LAM seminar series

 ABOUT LAM SEMINAR SERIES

Goals: The goal of the seminar series organized by the Advanced Materials Laboratory is to provide UK staff and students, as well as the general public, with the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in materials science, with a particular focus on topics at the interface between chemistry, physics and biology. Seminars are presented by eminent scientists from Slovakia and abroad, from academia and industry, engaged in research in these fields. In order to be informative and attractive to non-specialists, students as well as specialists, the lectures will typically be divided into two parts. In the first part, aimed primarily at non-specialists, the speaker will provide a brief introduction to the basic principles relevant to the discussed research topic and, where appropriate, an overview of potential practical applications. In the second part, the speaker will summarize the latest findings from research in his laboratory.

Where? Seminars are held in the large conference room of the Science Park at Comenius University (or an alternative venue at the PriFUK if the VPUK is not available). [webpage]

When? LAM seminars are typically held on Fridays at 10:00 am. The lectures and speakers are before each lecture anounced by email to all students and employees of the Faculy of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics Physics and Informatics and info flyers are posted at other institutions and public locations.

During the LAM seminars we provide small refreshments for the participants.

We look forward to seeing you!

 

 

LAM seminar series: Fascinating insights into the Nobel Prizes: Origin, Laureates and Ceremonies

Lecture title: Fascinating insights into the Nobel Prizes: Origin, Laureates and Ceremonies

Presented by: Mgr. Martin Venhart, PhD., Institute of Physics SAS

Time and place: The lecture will take place on Friday, January 26th, 2024, at 10:00 am, in the large conference room of the Comenius University Science Park.

Abstract. The Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology and Medicine, Literature and Peace have been awarded since 1901. In 1969, the Swedish Reichsbank Prize for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was added, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Economics. As part of the lecture, we will look at how these awards actually came about, how the laureates are selected, we will present interesting cases of awardees and we will not avoid controversies either. Finally, we’ll talk about the ceremony itself, including some of Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria’s evening gowns.

About the speaker. Martin Venhart is an experimental nuclear physicist. He earned his PhD. degree in 2008 at Comenius University. Then he went to Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium, where he spent two years as post-doctoral researcher. Since 2010 he works at Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he led Department of Nuclear Physics. His experimental focus is on the nuclear structure of isotopes with odd mass number. He has been pursuing his experimental research program at CERN-ISOLDE facility, Cyclotron laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and at iThemba Labs at Cape Town, South Africa. He is actively collaborating with University of Liverpool, University of Warsaw and Australian National University. He is the author or co-author of approximately 80 original articles in internationally refereed journals. He chairs a successful series of international conferences on nuclear structure ISTROS, held biannually in Slovakia. In 2021, Martin Venhart has been elected for position of the First Vice-president of Slovak Academy of Sciences. He is a member of several scientific councils, boards of supervisors and boards of trustees. He represented Slovak Republic in ISOLDE Collaboration Commitee at CERN and presently represents the Institute of Physics in NUPECC, Expert Committee of the European Science Foundation.

LAM seminar series: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Lecture title: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Presented by: doc. MUDr. Ing. RNDr. Peter Celec, DrSc., MPH,

Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

Time and place: The lecture will take place on Friday, December 15, at 10:00 am, in the large conference room of the Comenius University Science Park.

 

You can find more in the invitation here:  [.pdf]   [.jpg]

 

LAM seminar series: Nobel Prize for chemistry 2023

Lecture title: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023

Presented by: RNDr. Milan Sýkora MBA., PhD.,

Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University

Time and place: The lecture will take place on Friday, December 8, at 10:00 am, in the large conference room of the Comenius University Science Park.

The recording of the Nobel laureates’ lectures can be viewed here. Congratulations to the Nobel laureates!

 

You can find more in the invitation here:  [.pdf]   [.jpg]

LAM seminar series: Electrochemical sensors

Lecture title: Electrochemical sensors

Presented by: prof. RNDr. Renáta Oriňaková, DrSc.,

Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia

Time and place: The lecture will take place this Friday, 21 April at 10:00 in the Presentation Center AMOS at FNS CU, (room B1-313).

 

You can find an abstract and a short biography of the lecturer in the invitation here [.pdf]

LAM seminar series: Photocatalysis and Photocatalytic reactions

Lecture title: Photocatalysis and photocatalytic reactions

Presented by: Prof. Ing. Kamila Kočí, PhD. Laboratory of heterogeneous photocatalysis, Institute of Environmental Technology, CEET, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Time and place: Friday, 27 August at 11:00 in the large lecture room of the Comenius University Science Park (room 187).

 

You can find an abstract and a short biography of the lecturer in the attached invitation [.pdf]