Dr Yujie Zhao wins the 2025 Bruker PhD Thesis Prize
Yujie Zhao has just won the Bruker Thesis Prize for Best PhD thesis, titled “Methodology development of high sensitivity pulsed EPR and DNP”, in the mm-Wave and EPR group.
School news
New RSE Fellow
Professor Vivienne Wild has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Five St Andrews appointees to Scottish Science Advisory Council
Five academics have joined the SSAC, strengthening the expert panel that supports the Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland in her work with Scottish Ministers.
The School of Physics and Astronomy celebrated its third International Day
The School of Physics and Astronomy celebrated its third International Day Celebration on 26th August 2024 as organized by the EDI committee of the School.
‘Squishy’ lasers could reveal how tumours and babies grow
New ‘squishy’ lasers could help solve the mystery of the biological forces that control the development of embryos and cancerous tumours.
Summer School in Biophotonics
From 24 to 28 June 2024, the School hosted the ‘Summer School in Biophotonics’, organised by Paolo Annibale and Carlos Penedo Esteiro.
Undergraduate project prize winners 2024
Students on our BSc and MPhys degree programmes undertake a major project in their final year, often working with members of our research teams.
Astronomers find potentially habitable 'super-Earth' exoplanet
Dr Ancy Anna John was part of a team that discovered the exoplanets which are orbiting Star HD 48948, located approximately 55 light-years from Earth.
Wellbeing PandA BBQ 2024
We had our wellbeing PandA BBQ again this year.
Graduation 2024
Graduation 2024