Nuclear Physics Community Meeting January 2026
from
Wednesday, 7 January 2026 (11:50)
to
Thursday, 8 January 2026 (16:50)
Monday, 5 January 2026
Tuesday, 6 January 2026
Wednesday, 7 January 2026
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
12:45
Welcome
-
John Smith
(
University of the West of Scotland
)
Welcome
John Smith
(
University of the West of Scotland
)
12:45 - 12:55
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
12:55
Update from STFC
-
Grahame Blair
(
STFC
)
Update from STFC
Grahame Blair
(
STFC
)
12:55 - 13:35
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
13:50
News from NPAP
-
Bjoern Seitz
(
University of Glasgow
)
News from NPAP
Bjoern Seitz
(
University of Glasgow
)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
14:15
NPGP chairperson's report
-
Dan Watts
(
University of York
)
NPGP chairperson's report
Dan Watts
(
University of York
)
14:15 - 14:40
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
14:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:40 - 15:10
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
15:10
Update from NuPECC
-
David Ireland
(
University of Glasgow
)
Paul Stevenson
(
University of Surrey
)
Update from NuPECC
David Ireland
(
University of Glasgow
)
Paul Stevenson
(
University of Surrey
)
15:10 - 15:25
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
15:25
News from the IOP group
-
Jack Henderson
(
University of Surrey
)
News from the IOP group
Jack Henderson
(
University of Surrey
)
15:25 - 15:45
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
15:45
Cross community status and plans
-
Carlo Bruno
(
University of Edingburh
)
Cross community status and plans
Carlo Bruno
(
University of Edingburh
)
15:45 - 16:05
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
16:05
HYPATIA project
-
Marina Petri
(
University of York
)
HYPATIA project
Marina Petri
(
University of York
)
16:05 - 16:25
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
16:25
EIC Project
-
Daria Sokhan
(
University of Glasgow
)
EIC Project
Daria Sokhan
(
University of Glasgow
)
16:25 - 16:45
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
17:05
Bus to Warrington town centre
Bus to Warrington town centre
17:05 - 17:25
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
18:00
Drinks reception
Drinks reception
18:00 - 19:30
19:30
Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 22:00
Thursday, 8 January 2026
09:15
New DAQ developments at Daresbury
-
Carl Unsworth
(
STFC
)
New DAQ developments at Daresbury
Carl Unsworth
(
STFC
)
09:15 - 09:30
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
09:30
Learning about the strong interaction from heavy-ion collisions with ALICE
-
Martin Volkl
(
University of Birmingham
)
Learning about the strong interaction from heavy-ion collisions with ALICE
Martin Volkl
(
University of Birmingham
)
09:30 - 09:55
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
09:55
Nuclear Astrophysics with Stable and Radioactive Ion Beams
-
Ragandeep Singh Sidhu
(
University of Surrey
)
Nuclear Astrophysics with Stable and Radioactive Ion Beams
Ragandeep Singh Sidhu
(
University of Surrey
)
09:55 - 10:20
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
10:20
Uncovering the microscopic structure of the quark-gluon plasma
-
Jaime Norman
(
University of Liverpool
)
Uncovering the microscopic structure of the quark-gluon plasma
Jaime Norman
(
University of Liverpool
)
10:20 - 10:45
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:10
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
11:10
New digitisers project: iThemba-STFC collaboration
-
Moschos Kogimtzis
(
STFC
)
Philippos Papadakis
(
STFC
)
New digitisers project: iThemba-STFC collaboration
Moschos Kogimtzis
(
STFC
)
Philippos Papadakis
(
STFC
)
11:10 - 11:30
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
11:30
FAUST Project
-
Gavin Lotay
FAUST Project
Gavin Lotay
11:30 - 11:50
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
11:50
R3B-TRT Project
-
Stefanos Paschalis
(
University of York
)
R3B-TRT Project
Stefanos Paschalis
(
University of York
)
11:50 - 12:10
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
12:10
Report from the EPSRC community
-
Malcolm Joyce
(
University of Lancaster
)
Report from the EPSRC community
Malcolm Joyce
(
University of Lancaster
)
12:10 - 12:30
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
12:30
Round-table discussion
-
John Smith
(
University of the West of Scotland
)
Round-table discussion
John Smith
(
University of the West of Scotland
)
12:30 - 12:50
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre
Points to raise: * Nuclear Physics Graduate School
12:50
Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 13:30
Room: Merrison Lecture Theatre