SEMINAR: The Birth of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Three graduates of the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Professors Peter Veitch, David McClelland and David Blair were recipients of the 2020 Prime Minister’s Science Prize for the Discovery of Gravitational Waves. It is a great pleasure to have them all together on campus along together with the fourth award recipient Prof. Susan Scott. They will give a Special Seminar describing their work, and the future of gravitational wave astronomy. This is the first time that the award recipients have met in person since the disruption of the pandemic.

This special seminar will consists of four brief talks and a Q&A session, which will include two further distinguished guests who will be giving public lectures in the Octagon Theatre on Thursday 22 September: Regents’ Prof Paul Davies, Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University, and Prof Tamara Davis, astrophysicist at University of Queensland. We invite members of the School and University community to attend the Special Seminar.