SAS Lecture: Lecture: James Webb Space Telescope JWST+3


Washington Wetlands Centre , Discovery Room

About this event :

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)

 

 

The talk will held at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discover Room) on Sunday and will run via Teams (Access details TBC).
If you haven’t been in a while why not come along and show your support.

 

Your host : Martin Kennedy