Departmental news

WMG’s Professor David Greenwood has been appointed as the independent co-chair of the Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC), to the Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroLink opens in a new window (DESNZ), alongside Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Paul Monks.Link opens in a new window 

The role of the council, compromising 16 members selected through an open and competitive process, is to provide independent and academically sound scientific and technical advice to DESNZ and its Secretary of State through the Chief Scientific Advisor.

It will also offer independent viewpoints and cutting-edge research on topics from climate science, energy networks and engineering, to the latest technologies and artificial intelligence.

Finalist Lidia Stan and second year student Kiran Vekaria, share their experience of presenting their research at the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2025.

On Saturday 5^th July, the department celebrated it’s 60^th birthday celebration with a vibrant day of reflection as one of the University’s founding departments, and looked towards a bright future for Physics at Warwick as we continue to work to make a better world together.

Congratulations to Joe Gilkes, a PhD student under the supervision of Professors Scott Habershon and Reinhard Maurer, and sponsored by HetSys CDT with AWE, who has been awarded two prestigious awards.

Professor Peter Sadler, from the University of Warwick (UK), is honoured with the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry for his pioneering contributions to the field of bioinorganic chemistry and his lifelong dedication to advancing metal-based therapeutics.

Four of the leading Doctoral Training Centres (Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, HetSys) are hosting an event to answer questions, shatter myths and break stereotypes about PhD programmes.

Congratulations to Sihui Zhong who has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize 2024 for her PhD thesis titled “Decayless Kink Oscillations of Solar Coronal Loops”, completed at CFSA under the supervision of Professor Valery Nakariakov.

The Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize is awarded to the best doctoral thesis in geophysics on an annual basis.

Congratulations to all those who have formally been awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Physics:

Eva Guilloton

John Pontin

Omstavan Samant

Alex Ward

Helen Witkowska

Jacob Young

Congratulations to Ethan Moorfield who has been awarded a Master of Science (by Research) in Physics.

The Warwick Awards for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE) recognise and celebrate the roles of Warwick staff and students connecting with the public—locally, nationally, and globally.

The Strategic Brand Signalling Roundtable was held to examine trade marks, advertising, and body image perceptions in the UK. The event brought together professionals from ethics, psychology, psychiatric epidemiology, and trade mark and advertising law to discuss these interconnected issues.