Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and find out about our innovative work. Everybody is welcome! Please register as soon as possible (deadline: 27th September).

Natural Sciences Showcase

10:00 – 18:00, SAFB G34 LT

Welcome coffee from 9.30 in the concourse level 1

• Departmental talks sessions: 10:00 -15:45 in SAFB G34 LT (coffee breaks in the concourse level 1)
• PhD students poster competition: 12:30-13:30 in SAFB 120-122 (lunch will be provided) – see list of poster presenters
• Panel session – Beyond the Research Frontiers in Natural Science: 16:00 – 17:10 in SAFB 120-122
• Awards from 17:15 with canapés & drinks reception in the concourse level 1

Don’t miss this great opportunity to engage with our academics and postgraduate students. Please see the full programme below:

Programme

(Coffee and tea will be available from 9:30 in the concourse level 1)

10:00-10:05 Welcome by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

10:05-10:35 Centre for Environmental Policy Showcase

• 10:05 – 10:20 Professor Nick Voulvoulis (Professor of Environmental Technology) – Transitioning to a sustainable circular economy
• 10:20 – 10:35 Matilda Dunn –How does the United Nation System work together on biodiversity goals

10:35-11:20 Department of Mathematics Showcase

• 10:35 – 10:50 Dr Thomas Cass (Reader in Stochastic Analysis) –Unparameterised paths: signatures, rough paths, and the mathematics of multimodal data
• 10:50 – 11:05 Efthymios Costa – Clustering mixed-type data: which method to choose?
• 11:05 – 11:20  Shubham Gupta – Discrete functional inequalities

Coffee break (11:20-11:30)

11:30-12:30 Department of Life Sciences Showcase

• 11:30 -11:45  Professor Faith Osier (Chair of Malaria Immunology & Vaccination) – Making malaria history through vaccination
• 11:45 – 12:00  Alisia Fadini – Studying Dynamics in Photoactivated Proteins –Resolving the Hula-Twist Mechanism
• 12:00 – 12:15  Emma Walmsley – Revealing hidden micropeptide functions using high-throughput screening
• 12:15 – 12:30  Anna Strampelli – A male-drive female-sterile (MDFS) system for population suppression of the main malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

12:30-13:30 Lunch & Poster session

13:30-14:30 Department of Physics Showcase

• 13:30 – 13:45  Dr Heather Graven (Reader in Climate Physics) – Atmospheric measurements demonstrate under-reported natural gas leakage in London 
• 13:45 – 14:00  Guanchen Peng – Measuring Acceleration of Atoms to Constrain Dark Energy Models which may explain the accelerating universe 
• 14:00 – 14:15  Simon Williams – Quantum computing approaches for simulating high energy collisions
• 14:15 – 14:30  Torben Skrzypek – How string theory connects black holes and superconductors

Coffee break (14:30-14:40)

14:40- 15:40 Department of Chemistry Showcase

• 14:40 – 14:55  Dr Nazila Kamaly (Lecturer) – Stimuli-responsive nanogels: a versatile drug delivery platform 
• 14:55 – 15:10  Adam Sills – Exploring the mechanics of an enzyme: a multidisciplinary approach
• 15:10 – 15:25  Juan Rojas Munoz – Synthesis of Substituted Oxetanes as Design Elements for Drug Discovery
• 15:25 – 15:40  Benji Fenech Salerno – Multi Analyte Biosensing using Printed Graphene Transistors

15:40 -15:45 Closing remarks by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

Coffee break (15:45-15:55)

16:00 – 17:10 Beyond the Research Frontiers in Natural Sciences

Panel discussion

• Panel members:
  • Dr Doryen Bubeck (Life Sciences) – AI in structural biology 
  • Professor Mark Crimmin (Chemistry) – Frontiers in Synthetic Chemistry 
  • Dr Mitesh Patel (Physics) – What is the latest in Particle Physics?
  • Dr Sarah Filippi (Mathematics) – AI changing healthcare
  • Dr Mai Bui (Centre for Environmental Policy) – Role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in sustainable energy systems
  • Panel chair: Claudia Cannon (Faculty of Natural Sciences)  

17:15 – 18:00 – Canapes reception and Prizes

• Awards will be given at 17:30