The Department enables and supports quality public engagement and many of our researchers are recognised for their achievements.
Latest awards and news stories
The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been recognised with a second award: Outstanding Partner in this year’s Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Awards.
The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been awarded the Partnership Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023.
Oxford alumnus Dr Laurence Wroe has been awarded the Newcomer Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023.
Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley were both highly commended in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023.
Dr Katherine Shirley has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Impact Award for her planetary research work.
The Department of Physics had two winners in this year’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards.
Initiatives and individuals working hard to increase diversity in the Department of Physics have been recognised in this year’s Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards.
The Department of Physics has been recognised in the University of Oxford’s annual Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards: Ramy Aboushelbaya won the Early Career Impact Award while Peter Hatfield won the Public Engagement with Research award..
Other notable awards include the following:
- The physics engagement team received the COVID-19 Response Award in the SEPnet Public Engagement Awards 2021
- Higgs Hunter received the Project Award in the Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Awards 2019. Through the project over 37,000 citizen scientists, including young people and adults from over 170 countries, became part of the team to search for interesting features in data from CERN.
- Dr Alexy Karenowska received the Early Career Researcher Award in The Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards 2017 for her project focused on the documentation, preservation, and restoration of at-risk cultural heritage sites across the world.
- Chico Camargo received the Early Career Researcher Award in The Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards 2017 for his engagement work involving creating videos about complex systems concepts.
- The Department received the Building Capacity Award in The Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards 2016.