The University, with the Royal Astronomical Society, hosted the third John Brown Memorial Lecture on the evening of Jan 16th 2026.
This year’s sell out lecture was Songs from the Cosmos: Sound and Vision Using Muons a musical performance from BAFTA-winning artist Lomond Campbell and University of Glasgow nuclear physicist David Mahon. It was a captivating journey that celebrates the science and sounds of the muon.
The group welcomes back Dr Graham Kerr who starts a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University.
The group has recently hosted a workshop on Non-LTE Spectral Synthesis and Inversion, led by Dr Christopher Osborne, in the University’s Advanced Research Centre.
Congratulations to Dr Sargam Mulay who has been elected to the UKSP (UK Solar Physics) Council.
Congratulations to Prof Lyndsay Fletcher who has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours, for services to solar physics and to diversity and inclusion in physics and astronomy.
The group hosted the annual SUPA Royal Society of Edinburgh Cormack meeting, on Dec 5th 2023, which brings together astronomers from across Scotland to present and discuss their work.
The University, with the Royal Astronomical Society, hosted the first John Brown Memorial Lecture on the evening of Dec 5th 2023.
The John Brown Memorial Lectures are named in honour of Professor John Brown, the former Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, and former leader of the A&A group, who passed away in 2019. As Astronomer Royal for Scotland, he was a keen advocate for science communication, with a strong interest in the interface between the arts and science, often incorporating magic tricks into his public lectures. The memorial lectures continue this tradition focusing on the influence of science on art.
