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The Department of Materials regularly hosts inaugural lectures given by recently appointed Professors. These lectures are our opportunity to share the Department’s achievements and bring the research undertaken by our academics to the wider community.

 

Past Events

Watch one of our past lecturers:

Peter

Professor Peter Haynes

Going to Greater Lengths: Quantum-mechanical Simulations of Real Materials

Julian

Professor Julian Jones

Hi-Tec Glass: From Smartphones to Clever Bones

Natalie

Professor Natalie Stingelin

Cool Plastics for a Greener World

David

Professor David Dye

Adventures in Alloys

Professor Sandrine Heutz

Professor Sandrine Heutz

A Bright Blue World

Professor Mary Ryan

Inaugural lecture of the first postholder of the Armourers & Brasiers’ Chair, Professor Mary Ryan

Professor Baptiste Gault

A journey into atom probe tomography

Portrait of Ifan Stephens

Professor Ifan Stephens

Chasing volcanoes: catalysing our way to a more sustainable future

Professor Johannes Lischner

Professor Johannes Lischner, Professor in Theory and Simulation of Materials, will explain how stacking thin materials like graphene creates patterns.

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