Webinars: Summer 2022

Webinar 1: The Building Blocks of the Universe

This week’s webinar was hosted by Kate Ravilious with invited guests Kate Womack and Professor Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg. Kate Womak is a PhD student in Nuclear Astrophysics at the University of Hull. In the webinar, she discusses the stellar origins of the chemical elements and explains which astrophysical events make each element in the periodic table. Rodi is professor of physics at the University of Liverpool. He discusses the opposite extreme of the Nuclear Chart, looking at the structure of super heavy nuclei.

Webinar 2: Properties of Radiation

This webinar explores some of the uses of radiation with host Kate Ravilious and invited guests Dr Penny Bickle and Dr Adam Tuff. Penny is an Archaeologist at the University of York, researching the earliest farmers in Europe. Penny discusses how radiocarbon dating is used to find out about the past. Nuclear Physicist, Adam, talks about his work developing radiation detectors with company Tracerco, and explains a bit about the many important uses of such devices.

Webinar 3: Fission and Fusion

This webinar explores power generation using fission and fusion with host Kate Ravilious and invited guests Dr Kate Lancaster and Ashley Smith. Kate is an experimental plasma physicist at the University of York. In the webinar, she brings her expertise in fusion to explore how fusion energy could shape the clean energy landscape of the future. Ashley is a PhD student in nuclear physics at the University of Manchester. He speaks about his research, optimising the manufacture of nuclear fuel to improve its performance in a reactor.

Webinar 4: Medical Physics

Join host Kate Ravilious with invited guests Professor Thomas Elias Cocolios and Dr. Laura Sinclair. Thomas is based at based at KU Leuven in Belgium. He speaks about his research at CERN, which focuses on the production of new isotopes for medical applications, in particular for new treatments against cancer. Laura works as a senior medical physicist in Dublin, Ireland. Her main focus is using radioactive pharmaceuticals to image and treat patients, and ensuring the equipment is safe for the patients and staff.

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