Name: Helen Smith
University of Oxford

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 3 November 2020 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Trinity: the treachery and pursuit of the most dangerous spy in history
Date: 3 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Professor Frank Close (Exeter College)
Venue Details: Via Zoom
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 16 June 2020 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Economic inequality from a statistical point of view
Date: 16 June 2020, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Siddharth Parameswaran (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Visualizing Electron-Pair Crystals in a Conducting Quantum Spin Liquid
Date: 20 October 2020, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : J.C. Séamus Davis (University of Oxford Department of Physics)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/97403217895?pwd=QWFJTlgxVlBDSXZ0KzYzdnNxTE1oQT09
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Siddharth A Parameswaran (University of Oxford Dept of Physics)

Tuesday 3 November 2020 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Trinity: the treachery and pursuit of the most dangerous spy in history
Date: 3 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Professor Frank Close (Exeter College)
Venue Details: Via Zoom
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 November 2020 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Pitcture-perfect planet: observing the Earth from hundreds of satellites
Date: 18 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Dr Will Marshall (Planet)
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Philip Stier (AOPP)

Friday 11 December 2020 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

From climate to energy: physics is key to the world's most pressing issues
Date: 11 December 2020, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker s: Prof Henry Snaith (Co-Director of the Programme on Solar Energy), Professor Myles Allen (Environmental Change Institute, University Of Oxford), Prof Ian Shipsey (Head, Dept Physics, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom - details to follow registration on eventbrite
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ian Shipsey (Head, Dept Physics, University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Nano comes to life: how nanotechnology ushers physics into biology, transforming medicine and the future of technology
Date: 11 February 2021, 15:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Prof Sonia Contera (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/2021/02/11/nano-comes-to-life-how-nanotechnology-ushers-physics-into-biology-transforming
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Siddharth A Parameswaran (University of Oxford Dept of Physics)

Wednesday 24 March 2021 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Racism and its effects on academia
Date: 24 March 2021, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Jason Arday (Durham University)
Venue Details: https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/2021/03/24/challenges-changes-in-physics-dr-jason-arday
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

61st Cherwell Simon Memorial Lecture - Scientific Research (and much more ...) at CERN
Date: 20 May 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Fabiola Giannotti (CERN)
Venue Details: via Zoom
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Daniela Bortoletto (Oxford Dept of Physics), Prof Paolo Radaelli (Dept of Physics)

Wednesday 26 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Minerva's Laboratory: Laura Bassi and the Pursuit of Science in Eighteenth-Century Italy
Date: 26 May 2021, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Paula Findlen (Stanford University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Paolo Radaelli (Dept of Physics)

Tuesday 1 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Brebis Bleaney Memorial Lecture: Driven Quantum Materials
Date: 1 June 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Andrea Cavalleri (Physics)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Paolo Radaelli (Dept of Physics)

Friday 11 June 2021 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

90 degrees south
Date: 11 June 2021, 18:30 - 19:30 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker s: Professor Daniela Bortoletto (Oxford Dept of Physics), Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford), Josh Veitch-Michaelis (Icecube South Pole Neutrino Observatory), Martin Wolf (Icecube South Pole Neutrino Observatory), Dr Jim Madsen (Exec Director Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center), Gwenhael de Wasseige (Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie)
Organisers: Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford), Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Daniela Bortoletto (Oxford Dept of Physics), Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford)

Saturday 12 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS): Women in Astronomy Convention
Date: 12 November 2022, 9:00 - 17:00 (Saturday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood lecture theatre
Organiser: Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Federation of Astronomical SocietiesSocieties

Tuesday 23 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Nuclear Risk - and how we can work to reduce it
Date: 23 May 2023, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Peter Collecott, David A Ellwood
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Moritz Riede (University of Oxford), Helen Smith (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Moritz Riede (University of Oxford)