Academic Year 2025-2026
All talks are on Tuesdays at 6:30pm in Sibson Lecture Theatre 3 on the University of Kent campus in Canterbury unless otherwise noted.
2025 – Autumn term
7th October 2025
Seamus Davis – University of Oxford
Visualising Quantum Matter at the Atomic Scale
11th November 2025
Michael Hughes – University of Kent
How to Shrink your Microscope
9th December 2025
Felix Flicker – University of Bristol
How to Grow a Quantum Computer
2026 – Winter term
13th January 2026
CANCELLED – DO NOT ATTEND CAMPUS ON THIS DATE
Daniel Doherty – University of Surrey
Nuclear Physics – From Rutherford to Exploding Stars
Sorry about the late cancellation – this is due to the ongoing water supply issues. All non-essential events on campus are on hold to conserve water for those living there. The talk will be postponed when everything is back to normal – watch this space.
10th February 2026
David Green (AWE Blacknest)
Listening for nuclear tests: what can seismology tell us?
Weekend 20th-22nd February
The University of Kent will be hosting PLANCKS – an undergraduate physics competition bringing together teams from all over the UK and Ireland. Throughout the weekend, there will be talks which will also be open to the public. Watch this space for futher details as they are unveiled.
10th March 2026
Chris Solomon (Visionmetric)
Title: TBC
2026 – Spring term
14th April 2026
Dirk Froebrich – University of Kent
Big Science with Small Telescopes
8th Stephen Gray Lecture
Thursday 7th May, probably 4pm TBC
(Note day – this is not part of the regular Tuesday series)
Sir Peter L Knight FRS HonFInstP
Title TBC
12th May 2026
Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London)
Entropy and Information at the Frontiers of Physics
9th June 2026
Mark Telling – STFC
Magic Bullets and Plastic Sponges