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Pint of Science 2023: Shining a Light on Quantum Materials

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Stephen Church

25 May 2023

Group PDRA Stephen Church gave a public talk on our research at the annual Pint of Science Festival. He spoke to a paying audience at The English Lounge about automation, disorder, and the benefits of nano-scale lasers for the world.

Professor Parkinson

Professor Parkinson

I've been promoted to Professor of Applied Physics at Manchester.
04 Aug 2026 1 min read
Designing for Awe

Designing for Awe

We celebrate the outputs of scientific discovery: the Nature paper, the press release. But we rarely protect the conditions that produce it. What if awe isn't a nice-to-have, but the hidden driver of the research that matters most?
28 Jul 2026 6 min read
Welcome: Abbas Dalvi

Welcome: Abbas Dalvi

A welcome to new PhD student Abbas Dalvi, who joins from an MPhil with Manchester colleague Darren Graham. Abbas will be working on ultrafast optical microscopy techniques to study photonic integrated materials at high spatial and temporal resolution.
23 Jul 2026
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