A Word from Department Administration

This week we would like to congratulate Nikolai Østgaard who learned this summer that his application to the Advanced Investigator Grant with his work Terrestrial Gamma Flashes - the Most Energetic Photon Phenomenon in our Atmosphere had passed the first round in ERC's evaluation process! We are all waiting in suspense for the results of the second round.

News and General Information

Today's open seminar

Researcher Mark van Zuilen, Department of geo-science/Center for geo-biology, UoB:

In situ analysis methods for tracking early life

Morphological identification of microfossils in the metamorphosed early Earth rock record has been highly controversial. Structural, chemical and isotopic characterization of small scale objects in polished rock slabs such as mineral assemblages, microlaminae, and organic microstructures is therefore of crucial importance in reconstructing the earliest evolution of life. Several of these in-situ analytical techniques will be discussed, with emphasis on Raman spectroscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS, NanoSIMS).

Open meeting in NTVA

A lecture by Per Arne Bjørkum, dean, University of Stavanger:
Annerledestenkende og kunnskapsveksten (Different thoughts and the scientific growth)

Wednesday, 15. September 2010, at 19:00
Historisk café, Museum of Natural History, Museplass 3

Dinner registration (Påmelding) should be done by 9. September

Master- og PhD-news

Cand.scient. Endre Rieber Sommersten holds his PhD disputation on the following topic:

Automatic diagnosis of pigmented skin cancer

Monday, 6. September 2010, at 10:15 in Auditorium 3, Realfagbygget

All are welcome to attend! Please come a bit ahead of time!

Publications (ISI)

· Geometrical simplification of the dipole-dipole interaction formula
Kocbach L, Lubbad S
Physics Education Volume: 45 Issue: 4 Pages: 345-51