People doing Physics
As fascinating as physics can be, it can also seem very abstract, but behind each experiment and discovery stands a real person trying to understand the universe. Join us at the Cavendish Laboratory on the first Thursday of every month as we get up close and personal with the researchers, technicians, students, teachers, and people that are the beating heart of Cambridge University’s Physics department. Each episode also covers the most exciting and up-to-date physics news coming out of our labs. If you want to know what goes on behind the doors of a Physics department, are curious to know how people get into physics, or simply wonder what physicists think and dream about, listen in!
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- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 42
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The joy of physics with Mete Atatüre
Long silver hair in a ponytail, a pair of Converse All Star and a Grateful Dead t-shirt… The guest sitting opposite us today in the studio is not your average Cambridge academic.
But don't be fooled …
Ain Bailey & Gemma Bale: Exploring the Intersection of Sound, Science, and Music
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Here’s a question for you dear listener. What’s the link…
Returning in September!
The team is taking a short break and will be back in September with new guests and more physics chats. Stay tuned!
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An open conversation with physics students, Misha de Fockert, Ming-Shau Liu and Armaan Shaikh
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This is July and the streets of Cambridge burst with sun and excitemen…
Replay: Malcolm Longair, the memory of the Cavendish Laboratory (episode 9)
On 16th June, the Cavendish Laboratory will be celebrating its 149th anniversary! To mark this occasion, we wanted to replay one of our previous episodes with one of our longest standing member of st…
Louise Shanahan and Noam Mouelle: balancing elite sports and a physics PhD
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Today we're joined by two physicists who have not only d…
Athene Donald: Physics, a way to change the world
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We are very excited to present a very special episode th…
Sandro Tacchella: an international journey through extragalactic astrophysics
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Joining us this month is Dr Sandro Tacchella, Assistant …
A tour of the Cavendish's new home with Andy Parker
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This is episode 13 of People Doing Physics, the podcast …
Sarah Bohndiek
Intro
We’re joined today by Prof. Sarah Bohndiek, Professor of Biomedical Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, and Fellow of Corpus Christi…
Paolo Molignini
Intro
We’re joined today by a familiar voice, Dr Paolo Molignini. Paolo will be leaving us soon, so this month we thought we would give a little insight into one of the people behind the podcast. P…
Tiffany Harte
Intro
Joining us this month is Dr Tiffany Harte, senior research associate in the group of Prof. Ulrich Schneider here at the Cavendish Laboratory.
Tiffany is an experimental physicist who works with…
Malcolm Longair
Intro
With us this month is Prof. Malcolm Longair, CBE, FRS, FRSE (and Munroist). Born in Dundee, in 1941, Malcolm studied Electronic Physics at what is now the University of Dundee, but was then par…
Diana Fusco
Intro
Joining us this month is Dr Diana Fusco, lecturer in biological physics here at the Cavendish Laboratory. Diana is an amazing example of what it means to have an interdisciplinary and curiosity…
Melanie Tribble
Intro
Joining us this month is Melanie Tribble, the Cleanroom Manager for the Cavendish Laboratory. For the last three decades, she has kept the cleanrooms of the Cavendish up and running, going fro…
Joanna Piotrowska
Intro
Our guest this month is Joanna Piotrowska, a PhD student looking at galaxy formation and evolution in the group of Prof. Roberto Maiolino. By using a mix of observational cosmology and numerica…
Stuart MacPherson
This month, our guest is Stuart Macpherson, Post-doctoral researcher in experimental opto-electronics in the Stranks Lab at the Department of Physics. Stuart’s research focuses on understanding the p…
Tom Sharp
This month our guest is Tom Sharp, group technician for the Optoelectronics research group here at the Department of Physics, where his day to day involves working closely with scientists to maintain…
Suchitra Sebastian and Logan Dandridge
We’re doing things a bit differently this month, welcoming not one but two guests in this episode.
Suchitra Sebastian is a professor of Physics at the Cavendish, but like cats, she had more than a few…
Tina Potter
Our guest this month is Tina Potter, Professor of High Energy Physics at the Cavendish and expert in the particle physics Beyond the Standard Model.
Tina developed a passion for physics at a young ag…