Departmental news

Congratulations to Professor Valery Nakariakov, from our Centre for Fusion, Space & Astrophysics who has been awarded £2.1 million from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC AdG project aims to transformatively advance our understanding of the long-standing mystery of why the Sun's outer atmosphere - the corona - is heated to millions of degrees.

On Saturday 5th July we will be gathering to celebrate 60 years of Physics at the University of Warwick. All current staff and students, former staff members and alumni are invited to come along and get involved in a day of talks, demonstrations and tours. For more information and to register please visit: Physics 60th celebration

New funding has been awarded to Prof Tony Arber, Dr Keith Bennett, Dr Chris Brady and Dr Erwin Verwichte (University of Warwick) as part of a collaboration with the University of Exeter (lead institution), University of Sheffield, University of Cambridge and University of Glasgow.

We congratulate Prof. Julie Staunton (Theoretical Physics Group), who has received the 2025 Wohlfarth Memorial Lecturer Award from the IoP Magnetism Group. She delivered a plenary lecture at the Magnetism 2025 conference which took place in Sheffield on the 7^th and 8^th April.

Ananya Singh, a third-year PhD student under the supervision of Dr Wing Ying Chow, was selected to present her research at the prestigious STEM for Britain event held at the House of Commons on March 11, 2025. Her research focuses on the 'Development of solid-state NMR approaches for probing fungal and human matrices with relevance to human disease.'

Gleb Berloff, 3rd year undergraduate student studying Physics with Astrophysics, submitted an entry to the Posters in Parliament event, based on activity cycles in Sun-like stars. The opportunity was advertised through IATL and included a tour of the House of Lords and Westminster Hall, a workshop titled ‘Get your voice heard in UK Parliament’ followed by the Student Research Poster Exhibition in the afternoon.

Wednesday 8th January marked the 10th anniversary of the Warwick Physics Society weekly event, PhysCafé, an event which aims to display to students some of the many options open to them once they have graduated with their Physics degree. The event has seen many different speakers, from patent lawyers to authors, company founders to bankers, and, of course, Warwick’s very own research staff.

Astrophysicist Dimitri Veras of The University of Warwick has been awarded the prestigious George Darwin Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society.

Reza Kashtiban has been conferred the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA/Advance HE)Link opens in a new window through the Academic and Professional Pathway for Experienced staff.

We are excited to be involved in the STEM Connect programme in which the University is reimagining the future of STEM at Warwick by investing £425m into our new Science and Engineering precinct. Find out more.