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Laura Russell
UCC PhD Student
Embark Initiative Scholar
laura.russell_at_tyndall.ie
Tel: 353-21- 490 4847
(office) or
4885 (lab)
Fax: 353-21-490 4880 |
Laura joined the
group in October 2008, having completed her BSc in Physics from
UCC. She is funded through an IRCSET postgraduate
scholarship. Apart from physics, Laura is passionate about
flying and has featured
in RTE's Consuming Passions in a programme entitled "Plane
Crazy".
As part of her PhD programme Laura was awarded an SFI STTF that enabled
her to spend 3 months in the University of Bonn (Germany) with the
gropu of Prof. D. Meschede, working on the design of a lens system for
imaging single atoms.
Laura as featured in Plane Crazy.
In May
2010, at an award ceremony in the Institute of Physics Headquarters in
London, Laura was awarded the Shell
& Institute of Physics Very Early Career Woman Physicist Prize
for her research and outreach activities.
Laura Russell (second
from the left) after winning joint First in the Very Early Career Woman
Physicist Award.
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