Invitation
to the ICTP Colloquium
Dear All,
ICTP is pleased to announce that the forthcoming ICTP
Colloquium by Prof. A. M. Glazer, "Crystallography: Then,
Now, and …..?", will take place on Tuesday 15 January 2019
at 16:30 hrs, in the Budinich Lecture Hall, Leonardo
Building, ICTP.
Biosketch: Mike Glazer is Emeritus Professor of Physics
at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor at the
University of Warwick. He was born on May 1st 1943. His PhD
research between 1965 and 1968 was under the supervision of
Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London, working on the
crystallography of organic mixed crystals. In 1968-1969, he
was a Fellow at Harvard University, and then from 1969 to 1976
he was at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. In 1976, he was
appointed Lecturer in Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory
Oxford and as an Official Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College
Oxford. Mike Glazer's research has mainly been in
understanding the relationship between physical properties of
crystals and their structures. He is perhaps best known for
his classification system for tilted octahedra in perovskites.
He is also one of the co-founders of Oxford Cryosystems Ltd,
which supplies the world market in low-temperature apparatus
for crystallographers. He is currently Editor of the
Newsletter of the International Union of Crystallography.
Abstract: The field
of Crystallography is one of the oldest of scientific
disciplines, and yet it continues to make important advances
today and into the future. In this talk, Prof. Glazer will
trace the history of some important ideas that have led to
some basic understanding of the structures of crystals
before experimental techniques evolved to enable these
theories to be tested. In the 20th century, the discovery of
X-ray diffraction by crystals has led to the formation of a
whole new discipline, namely X-ray Crystallography. This
discovery has since then expanded to include neutron and
electron scattering and has increased our knowledge of
materials and biological systems. As a result, many Nobel
Prizes have been awarded for work relying on
crystallographic studies. Over the last 100 years many new
experimental techniques have arisen, including the use of
synchrotron radiation, free electron lasers and very
recently major advances in the use of electron microscopes.
More information is available at http://indico.ictp.it/event/8841/
The Colloquium will be livestreamed at ictp.it/livestream
Light refreshments will be served after the talk.
You are all very warmly invited to attend.
With best regards,
Office of the Director, ICTP