RAL/PPD 2026 PhD Open Day

Session

Morning session (pleinary)

27 Feb 2026, 09:30

Pickavance Lecture Theatre

Conveners

Morning session (pleinary)

• Emmanuel Olaiya (STFC)
• Ian Tomalin (STFC)

Presentation materials

Zoom video-conferencing link

1. Welcome -- introduction to RAL & PPD

Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous (STFC)

27/02/2026, 10:00

2. RAL/PPD PhD studentships -- practicalities & today's events.

Ian Tomalin (STFC)

27/02/2026, 10:16

7. Project 1: QUEST-DMC dark matter experiment

Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

27/02/2026, 10:31

4. Project 2: Boulby mine / XLZD experiment dark matter

Paul Scovell (STFC)

27/02/2026, 10:46

3. Project 3: ATLAS experiment -- dark matter search

Dr James Frost (Rutherford-Appleton Lab.)

27/02/2026, 11:01

5. Project 4: ATLAS experiment -- exotic scalar search

Brij Jashal (RAL)

27/02/2026, 11:16

6. Project 5: LHCb experiment -- measurement of CKM angle alpha

Atanu Modak (STFC)

27/02/2026, 11:31

8. Project 6: Hyper-Kamiokande -- commissioning & first neutrino oscillation measurement

Tomislav Vladisavljevic (STFC)

27/02/2026, 11:46