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