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Latest news in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
Understanding the habitability of subzero temperature environments
25 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Stewart Gault who has received a grant to support research into the survival of bacteria at low temperatures.
Fellowship success for Dr Ricarda Beckmann
24 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Beckmann who has received a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship.
Distinguished Service Award for Dr Tiffany Wood
22 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Wood who has received an award for her contribution to the Society of Chemical Industry.
Scorching storms on distant worlds revealed in new detail
19 July 2024
Astronomers have created the most detailed weather report so far for two distant worlds beyond our own solar system.
Dr William Barter elected to lead the UK’s contribution to particle physics experiment
12 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Barter who has been elected as LHCb-UK Physics Coordinator.
Fellowship success for researcher following career break
12 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Erin Goldstraw who has been awarded a Daphne Jackson fellowship.
King’s Birthday Honours List recognition for Professor Murray Campbell
10 July 2024
Professor Murray Campbell’s community service has been recognised with the award of the British Empire Medal.
Fellowship success for under-represented research student
19 June 2024
Congratulations to Gracie McGill who has been awarded a Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund.
Talent recognised by fellowship success
12 June 2024
Congratulations to Chancellor’s Fellows Drs Gurtej Kanwar, Sarah Rugheimer and Catriona Wimberley.
Research impact award recognition
04 June 2024
Congratulations to Susanna Richmond who has been awarded the University of Edinburgh’s Impact Enabler prize.
PhD student team involved in planet discovery
23 May 2024
Discovery of planet Gliese 12 b may help unlock some aspects of our own solar system’s evolution.
Release of observations and data from the Euclid space telescope
23 May 2024
Results provide a glimpse of the telescope’s power and performance.
Congratulations to new Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow Professor Victoria Martin
30 April 2024
Professor Victoria Martin joins the 57 names recognised as being some of the greatest thinkers, researchers and practitioners working in or with Scotland today.
Award for outstanding contributions to soft matter and biophysics
30 April 2024
Congratulations to Dr Davide Michieletto who has been awarded the British Biophysical Society Louise Jonson Early Career Award.