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On the 28th of March, the IPPP hosted its second post-pandemic edition of the International Masterclass in Particle Physics, an immersive day of discovery where over 110 students from six local high schools became physicists for a day. Participating schools included Newcastle High School for Girls, Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, Cramlington Learning Village, Thirsk School, […]

The Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) of Durham University was invited by CERN to visit their facilities in connection with the celebration of the IPPP turning 25. During the comprehensive tour of the facilities and the ensuing round-table discussion, both the experimental and theory community at CERN praised the contributions made by the IPPP. We

The IPPP invites applications for openings as postdoctoral research associates. The deadline for applications is Jan 1 2025. Please see academicjobsonline for further details.

Dressed in the traditional gowns and  hosted in the incomparable venue that is Durham’s Cathedral, four of IPPPs latest students attended the Physics graduation ceremony. Prior to this event they had successfully defended their respective thesis in oral examinations:  Sofie Nordahl Erner (supervised by Martin Bauer) with examiners Danny Van Dyk and Sophie Renner; Guillaume

On March 22, Durham University’s Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) hosted the International Masterclass on Particle Physics—a hands-on event where high school students analysed real data from the Minerva neutrino detector. Over one hundred students from six local high schools—Durham Johnston, Durham Sixth Form, Newcastle High School for Girls, Thirsk School and Sixth Form,

We congratulate Khadeejah Bepari on completing her PhD. The topic of her PhD thesis was Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics.

The Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology is delighted to host the annual International Masterclass of Particle Physics on March 22. This is an exciting opportunity for A-level students to take part in an International Masterclass in Particle Physics. More information is available here.

We are pleased to welcome 4 new graduate students and 10 PDRAs for the new academic year, which was celebrated with a group photo and the IPPP start of year party.

The 2023 conference season is busy at the IPPP. We are host to the international conferences and schools listed below in just the period April to September. These conference bring national and international experts to Durham to disseminate new research results. Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy 2023 MCnet Summer School 2023 Workshop on the modeling of photon-induced

Congratulations to Henry Truong on completing his thesis titled “Machine learning high multiplicity matrix elements for electron-positron and hadron-hadron colliders“! The abstract of his thesis was: The LHC is a large-scale particle collider experiment collecting vastquantities of experimental data to study the fundamental particles, and forces, ofnature. Theoretical predictions made with the SM can be