In this talk Dr Steve Barrett will talk about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) nearly 3 years after the launch of the JWST on Christmas Day 2021, this shorter talk reviews some of the images and spectra released to date.
When Where Who
- Date: Sunday 24th November 2024,
- Time: 7pm.
- Speaker: Dr Steve Barrett, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool.
- Venue: At the Washington Wetlands Centre (discovery Room ) and Via Teams (Video Streaming Link).
Our speaker
Dr Steve Barrett, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool.
Steve is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, my research interests span all aspects of imaging, image processing and image analysis.
This includes medical imaging (biophysics), scanning probe microscopy of atoms, molecules and surfaces (nanophysics), microscopy of earth materials (geophysics) and astrophotography.
Honors & Prizes:
- Sir Patrick Moore Prize (British Astronomical Association, 2019)
- Greatest Contribution to the Student Experience (U Liverpool, 2017)
- Senior Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy, 2015)
- Guild ‘Lion’ Award (Liverpool Guild of Students, 2010)
- Institute of Physics Prize (Institute of Physics, 2007)
- Sir Alastair Pilkington Award for Teaching Excellence (U Liverpool, 2004)
Talks at the Wetlands and via Teams
Talks at Wetlands Centre
The SAS is planning to run this lecture from the our base of operations Washington Wetlands Centre (in the usual Discovery Room) and via Teams (Access details TBC).
Suitable hand sanitisers will be located in the room and at the our observatory.
