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Dermot had the pleasure of hosting and introducing renowned space scientist and professional science communicator and BBC broadcaster Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock for her Northern Ireland Science Festival keynote talk to a sold out Elmwood Hall (400+ people!). Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and professional broadcaster (BBC etc) whose passion is presenting…

Dermot, along with Institute of Physics CEO Tom Grinyer, Director of Policy and Public Affairs Tony McBride, IOP Ireland Head Lee Reynolds, and IOP Ireland Policy Manager Michelle McQuaid, attended the Northern Ireland Parliament to discuss the role and potential of physics to the economy and highlight challenges in our education system, particularly relevant to…

Group Member Dr Jack Cassidy graduated PhD Theoretical Physics from Queen’s University today (11/12/2024). Many congratulations to Jack! [Photo coming!] Left: newly-minted PhD graduate Dr Jack Cassidy; right Dermot (Jack’s supervisor).

Dermot was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, providing €2M over a 5-year duration. See the link for the story on QUB pages “Theoretical Physicist Dermot Green Awarded Prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grant https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2024-consolidator-grants-results Stay tuned for adverts for possible PhD and Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions.

Dermot gave an invited Plenary talk at the International Workshop on Positron and Positronium Physics (PPC13), which was held in Kanazawa, Japan. https://ppc13.com/index.html

Jaroslav (PhD student in the group 2020-2024) was awarded first prize in the prestigious biennial Milan-Odenhal award of the Czech Physical Society for his PhD thesis work. The prize is for research performed by those under 30 years old. Congratulations to Jaro on this fantastic recognition!

Dermot gave an invited talk at the 5th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle and Medical Physics, in Krakow, Poland. The week long conference covered aspects of positrons and positronium in medicine and imaging with numerous world experts presenting developments in positron emission tomography, as well as sessions on fundamental physics. Dermot spoke in the…

Dermot gave an invited talk at ESCMQC (European Seminar on Computational Methods in Quantum Chemistry) 2024 which featured invited talks from ~30 of the leading “young” researchers working on electronic structure/quantum chemistry. It was held in the grand surroundings of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (see image below of the presentation…

Introducing Dr Jack Cassidy! Jack successfully passed his viva on 25 June 2024. Photo below from left to right shows external examiner Dr Ilja Makkonen (Helsinki University), Dr Jack Cassidy, and Dr Dermot Green (supervisor) under the John Stewart Bell FRS plaque in the quad at QUB.