Two Queen's software engineers have been singled out for a prestigious award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) for their work in discovering cosmic explosions, understanding their physics and playing leading roles in major international sky surveys

The 2025 MERAC Prize for the Early Career Researcher in Observational Astrophysics has been awarded to Dr Matt Nicholl for his work on explosive transients, compact object mergers and tidal disruption events.

We are delighted to share that Professor Francis Keenan, School of Mathematics and Physics, has been named in the King’s New Year Honours List 2025, a prestigious recognition celebrating individuals across the UK.

A key research talent in condensed matter physics will return to the UK to take up a prestigious fellowship at Queen’s University Belfast as part of a £97.8 million UK-wide programme.

Congratulations to Sinead Mannion and Matthew Charlwood!

Congratulations to Dr Dermot Green on his recognition from the Fellowship of the Young Academy of Europe.

Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis, Head of Centre, at the School Astrophysics Research Centre, has been awarded the 2021 Institute of Physics Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize for distinguished contributions to plasma, solar or space physics.

The George Darwin Lecture is given annually by an authoritative and engaging speaker on a suitable topic in astronomy. The award is named after the astronomer Sir George Darwin, the son of Charles Darwin.

The future of maths is bright!

Congratulations to Brian Cunningham, Jiajia Liu, Andrew Swann, Aodhan McIlvenny and Matthew Streeter.

Queen’s University Belfast has an integral role in a Northern Ireland nano technology consortium, which has been awarded £60m to develop new technology for medical devices, communication and data storage.

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our Prize-winning Post Docs who outshone all the rest at the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) Awards

A School of Mathematics and Physics professor has been announced as the winner of a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society.

A student from the School of Mathematics and Physics was awarded the prestigious undergraduate Hamilton Prize in Mathematics this year by the Royal Irish Academy.

The School of Mathematics and Physics are delighted to announce the recent renewal of their Athena SWAN Silver Award until 2025.

A student from the School of Mathematics and Physics was awarded first place in the annual British Society for the History of Mathematics Undergraduate Essay Competition this year.

A lecturer from the School of Mathematics and Physics has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship as part of a £109 million investment from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Sensum Ltd recently completed their second Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and was awarded an ‘Outstanding’ classification by Innovate UK.

PhD student, Mr Ethan Hawthorne (Mathematics - Research) has been awarded this year’s Dunville Scholarship.

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Dr Kane Esien won Best Poster Prize at the 2018 International Conference on Magnetism held in San Francisco 15-20 July 2018

Congratulations to CTAMOP Post-doc, Ricardo Puebla, who has been awarded a Springer Prize for his PhD thesis.

Dr Clare Scullion has been awarded the prestigious Culham Thesis Prize by the Institute of Physics.

Two Queen’s University Belfast researchers are set to receive prestigious awards from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).

Award facilitates work on new data storage technologies

International recognition and a piece of real estate

CTAMOP and CPP researchers recognised for contribution to reviewing process

Queen’s physicist Dermot Green secures a €2M European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to advance his ANTIMATTER project, exploring low-energy antimatter interactions with matter and light.

International research project to unveil the existence of transitional states in a prominent material for energy storage and electronic devices.

An investment of €3 million has been announced to investigate technologies that will form the foundations of a quantum internet.

Queen’s University Belfast researchers are part of a new international research group who have been awarded £9m to look at how neutron star mergers create heavy elements.

The School of Mathematics & Physics would like to congratulate three of our students – Megan D’Arcy (BSc Maths), Niamh Finnerty and TJ Lindsay (MSci Physics) – on being selected for the Future-Ready Skills for Leaders: Boston programme.

The School of Mathematics & Physics remains committed to the principles of diversity, inclusion and equity.

The Royal Irish Academy has established the new Young Academy of Ireland to empower talented, emerging leaders and future leaders, and to give early career researchers a distinct voice in research and policy discussions.

A Queen’s University scientist has received a prestigious award for his outstanding achievements in plasma diagnostics.

Two Queen's software engineers have been singled out for a prestigious award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) for their work in discovering cosmic explosions, understanding their physics and playing leading roles in major international sky surveys

The 2025 MERAC Prize for the Early Career Researcher in Observational Astrophysics has been awarded to Dr Matt Nicholl for his work on explosive transients, compact object mergers and tidal disruption events.