Astrophysics Seminars

The Astrophysics Group usually has a seminar on Thursday afternoon. The first Thursday of each month is reserved for the Astrophysics Group Meeting and one internal seminar is held each month.

The time allocated to speakers for their presentations is about 30-50 minutes with a short 3 min break in the middle and followed by questions. Seminars begin at 2.30pm unless stated otherwise. We are very happy that we are having in-person seminars again. Occasionally, we will have a virtual seminar to hear a talk from non-UK based speaker.

Angharad Weeks, Jennifer Friske and Paul Kuin are the seminar organisers. If you have any coments or would like to give a seminar please contact Paul, Jenny or Angharad.

Seminar schedule January 2023 – December 2023

DateTitleSpeakerThursday 5th JanuaryASTRO GROUP MEETING Thursday 19th JanuaryNeutron Stars/PulsarsSilvia Zane
MSSLThursday 2nd FebruaryASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 9th February

Planetary Discs

Alexander Scholz
St. AndrewsThursday 16th February

Exoplanet Host Stars
Galactic Chemical Evolution

Angharad Weeks and Jennifer Friske
MSSLThursday 23rd FebruaryGalactic Dynamics

Matthew Hopkins
University of  Oxford

Thursday 2nd March
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 9th March
Imposter Syndrom

Paola Pinilla
MSSL

Thursday 16 MarchExoplanets

Edward Bryant
MSSL

Thursday 23rd March 
Exoplanets

Ed Gillen
QMUL

Thursday 30th MarchStellar Populations

Claudia Maraston
University of Portsmouth

Thursday 6h & 13th April
EASTER BREAKThursday 20th AprilInternal SeminartbcThursday 27th April
Exoplantes

Louise Neilsen
ESO

Thursday 4th May
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 11th May
Exoplanet Atmospheres

James Kirk
Imperial College London

Thursday 18th MayExoplanetsOscar Barragan Villanueva
University of OxfordThursday 25th MayNeutron Stars and Gravitational Waves

Nils Andersson
University of Southampton

Thursday 1st June
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 8th June
Planet FormationAmy Bonsor
University of CambridgeThursday 15th JuneInternal SeminartbcThursday 22nd June
X-raysLucy Oswald
University of OxfordThursday 29th JuneX-ray burstsPhil Charles
University of SouthamptonThursday 6th July
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGAugust
 SUMMER BREAKThursday 7th September
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 14th September  Thursday 21st September
  Thursday 28th September  Thursday 5th October
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 12th October
  Thursday 19th October  Thursday 26th October
  Thursday 2nd November
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 19th November
  Thursday 9th November  Thursday 16th November  Thursday 23rd November
  Thursday 30th November  Thursday 7 December
 ASTRO GROUP MEETINGThursday 14 December, 14:30  

Previous seminars

Our previous seminar schedules can be found below.