at NRL |
| November | Joseph Mangan | [PhD Defence] Hardware and Embedded Firmware Development of a Gamma-Ray Burst Detector for a 2U CubeSat |
| November | Hans-Joachim Galla | Cooperativity determines membrane protein function: ABC transporters and annexin |
| November | Alessandro Podesta’ | The interaction of room-temperature ionic liquids with cells and model biomembranes. An atomic force microscopy study |
| November | Hossam Ibrahim | [PhD Defence] The development of a spheroid-based migration assay on tissue-specific extracellular matrix |
| November | Dr. Pallavi Kumari | Correlative nano-mechanics of plant cell wall and polymer |
| September | Eleni Diamanti | Secure Communication in a Quantum World |
| September | Maria Moutzouri | [PhD Defence] Study of emission from the bow shocks of runaway massive stars at radio frequencies |
| August | Sean Brennan | [PhD Defence] Observational constraints on Supernovae and Supernova Impostors |
| August | Silas O'Toole | [PhD Defence] PEAR: A super-resolution imaging technique through active plasmonics |
| August | Jason Howard | [PhD Defence] Development of a soft X-ray light source for soft X-ray tomography and photoelectron spectroscopy |
| August | Pablo Poggi | A dynamical perspective on the reliability of NISQ-era quantum simulators |
| July | Takanori Miyazaki | [PhD Defence] Spectroscopy of multiply charged fifth row ions from plasma sources |
| July | Antonio Faraone | Quasi-elastic neutron scattering on soft condensed matter. Recent results on polymer nanocomposites |
| July | Emma Minarelli | [PhD Defence] Quantum transport in interacting nanodevices: From quantum dots to single-molecule transistors |
| June | Agata Fularz | [PhD Defence] Design of dielectric-based platforms for Raman and fluorescence-based chemical detection |
| June | Christina Kiel | Ras-effector networks in (patho)physiological contexts |
| June | Ioan Andricioaei | Computer Simulations of the Interaction of Ions, DNA and Dendrimers with Protein Pores: Examples and Theoretical Models |
| June | Brajesh Narayan | [PhD Defence] Long-time methods for MD simulations: Markov State Models and Milestoning |
| June | Patrick Wong | [PhD Defence] Interactions and Topology in Quantum Matter. Auxiliary Field Approach & Generalized SSH Models |
| June | Visakh V S Pillai | [PhD Defence] A biophysical study of the effect of ionic liquids on single proteins and amyloids |
| May | Michael Campbell | Hybrid pixel detectors |
| April | Rhaana Starling | The X-ray flaring behaviour of gamma-ray bursts |
| April | Peter Duffy | Particle acceleration in the shear flows of astrophysical jets |
| April | Elgiva White | [PhD Defence] Spectroscopic Investigations of the Physics of High-Z Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| April | Naomi Raab | [PhD Defence] Exclusive production of J/ψ and Φ mesons at the LHCb experiment |
| March | Krissia Zawadzki | DFT-inspired approximations for work and entropy: an analysis of driven Hubbard chains |
| March | Jessica Erkal | [PhD Defence] Investigating Jets and their Role in Star Formation |
| March | Baris Cakmak | Synchronisation in quantum systems |
| February | Emma Callis | [PhD Defence] Observations of Circumstellar Interaction in Diverse CCSNe |
How Laser-plasmas Can Help with Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring
| Speaker | Sivanandan (Hari) Harilal Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
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| Time | Tuesday 12th November, 15pm | |
| Location | C227 - Beech Hill |
Nuclear non-proliferation efforts aim to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology while promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy. This presentation explores the applications of optical spectroscopy (absorption, emission, and fluorescence) of laser-plasmas in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. Key applications include the standoff detection of nuclear-related isotopes (H, Li, U, etc.) and the use of laser plasmas as surrogates for nuclear or high-explosive events to understand plume chemistry. These advanced optical techniques contribute to safeguarding nuclear materials and enhancing our understanding of nuclear fireball chemistry.