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Latest T&[email protected] Bulletin (2019) now available

Posted by: Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

04 February 2019

The second issue of the 2019 NAS T&L Bulletin was officially launched on 1 February 2019. According to Dr Rory Biggs from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, one of the editorial members of the Bulletin, "The T&[email protected] Bulletin aims to be a forum for sharing thoughts, ideas, and stories on teaching and learning across NAS. In doing so, we hope to help foster a supportive and collaborative community where we can be inspired by the experiences and innovations, no matter how minor, of all our colleagues.With the second issue of the bulletin now available, and the third planned for later this year, we invite you to be part of this project. "

Prof Serena Coetzee to head up UP Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology

Posted by: University of Pretoria

26 November 2018

The University of Pretoria congratulates Serena Coetzee on her appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. She had served as acting Head of Department since March 2018.

Revolutionary times: How MeerKAT and Earth-sized telescopes are expanding our thinking

Posted by: University of Pretoria

11 October 2018

There was global excitement when MeerKAT, the biggest radio telescope in the world, was launched in Carnarvon in the Northern Cape in July. But few people could have been as excited as Professor Roger Deane, who heads up the University of Pretoria’s radio astronomy research team in the Department of Physics.

Public lectures on Solar Energy and Photosynthesis

Posted by: Physics

24 September 2018

Three public lectures on Solar Energy and Photosynthesis will be held at Sci-Enza from 2-4 October

PhD School on String Theory

Posted by: Physics

28 August 2018

The department will host the 10th Joburg School on String Theory from Oct. 1-5

Prof M. Diale receives NSTF-South32 Award

Posted by: Physics

01 July 2018

Congratulations to Prof Mmantsae Diale who received the Engineering Research Capacity Development Award at the 2017/2018 NSTF awards.

Spring School on Solar Energy and Photosynthesis

Posted by: Physics

29 June 2018

The 2018 Spring school on Solar Energy and Photosynthesis has been announced. Registration by 31/7

SARChI Chair awarded to Prof. M. Diale

Posted by: Physics

14 June 2018

Prof Mmantsae Moche Diale has been awarded a Research Chair in Clean and Green Energy by the NRF.

2018 Eskom Expo

Posted by: Physics

31 May 2018

Students from biophysics adjudicated at the annual 2018 Eskom Expo.

’Life would be tragic if it weren't funny’ – Stephen Hawking (1942–2018)

Posted by: University of Pretoria

15 March 2018

Stephen Hawking was one of those rare scientists whose communicative approach to theoretical physics helped to shape the popular understanding of the complex theories of relativity and the idea that black holes emit radiation.

Carbon Nanomaterials Group of the Physics Department, UP acquires new state-of-the-art confocal micro-Raman system

Posted by: Physics

15 February 2018

The Carbon Nanomaterials (CNM) Group headed by Prof Ncholu Manyala at the Physics Department have newly acquired the high performance WITec alpha300R confocal Raman system which has the capability of running Raman imaging, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) techniques with different laser powers.

Interdisciplinary spring course on solar energy and photosynthesis

Posted by: University of Pretoria

01 November 2017

The Department of Physics hosted a highly successful postgraduate interdisciplinary course on solar energy and photosynthesis at the University of Pretoria during the October recess.

Poster session award

Posted by: Physics

17 October 2017

Abubakar Khaleed received an award for his poster at the 232nd ECS meeting in National Harbor, USA

Public lectures on Solar Energy and Photosynthesis

Posted by: Physics

28 September 2017

Three public lectures will be held at Scienza from Oct 3-5

Women in Physics Lunch

Posted by: Physics

08 September 2017

The annual Women in Physics Lunch was held on 23 August, 2017

Visitor to the department

Posted by: Physics

26 July 2017

Prof. Rienk van Grondelle will be visiting the department from July 28 - Aug. 2.

Seven UP researchers nominated for prestigious NTSF Awards

Posted by: University of Pretoria

28 June 2017

Seven researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been nominated in eight categories of the 19th NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa.

Science affords you the opportunity to ask questions

Posted by: University of Pretoria

25 May 2017

More than 60 prizes and trophies were awarded to the top students in the Faculty at the Annual Outstanding Achievers Function for students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, which took place earlier this month.

New single-molecule spectroscopy facility in the UP Department of Physics

Posted by: University of Pretoria

15 May 2017

A new cutting-edge experimental setup developed by Dr Tjaart Krüger and his talented students from the Biophysics and Photonics Research Group in the Department of Physics at the University of Pretoria (UP), is the first of its kind in Africa.

Visitor to the department

Posted by: Physics

01 May 2017

Prof. Rienk van Grondelle (University of Amsterdam) will be visiting the department from May 4-11.

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