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Welcome to the School of Physics

The study and teaching of physics at Trinity College has a long and distinguished history and has included figures such as Hamilton, Lloyd, Fitzgerald and Walton, who made important contributions to physics. Recent decades have seen a huge expansion of research in magnetism, photonics, nanoscience and soft matter, placing the School at the forefront of the subject in Ireland, with a leadership role in European science.
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School of Physics seminar programme

We offer five different undergraduate degree courses in which Physics is a main component:

TCD Physics Student Award First Place in Physics in 2009 Leaving Certificate
First Year Physics student Rebecca Feeney-Barry was awarded the Institute of Physics Silver Medal for the highest level of achievement in Physics in the 2009 Leaving Certificate.
http://www.iopireland.org/News/news_38950.html

TCD Space Scientists Create Technologies for Latest European Space Agency Satellite that Provide New Views of the Sun.

Space scientists in ity's School of Physics are celebrating the first images of the Sun from the European Space Agency's latest satellite, Proba-2, launched from northern Russia last November. The TCD Solar Physics team were responsible for developing novel image processing techniques to enhance and analyse these spectacular new images.

For further information see www.SolarMonitor.org

The press release image is here:
https://www.tcd.ie/Communications/assets/img/Proba2Sunimage01.10.jpg

New Staff Member

Dr. Paul Eastham has joined the School of Physics and CRANN as a Research Lecturer (funded by an SFI 'Starting Investigator Research Grant' (SIRG).

Paul is a theoretical physicist working on quantum many-particle physics, particularly in the context of the optics of semiconductor nanostructures such as microcavities. His work has covered phenomena such as Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons and excitons, unconventional forms of lasing, and the quantum Hall effect. He has also published papers on quantum magnetism, as well as classical complex systems such as spin glasses.

Paul joins us from Imperial College London where he was a post-doc in the condensed matter group headed by Derek Lee. He obtained his MSc in Physics in Oxford in 200o and his PhD from Cambridge was for a thesis on "Bose condensation in a model microcavity" in Prof Littlewood's group. He followed that with post-doc positions in Cambridge and later ICL.

Rising Star in Materials Science

Prof Johnny Coleman who has been named a 'Rising Star' in Materials Science by ScienceWatch.com based on the highest percentage increase in total citations from April 2009 to June 2009.

Einstein Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof Michael Coey has been appointed to a Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Twenty of these are awarded annually to distinguished foreign scientists, across all disciplines. The Einstein Professor is expected to visit China, and lecture in several institutes of the Academy. They also receive one or two young Chinese researchers in their own laboratory for visits of several months.

NEW - Computational Spintronics Group Website

The research program of the Computational Spintronics Group at Trinity College Dublin aims at developing a series of sophisticated methods for simulating small-scale devices, in particular including magnetic elements. These allow us to predict their properties ahead of experiments and to tackle challenging problems with a potential for generating novel revolutionary devices. Such devices are then pursued experimentally by our colleagues at the Center for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN).

Optical Analysis Laboratory Website

The Optical Analysis Laboratory provides a range of optical measurement and analytical techniques for the investigation of material systems. This site also contains information on various optical techniques established in the School, including details on the Photonics Laboratory in CRANN.

Spirit of Ireland - Public Launch May 7th 2009

Spirit of Ireland publicly launched the national project to campaign for the investment in natural energy for Ireland's future.

Postgraduate Opportunities 2009
Frame your future in Physics at TCD

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We also have a postgraduate programme offering MSc and PhD degrees by research.

Last updated: Feb 08 2010. | back to top

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