Welcome to our Science Public Lectures series!
This series of talks is open to all and free to attend. Lectures are held once a month, on the third Thursday of each month.
We welcome speakers in all areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) from across the University of Nottingham, and we hope you can join us to hear about some of the fascinating research that is being undertaken at the university.
Colleagues from across the university’s science community have been jointly hosting a series of public science lectures for over a decade.
The series is currently organised by colleagues within the Institute of Policy and Engagement and Dr. Hilary Collins (School of Pharmacy).
If you would like any more information about the series or would like to be added to the mailing list, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Upcoming events:
- Date
- 15/08/2024
- Location:
- Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
- Description
- In this lecture, Professor Cath Rees, Professor of Microbiology within the Faculty of Science, explores a new diagnostic method that may finally help us tackle TB, a global disease that affects every country in the world and kills more than 1 million people every year.
- Date
- 19/09/2024
- Location:
- Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.
Past lectures:
- Date
- 19/09/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.
- Date
- 15/08/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Professor Cath Rees, Professor of Microbiology within the Faculty of Science, explores a new diagnostic method that may finally help us tackle TB, a global disease that affects every country in the world and kills more than 1 million people every year.
- Date
- 20/06/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr Joe Heeley, Research Fellow within the School of Chemistry, will explore how we can use AI to address the problem of developing more sustainable processes and how we can encourage chemists to make their chemistry greener!
- Date
- 16/05/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Assistant Professor Charles Ogunbode, from the School of Psychology, will share findings from recent research into lived experiences of the 2022 heatwave among communities in Nottingham. The research details the range of physical, mental, social and economic impacts that people endured, as well as the way that people pulled together to look after one another.
- Date
- 18/04/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr Babatunde Okesola, Nottingham Research Fellow from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, will showcase how his team have created soft materials that resemble Jell-O (jelly) to repair damaged tissues.
- Date
- 21/03/2024
- Description
- In this talk, Dr Laura Blackie will discuss the extent to which the scientific evidence supports that individuals' perceptions of post-traumatic growth are aligned with reality, and the challenges in studying this phenomena with the scientific method.