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05/10/2026

Congrats to Dr Michael Fulton, who successfully defended his thesis on Monday, 28th September 2026.
Title: Photometric Identification of Exotic Transients in Wide-Field Sky Surveys
Supervisors: Prof Stephen Smartt and Prof Stuart Sim
Picture:
Left: Prof Matt Nitcholl, Internal Examiner
Middle: Dr Michael Fulton
Right: Dr Joe Lyman, External Examiner, University of Warwick, UK
Not Pictured: Dr Solveig Felton, Independent Convenor

01/10/2026

Congrats to Dr Josh Weston, who successfully defended his thesis on 22nd Sept 2026 (in a mammoth 6 hr viva!)
Title: Supernova discovery in the machine learning era (as part of the LINAS Doctoral Training Programme).
Supervisors: Prof Stephen Smartt, Prof Matt Nicholl, Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh (School of HAPP)
Picture:
Left: Prof Brooke Simmons, Lancaster University (external)
Middle left: Prof Sandra Scott-Hayward (internal)
Middle Right: Prof Matt Nicholl
Right: Dr Josh
Photo Credit: thanks to Dylan Magill!

08/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr Matthew McMaster, who successfully defended his PhD on Monday, 31st August 2026.
Title: Investigating Microstructural and Magnetic Parameter Space Evolution in NiFe Multilayers using Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Supervisor: Prof Robert Bowman

Picture:

Top left: Dr Ernst de Mooij, Independent Convenor
Top right: Dr Ray McQuaid, Internal Examiner
Bottom left: Prof Saibal Roy, External Examiner, Tyndall National Institute, Republic of Ireland
Bottom right: Dr Matthew McMaster

14/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr Holly Huddleston, who successfully defended her PhD on Friday, 7th August 2026.
Title: Towards Extreme Light via High Harmonic Generation in the Relativistic Regime
Supervisor: Dr Mark Yeung
Picture:
Left: Prof Paul McKenna, External Examiner, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Middle: Dr Holly Huddleston
Right: Dr Satya Kar, Internal Examiner
Not pictured: Dr Ernst de Mooij, Independent Convenor

07/08/2026

🌞 Witness a once-in-a-century celestial event!

On Wednesday 12 August, Northern Ireland will experience an incredible 93% partial solar eclipse – the best eclipse coverage we'll see for the next 100 years.

Join the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's University Belfast on the front lawn of the Lanyon Building from 6:00pm to 8:30pm for a free public viewing event. Free eclipse glasses will be provided, along with expert guidance on viewing the eclipse safely.

📅 Eclipse begins: ~6:10pm
🌑 Maximum eclipse: Shortly after 7:00pm
☀️ Ends: Shortly after 8:00pm

⚠️ Never look directly at the Sun without proper eclipse glasses.
Please complete the form in the link below for more information and to help us estimate likely attendance numbers:

http://go.qub.ac.uk/PartialEclipse2026

Partial Solar Eclipse Photo Credit: ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium See less

29/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr Asish Philip Monai, who successfully defended his PhD on Tuesday, 28th July 2026.
Title: Data-driven classification and population studies of evolved helium stars using large spectroscopic surveys
Supervisor: Prof Simon Jeffery
Picture:
Left to right:
Dr Ingrid Pelisoli, External Examiner, Warwick University, UK
Dr Asish Philip Monai
Prof Simon Jeffery, Supervisor
Dr Stefano Bagnulo, Internal Examiner
Not pictured: Prof Dermot Green, Independent Convenor

24/07/2026

Here's some news that's out of this world - we've helped discover a rare new planet!

Our scientists from the QUB - School of Mathematics and Physics led an international team in the discovery of NGTS-38 b, an exoplanet larger than Jupiter that orbits a distant star beyond our solar system every 180 days.

Find out more about this incredible discovery here: ow.ly/mwOj50Zofks

21/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr Temour Foster, who successfully defended his PhD on Friday, 10th July 2026.
Title: Laser-driven positron sources for industrial and fundamental science applications
Supervisor: Prof Gianluca Sarri
Picture:
Left: Prof Stewart Boogert, External Examiner, University of Manchester and Cockroft Institute, UK
Middle: Dr Temour Foster
Right: Prof Marco Borghesi, Internal Examiner
Not pictured: Dr Karen Cairns, Independent Convenor

15/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr Brendan Loughran, who successfully defended his PhD on Wednesday, 8th July 2026.
Title: Automated Optimisation of a Laser-Driven Proton Accelerator
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Palmer
Picture:
Left: Dr Kate Lancaster, External Examiner, University of York, UK
Centre: Dr Brendan Loughran
Right: Dr Mark Yeung, Internal Examiner
Not pictured: Dr Solveig Felton, Independent Convenor

03/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr Teerawit Laosombut, who successfully defended his PhD on Wednesday, 1st July 2026.
Title: Non-Thermal Plasma Discharges for Cracking Liquid Hydrocarbons and Hydrogen Production
Supervisor: Dr Tom Field
Picture:
Top: Dr Teerawit Laosombut
Bottom left: Prof David Riley, Internal Examiner
Bottom right: Dr Jean-Paul Booth, External Examiner, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
Not pictured: Dr Hannah Mitchel, Independent Convenor

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