Dark matter detection
Speaker: Dr Patrick Knights MInstP, Assistant Professor, Particle Physics Group, University of Birmingham
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About the speaker
Dr Patrick Knights is Assistant Professor in the Particle Physics group at the University of Birmingham. He is an expert in direct dark matter detection techniques, ultra-radiopure methods, detector instrumentation, and experiment simulation. Patrick completed his PhD jointly at the Universite Paris-Saclay and University of Birmingham. More recently, he was awarded the IOP Astroparticle Physics Group Early Career 2023 Prize.
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Lectures are free and open to the public. Light refreshments (drinks and biscuits) are provided. They take place in the Poynting Large Lecture Theatre on the 2nd floor of the Poynting Physics Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT. This is building R13 on the campus map here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/university/edgbaston-campus-map.pdf
Doors to the Large Lecture Theatre will be open from 7pm. The talk begins at 7.30pm.
Car parking on campus is usually available and free after 6pm. There is a railway station on campus called ‘University’ – connections to Birmingham New Street and the cross city line are approx. every 10 minutes. Further travel info is here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions/index.aspx