About this podcast
As fascinating as physics can be, it can also seem very abstract, but behind each experiment and discovery stands a real person trying to understand the universe. Join us at the Cavendish Laboratory on the first Thursday of every month as we get up close and personal with the researchers, technicians, students, teachers, and people that are the beating heart of Cambridge University’s Physics department. If you want to know what goes on behind the doors of a Physics department, are curious to know how people get into physics, or simply wonder what physicists think and dream about, listen in!
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- Thulani Rachia & Oli Shorttle in conversation · 55 min · Episode 43Each year, we invite the Cavendish Arts Science Fellow to join us for a conversation with one of the scientists whose ideas helped shape their time in Cambridge. Today’s episode…
- Didier Queloz: the importance of getting it wrong · 51 min · Episode 42Today, we have the privilege of being joined by one half of the team behind what is arguably one of humankinds’ epochal breakthroughs – the first observation of a planet outside…
- Montu Saxena: insights from a condensed-matter physicist · 46 min · Episode 41Today we are delighted to be joined by Siddharth Shanker Saxena, known to friends and colleagues as Montu, a condensed-matter physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory and head of…
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell: a star among the stars · 31 min · Episode 40We are so happy to be joined by Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, legendary astrophysicist who made the first observations of pulsars during her PhD at the Cavendish, and went…
- Verity Allan: From ancient words to distant worlds · 34 min · Episode 39Today we’re joined by Verity Allan, who works as a project manager, developer, and programmer of architecture and software for the Square Kilometre Array, which will be the…
- Creativity in science: a conversation with Akeelah Bertram and Kevin Lim · 47 min · Episode 38I’m delighted to welcome Akeelah Bertram and Kevin Lim to this episode of People Doing Physics. Akeelah, a British multi-disciplinary artist and the current Cavendish Arts…
- Teuta Pilizota: The itch that drives research · 48 min · Episode 37Today in People Doing Physics, we’re delighted to welcome Professor Teuta Pilizota, a physicist who works at the intersection of biology, chemistry and physics. Having set up her…
- Russell Cowburn: physics, faith... and nanotechnology · 45 min · Episode 36We’re excited to welcome Russell Cowburn, professor or experimental physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, serial entrepreneur, and a man of faith, newly appointed Canon Scientist…
- Charlotte Simmonds: Chasing Stars · 29 min · Episode 35Today on People Doing Physics, we’re delighted to welcome Charlotte Simmonds, an astronomer with an incredible journey and a woman on a quest. Of all the guests we had the…
- Simone Eizagirre Barker: Taking research to the world (Replay) · 43 min · Episode 34This episode was first published in May 2024 This month on People Doing Physics, we have a voice very familiar to listeners; Simone Eizagirre Barker, PhD student in the Quantum…
- Richard King: From Cambridge with Love (Replay) · 40 min · Episode 33Welcome back to a world of People Doing Physics! For this first episode of 2024, let us introduce you to Richard King, the Undergraduate Lab Manager at the Cavendish Laboratory…
- The Bad Boy of Science: Particle Physics meets Science Communications · 44 min · Episode 32This month, our guest is Dr Sam Gregson, better known as YouTube’s Bad Boy of Science. Formerly a Cavendish particle physicist working on the LHCb experiment at CERN, Sam found…
- Behind the lab coat: Oliwia Zawadzka on apprenticeships in physics · 35 min · Episode 31This month, we are joined by Oliwia Zawadzka, a Research Laboratory Technician at the Cavendish Laboratory. Oliwia grew up in Poland before moving to the UK aged 9. Dropped in at…
- Exploring the Intersection of Physics and Business with Sam Stranks · 38 min · Episode 30Today we are joined by Professor Sam Stranks, Professor of Optoelectronics and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering and…
- Curiosity Unbound: Robert Ssempijja and Harry Cliff · 46 min · Episode 29Our guests today come from very different walks of life and have been following widely different paths, which have both led them here to Cambridge and the Cavendish. More than…
- Replay: A tour of the Cavendish's new home with Andy Parker · 39 min · Episode 13The team is taking a short break this summer and will be back in September with a plethora of new guests. To help you wait, we’ve selected a couple of previous episodes we wanted…
- Replay: An open conversation with physics students · 42 min · Episode 18Hello dear listeners. The team of People doing Physics is taking a short break this summer and will be back in September with new guests and more physics chats. To help you wait…
- Pushing boundaries with Lisa Jardine-Wright · 43 min · Episode 28We are joined by Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright, OBE; Director of Isaac Physics, Director of Studies for Physics at Churchill College, and Vice-President for Education and Skills at the…
- Simone Eizagirre Barker: Taking research to the world · 43 min · Episode 27This month on People Doing Physics, we have a voice very familiar to listeners; Simone Eizagirre Barker, PhD student in the Quantum Optical Materials and Systems group at the…
- Playful physics with Oleg Brandt · 47 min · Episode 26This month we are delighted to welcome Oleg Brandt, a Professor of Experimental Physics in the High Energy Physics group of the Cavendish. Oleg’s journey into the world of…
