Student Presentations

The PhD students at MSSL take it in turns to present the research that they are currently working on to one another. This gives us an opportunity to make a presentation of about 30-45 minutes to our peers who work in the seven different research groups that we have here at MSSL.

Being able to communicate our work to scientists from different disciplines is an essential skill in the modern world of research. We therefore use these student presentations to practise teaching each other about our work, from a public-understanding level through to PhD standard cutting-edge original research.

Future presentations:
If you would like to give a student presentation, maybe to practice for a conference, panel meeting or would just like the experience of speaking in front of your peers, send Deb an email:
db2 at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk

Most recent presentation:

20th July 2006
Jo Bartlett - jb2 at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Cryogenic Detectors Group

Part I: "An Introduction to Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigerators (ADRs)"
Tour of Cryogenics Laboratory before Lunch
Part II: "Design and Development of a 50mK Continuous ADR for Future Space Missions"

Previous presentations:

21st June 2007
Deb Baker - db2 at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Solar & Stellar Physics Group
"Observational Evidence for Interchange Reconnection"

31st May 2007
Laura Pickard - lrp at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Theory Group
"An Introduction to Gravitational Wave Astronomy"

26th April 2007
Andy Walsh - apw at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Space Plasma Physics Group
"Cluster and Double Star: Multipoint measurements of the Magnetosphere"

16th March 2007
Samantha Oates - sro at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Astrophysics Group
"The Canonical Swift/UVOT Lightcurve"

29th January 2007
Jennifer Barnes - jmb at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Climate Extremes Group
"Long range drought prediction & benefits to humanitarian relief"

10th August 2006
Paul Henderson - pdh at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Space Plasma Physics Group
"Ohm's law during a substorm"

13th July 2006
Chris Copperwheat - cmc at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Astrophysics Group
"Optical and infrared signatures of ultraluminous x-ray sources"

29th June 2006
Samantha Oates - sro at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Astrophysics Group
"Anomalous afterglow of gamma ray burst 50802"

22nd June 2006
Rebecca Smith - rans at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Astrophysics Group
"High resolution spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei and warm absorbers"

15th June 2006
Glyn Collinson - gac at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Detector Physics Group
"Simulation and experimental analysis of the improved plasma analyser"

8th June 2006
Andy Walsh - apw at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Space Plasma Physics Group
"Near-simultaneous magnetotail flux rope observations with Cluster and Double Star"

19th May 2006
Gemma Attrill - gdra at mssl dot ucl dot ac dot uk - Solar & Stellar Physics Group
"Using the the evolution of coronal dimming regions to probe the global magnetic field topology"