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Welcome to the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen's University, Belfast

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"I hope that I can be the positive influence that many of my lecturers were many years ago!" — Dr Samuel Grant @QUBMathsPhys @QUBelfast.

👉 Find out more about Samuel and his work in our latest staff profile: https://t.co/SxO5PUTeBd

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Congratulations to Dr Alice Humpage, who successfully defended her PhD on Tuesday, 20th January 2026.
Title: The dynamics and evolution of simulated near-Earth asteroid families and interplanetary dust
Dr Apostolos Christou, Supervisor @QUBelfast @QubEps @QUBEngagement @AstroQUB

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Congratulations to Dr Andrew Rogers, who successfully defended his PhD on Thursday, 22nd January 2026.
Title: Properties of Interfaces in Uniaxial Ferroelectrics
Supervisor: Prof Marty Gregg @QUBMathsPhys @QUBelfast @QUBEngagement @astroCongratulations #LoveQUB @CDT_PIADS

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Congratulations to Dr Zachary Waller, who successfully defended his PhD on Monday, 12th January 2026.
Title: Efficient Algorithms for Nonparametric and Semiparametric Estimation with Interval-Censored Data
Supervisor: Dr Felicity Lamrock📷 @QUBelfast @QubEps @QUBEngagement #Love

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Congratulations to Dr Luke Majury, who successfully defended his PhD on Thursday, 11th December 2025.
Title: Ultraviolet Observations of Spectral Variability and Dynamic Processes During Solar Flares
Supervisor: Dr Ryan Milligan @QUBelfast @QubEps @QUBEngagement @AstroQUB #QUB

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Congratulations to Dr Daniel Simpson, who successfully defended his PhD on Tuesday, 9th December 2025.
Title: Advanced Diagnostic Measurements of Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
Supervisor: Dr Tom Field @QUBelfast @QubEps @QUBEngagement @AstroQUB #LoveQUB #Congrats

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Scientists from @QUBMathsPhys are part of an international collaboration which has been named the winner of the 2025 Into Change Award by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science @UFM_MIN.

The ENGRAVE team received the award for their work in tracing the origins of the universe’s heaviest elements, some of which are the building blocks of our existence.

Congratulations, everyone!

Find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/7xOptLwNH0

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Congratulations to Dr Niall McElroy, who successfully defended his PhD on Friday, 28th November 2025.
Title: Atomic structure and collisional data for elements applicable to magnetically confined fusion plasmas and neutron star mergers
Supervisor: Prof Connor Ballance @QUBelfast

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Congratulations to Dr Joseph Murtagh, who successfully defended his PhD today, Friday, 28th November 2025.
Title: Small Rocks, Big Data: Towards Centaurs, Neptune Trojans, and Comets in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time
Supervisor: Dr Meg Schwamb @QUBelfast @QubEps #LoveQUB

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#ICYMI
The 2025 #JohnBellDay Lecture in association with @QUBMathsPhys given by @AndreasAtETH from @ETH_en @ETHQuantumCntr.
You can now watch back on-demand, here🔗: https://t.co/b8VwspyIVW

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Congratulations to Dr Daniel Molloy, who successfully defended his PhD on Tuesday, 18th November 2025.
Title: Alpha-Particle Generation via Laser-Driven Proton-Boron Fusion
Supervisor: Prof Marco Borghesi
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Congratulations to Dr Conall Campbell, who successfully defended his PhD on Monday, 17th November 2025.
Title: Resource Distribution, Percolation, and Topology in Quantum Networks

Supervisor:
Prof Mauro Paternostro @QUBelfast @QubEps @QUBEngagement @AstroQUB #LoveQUB @CDT_PIADS

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Congratulations to Dr Josh Pollin, who successfully defended his PhD on Wednesday, 12th November 2025.
Title: Exploring the Origins of Type Ia Supernovae with Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer
Supervisor: Prof Stuart Sim
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Congratulations to Professor Dermot Green, from @QUBMathsPhys, who was recently awarded the "Promising Scientist Prize" for his outstanding contributions to theoretical atomic and molecular physics. 👏

🔗 Read more here: https://t.co/8zERWS0Kuf

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Congratulations to Dr Adam Hawkins, who successfully defended his PhD on Thursday, 30th October 2025.
Title: Resources and protocols for the distribution and use of non-classical correlations in quantum networks
Supervisor: Prof Mauro Paternostro @QUBelfast @QUBEngagement

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This year's John Bell Day Lecture is on 7 November.

In 1998 John Bell, a @QUBelfast alumnus – who had very warm memories of the physics department @QUBMathsPhys – was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science for distinction as a theoretical physicist.

https://t.co/TYNZNbr879

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Our John Bell Day Lecture takes place on Friday 7 November.

@QUBelfast alumnus Bell was a world-renowned quantum physicist. "Bell's Theorem" builds on a thought experiment by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky & Nathan Rosen. @QUBEngagement @QUBMathsPhys

https://t.co/TYNZNbr879

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The 2025 #JohnBellDay Lecture in collaboration with @QUBMathsPhys will take place online on Fri 7th Nov from 10.00am – 11.30am and will be given by Professor @AndreasAtETH of @ETHQuantumCntr.

Register here: https://t.co/K3v0UlDwo3 #quantum #computing #physics

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Our experts are on the hunt for exploding stars and hungry black holes.

Dr Matt Nicholl and Professor Stephen Smartt are part of a revolutionary new project that will obtain millions of new and detailed spectral observations of the sky over the next five years, capturing the light from cosmic objects in every individual colour.

“If we’re lucky, we may even find new kinds of stellar explosions! This will transform our understanding of how galaxies and black holes grow together and hopefully unlock some of the mysteries around our universe.” (Professor Stephen Smartt, Astrophysics Research Centre, @QUBMathsPhys)

Discover more here ➡️ https://t.co/fq9HUfrqHi

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