Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Talks:

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Networking: A strategic approach (in-person)
Date: 18 June 2025, 9:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Structures and Stability: Battling Beams, Kirigami Computing, and Eye Morphogenesis
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 19 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: ONLINE
Organiser: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 June 2025

Nonlinear dynamics of passive and active particles in channel flows
Date: 20 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Rahil Valani (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Mohit Dalwadi (University of Oxford)

Airborne dissemination of antimicrobial resistance: a multi-national microbiological and genomic study
Date: 20 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Xiangdong Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: Seminar Room, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE
Organisers: Avni Gupta (University of Oxford), Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Prof Timothy Walsh (University of Oxford)

OXFORD ENERGY LUNCH, by the ZERO Institute & Oxford Energy Network
Date: 20 June 2025, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Tina Fawcett (ECI, Oxford), Prof Paul Shearing (ZERO Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: East Lab, School of Geography and the Environment, OX1 3QY
Organiser: Gian Melloni (ZERO Institute, Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Resolving the Boundary Layer Paradox: Seismic Clues to the Origin of Lithosphere Discontinuities
Date: 20 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Totulope Olugboji (University of Rochester)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Sunday 29 June 2025

Emergence
Date: 29 June 2025, 13:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Prof Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford), Marta Bielińska (University of Oxford), Alex Spies (Imperial College London), Matthew Oulton, (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Yannik Herbert (University of Oxford), Justine Varga (University of Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road OX1 3PU
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Seb Wilkes (University of Oxford)
Host: Seb Wilkes (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 17 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 October 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Rafail Ostrovsky (UCLA)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 24 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Weini Huang (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 31 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 7 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 14 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mehmet Can Uçar (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Carles Falco Gandia (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 21 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Alex Fletcher (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Stephanie Abo (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 28 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

To be announced
Date: 5 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA