Newsletter for Fysikum

The newsletter for Fysikum is published weekly throughout the year except during holidays. It is sent to staff and students and is our only internal information channel. It consists of interviews, events, activities, information from the Administrative Division and our committees. Our student ambassadors' posts are also published in the newsletter.

2024

February

Newsletter 12 February
- Management informs: take part of the management's information via the Fysikum Newsletters, Fysikumfika and email
- The Administrative Division informs: Sick leave replacement, Primula, Contact for purchasing matters
- The Working Environment Committee informs: Seminar series preventing stress, Support and checklist for conferences and events
- Non-Hermitian extended midgap states and bound states in the continuum
- Our student ambassador Jeehong: What do hospital physicists do?
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 5 February
- Management informs: take part of the management's information via the Fysikum Newsletters, Fysikumfika and email
- Our student ambassador Furaha: Do you want to pursue a career in nanotechnology?
- Fika, news and views on the 7th November
- Career fair for mathematics and physics 2024
- The working environment committee informs: Work environment at Fysikum, Working alone
- Research articles, Calendar


January

Newsletter 29 January
- Career fair for mathematics and physics 2024
- Our student ambassador Jeehong: Interview with Ivelin Georgiev
-  Who do you think should be given an award for good teaching 2024?
- Applying physics and chemistry problems in biological systems
- The Administrative Division informs: Reimbursement for medicines, Primula is currently down
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 22 January
- SEK 136 millions granted to materials research at Stockholm University
- The Reaction Mechanism for Catalytic Ammonia Production Experimentally Determined
- Applying physics and chemistry problems in biological systems
- Alex Sulaj is a Master student in Physics at Fysikum
- When Opposites Fatally Attract: The Mutual Neutralisation Story
- Our student ambassador Furaha: Solve the Physics quiz!
- Fika, news and views on the 24th January
- Svend Pedersen lecture award 2023
- Educational Transformation at a Critical Time
- Book a room at Albano
- The Working Committee informs: seminars preventing stress, IA: new report system – replaces SAMIR, The KLARA-system + inventory of chemicals January-February 2024
- Research articles, Calendar

2023

December

Newsletter 18 December
- Christmas Greetings
- Watch the video from the Lucia Celebration 2023
- The Administrative Division informs: Information regarding the Christmas holidays
- Understanding the role of molecules in fusion plasmas
- A Plasma Haloscope for the Post-Inflation Axion
- Our student ambassador Jeehong: Interview with Filippo Schiavo
- We run around Brunnsviken on Tuesday December 19
- Call for Japan Scholarships for 2024
- Fill in your profile page and provide information on projects and research groups
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 11 December
- Lucia celebration
- Mehdi Astaraki wins prestigious international challenge
- Our student ambassador Furaha: Support for you as a student
- Call for Japan Scholarships for 2024
- Fika, news and views on the 14th December
- We run around Brunnsviken on Tuesday December 19
- The Working Environment Committee informs: Contact information and location of defibrillators
- Fill in your profile page and provide information on projects and research groups
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 4 December
- Eight Wallenberg Academy Fellows to Stockholm University
- Single-Shot Measurements of Phonon Number States Using the Autler-Townes Effect
- Our student ambassador Jeehong: Curious students visited the Lise Meitner Days
- MSF Career Night
- Lucia celebration on December 13 at AlbaNova
- Christmas Lecture - Michael Faraday's 198-year tradition
- Docent lecture by Tim Linden
- Web Organization of Fysikum informs: Fill in your profile page and provide information on projects and research groups
- Research articles, Calendar

November

Newsletter 27 November
- Martin Beye is researching on catalysts working against the climate change
- Stockholm Researchers Provide clues to solve cosmic conundrum
- Our student ambassador Furaha: The Universe is really big and really cool!
- Christmas Lecture - Michael Faraday's 198-year tradition
- Web Organization of Fysikum informs: Fill in your profile page and provide information on projects and research groups
- The Administrative Division informs: reminder for vacation, wellness benefit
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 20 November
- Fysikum fika on the 23rd November
- Our student ambassador Jeehong: Lise Meitner, a prominent researcher in nuclear physics
- The Administrative Division informs: reminder for vacation, wellness benefit
- Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture 23rd November
- Fika, news and views on the 22nd November
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 13 November
- Our student ambassador Furaha Bayibsa: 10 reasons why physics is cool
- The Administrative Division: Reminder about vacation, Head of Administrative Division - Ulrika Sjöström
- Fysikum fika on the 23rd November
- Nordita's Open House 20th November
- Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture 23rd November
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 6 November
- Jeehong Lee tells us about the library at Medical Radiation Physics
- International Master's Days 7 - 9 november
- Nordita's Open House 20 November
- Fika, news and views on the 8th November
- The Working Environment Committee informs about risk assessment for pregnant and breastfeeding employees
- The Committee for Equal Rights and Opportunities informs about policies
- Research articles, Calendar

October

Newsletter 30 October
- Professor Anders Nilsson receives the 2024 Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 - Quantum dots
- Our student ambassador Furaha Bayibsa: Happy UN Day!
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 23 October
- OKC15 - an anniversary for physics research that lasted for three days
- Our student ambassador Jeehong Lee reports about lab sessions in the radiobiology course
- Our third student ambassador Oruba introduces herself
- Particles protected by Braids and Knots
- Scholarship for studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 16 October
- I helped select the Nobel laureates in physics
- Welcome to the Fysikum Day on the 25th October 2023!
- Our Student Ambassador Furaha meets Sofia Qvarfort
- Fika, news and views October 18
- The Committee for the Working Environment informs about the KLARA-system and Support and checklists for conferences and events
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 9 October
- Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Experiments with light capture the shortest of moments
- Jeehong is telling us about the inauguration of Albano
- XLV HADES collaboration meeting  in Stockholm
- The Working Environment Committee informs about the SAMIR-system
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 2 October
- Particle physics: Antimatter falls just like ordinary matter
- Furaha is telling us about her studies at the Undergraduate Programme in Physics
- Quantum metric unveils defect freezing in non-Hermitian systems
- Word and bit line operation of a 1x1 μm2 superconducting vortex-based memory
- Fika, news and views October 4
- The Administrative Division informs of staff and inventory
- The Technical Division informs of staff
- The Management informs of Assistant Head of Department and a new board
- Research articles, Calendar

September

Newsletter 25 September
- Jeehong Lee is interviewing classmates who study Medical Physics
- The Working Environment Committee informs about working alone
- Fysikumfika 28th September
- Conference day at Åkeshof Castle
- Nobel Calling
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 18 September
- Meet Jeehong Lee - one of our new student ambassadors
- Fika and News and Views September 20
- Inauguration of Albano 20-23 September 2023
- New app visualises the university's emissions from air travel
- Fysikumfika 28th September
- Access to premises in Albano and Frescati
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 11 September
- Quantum Chemistry Meets Quantum Electrodynamics
- Available PhD positions
- Fysikum day 25th October 2023
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 4 September
- Frank's curiosity has earned him the Nobel Prize and several fruitful collaborations
- Eleonora - from undergraduate at the Physics Department to PhD student at Oxford
- Workshop about exploring simulations of gravity and quantum gravity
- Fysikum day 25th October 2023
- Inauguration of Albano 20-23 September 2023
- Research articles, Calendar

August

Newsletter 28 August
- The first neutrino image of our galaxy
- Welcome to OKC's 15th anniversary conference!
- Invitation to Sustainability Forum
- Fika, news and views Augusti 29
- Four teams from Fysikum ran the Convini race
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 21 August
- Unlocking the Quantum Enigma
- Fysikdagarna 2023: Engaged presenters and active high-schools teachers
- Stockholm University Granted Two Centres of Excellence
- Four teams from Fysikum participate in Convinistafetten
- Maria Karlsson, new employee at the Administrative Division
- Research articles, Calendar

June

Newsletter 19 June
- Summer Greetings 2023
- Axel Gagge - PhD student at Fysikum combining physics and art
- Gender and Biological Sciences, 7,5 credits
- Marion Mallweger on Travelling by train to conferences
- Rare gravitational lens splits light of distant supernova into four images
- Reminder about the Administrative division during summer 2023
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 12 June
- Reminder of Fysikumfika on 16th June
- X-rays visualise how one of nature’s strongest bonds breaks
- We thank Student Ambassador Karolina Anurova!
- Fysikum at Convinistafetten
- Fika, news and views June 14
- Reminder about the Administrative division during summer 2023

Newsletter 7 June

- Committee for the Working Environment: Emergency number, security number, AlbaNova support and defibrillators
- Reminder of Fysikumfika on 16th June
- Karolina Anurova: What are my plans for my last year of bachelor’s and thereafter?
- Reminder about the Administrative division during summer 2023
- Reminder: Ladok users must upgrade their university accounts before the summer!
- Research articles, Calendar

May

Newsletter 29 May
- The Administrative division during summer 2023
- Fysikumfika on 16th June
- Fika, news and views May 31st
- Webinar 31 May: Explain your research in four minutes!
- Complete your PhD studies on time and feel good along the way! GROUP 1
- Reminder: Ladok users must upgrade their university accounts before the summer!
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 22 May
- Sebbe Blokhuizen studies computational physics and researches about DNA origami
- Karolina Anurova: Moments in between lectures
- Seminar: Citizen science from an ethics perspective
- Reminder: Ladok users must upgrade their university accounts before the summer!
- Calendar and vacant positions

Newsletter 15 May
- New quantum communication infrastructure
- Applied Science and Engineering
- Reminder: Ladok users must upgrade their university accounts before the summer!
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 8 May
- Reminder of Fysikumfika May 11
- Jonas Enander - alumnus interview
- Karolina Anurova: Variation in studies
- Fika, news and views May 10th
- Reminder: Ladok users must upgrade their university accounts before the summer!
- Bachelor exhibition | Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Seminar: Together towards open access
- Workshop for researchers: Plotting and programming with Python!
- Pitch an article idea for The Conversation
- Calendar and vacant positions

Newsletter 2 May
- Fysikumfika May 11
- Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Coalescence
- Reminder of registration for The conference of the Swedish Physical Society
- The Faculty's joint postgraduate course "After the PhD"
- Laboratory tasks as an instructional strategy in science education
- Ladok users - upgrade
- Research articles, Calendar

April

Newsletter 24 April
- Fysikumfika May 11
- Karolina Anurova: Physical phenomenon in art
- Reminder for holiday planning
- The Committee for the Working Environment: Assessment for pregnant
- The Conference for the Swedish Physical Society
- Fika, news and views April 26
- Ladok users - upgrade
- Guidelines on using AI
- The Skyway bridge is inaugurated
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 17 April
- Interview with Professor Anders Nilsson
- Reminder for holiday planning
- Karolina Anurova: The natural fear of public speaking
- Apply for Scholarships
- Apply for PhD Student Positions
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 3 April
- Happy Easter!
- Reminder for holiday planning
- Magnus Axelsson prize
- Fika and News and Views
- Research articles, Calendar

Mars

Newsletter 27 March
- Karolina Anurova: A love letter to the student life
- Reminder of Fysikumfika
- Interview with the alumnus Irene Vicente
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 20 March
- Fysikumfika March 31 at 13.00
- Quantum mechanics predicts effects that are counter-intuitive
- THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT INFORMS : The SAMIR-system (Safety-, Work environment-, Environment-, Reporting-system)
- Fysikum at SU Open Day
- On pedagogical perspectives on quality in doctoral education
- Workshop 19 April: Reach international audiences via The Conversation
- Pedagogiska perspektiv på kvalitet i forskarutbildningen
- Workshop 19 april: Nå internationell publik via The Conversation
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 13 March
- Karolina Anurova: International Women’s Day
- THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT INFORMS : Guidelines for working alone in the labs
- Lunch seminar: The new publishing platform Dynamica
- Guidelines on using AI-powered chatbots in education and research
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 6 March

- The conference of the Swedish Physical Society 14–16 June 2023
- Fika and News and Views
- Research articles, Calendar

Februari

Newsletter 27 February
- The conference of the Swedish Physical Society 14–16 June 2023
- Lunch seminar: The new publishing platform Dynamica
- Fika and News and Views
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 17 February
- The Future is Quantum: 20 - 22 February 2023
- Ulf produces parts for a polar expedition

- Fika and News and Views at the Department of Physics
- Committee for Equal Rights and Opportunities at Fysikum
- Research articles, Calendar

Newsletter 10 February
- Rare sighting of a luminous jet from a star-eating supermassive black hole
- Wilma and David on a return visit to UCL
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION INFORMS - Administrative Manager Malin Hell is on leave
- Updated regulations for public defence of doctoral thesis
- Research articles, Calendar

February

Newsletter 3 February
- Nine Swedish universities and MAX IV launch unique education programme to tackle societal challenge
- Yet another breakthrough for researchers at DESIREE!
- Liquid-liquid phase separation in supercooled water from ultrafast heating of low-density amorphous
- Mapping molecular funnels with X-rays: precise timings of non-adiabatic excited state dynamics
- Creative research environment attracts physicists and astronomers to Stockholm
- Fika and News and Views at the Department of Physics
- Rules for retirement and employment after retirement
- Research articles, Calendar

January

Newsletter 27 January
- Karolina Anurova: A new term has started
- Effective Altruism Introduction Lecture at SU!
- The Award for Good Teaching
- Book recommendation: Fundamentals - ten keys to reality
- Research articles

Newsletter 20 January
- Special investment in training for hospital physicists
- From stars in Himalaya to neutrinos in Antarctica's ice
- Entanglement-assisted quantum communication with simple measurements
- Karolina Anurova is our new ambassador for Fysikum's Facebook
- A new online course:  Physics and Gender
- First WISE PhD and Postdoc projects approved
- CERN Summer Student Programme 2023 (Member and Non-Member State)
- New Financial Officer in the Administration Department
- The Committee for the Working Environment informs: Fysikum's current work environment plan and action plan, Inventory of chemicals January-February 2023
- Research articles
 

2022
 

December 21

Newsletter 21 December
- Christmas Greetings from Jan Conrad, head of department
- Physics and imagination (post from our student ambassador David Stuhrman)
- We thank our student ambassadors for this semester
- Introduction to teaching science
- "Technological Development and Governance". Our former student ambassador Eleonora Svanberg is one of the contributors to this anthology.
- Research articles, Calendar

December 16

Newsletter 16 December
- Neutrino research below zero
- Göran Lindblad in remembrance
- Nobel lectures at the Stockholm University (our Student Ambassador David Stuhrman is reporting)
- Important information from the Administrative Department
- Information from the Working Environment Committee
- Research articles, Calendar

December 9

Newsletter 9 December
- Fysikum Postdoc Council
- Podcast with Frank Wilczek
- VR consolidator grant to Tim Linden
- The Christmas Lecture 2022
- Introduction for newly employed
- New research pages published
- Lucia  celebration
- Job vacancies, Research articles, Calendar

December 2

Newsletter 2 December

- Gauging the performance of optical quantum technologies
- Post from Student Ambassador Wilma Svedlund
- The Committee for the Working Environment informs: Risk assessment for pregnant and breastfeeding employees.
- Job vacancies, Research articles, Calendar
 

November 25

Nov 25: Important info from Adm div

- Invitation to the Nobel Week Dialogue 2022: The Future of Life
- Post by Student Ambassador David Stuhrmann
- PhD student Thomas Palmqvist, MSF, participates in Naturvetarpodden
- Important information from the Administrative Division: vacation, wellness benefit, travel expenses and reimbursements, plan your purchases, report secondary employment
- News archive for the Fysikum newsletter
- Job vacancies, Research articles, Calendar

November 18

This weeks news
- Project Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council
- Post from Student Ambassador Wilma Svedlund
- Vendela Kennemyr, PRAO at Fysikum
- Job vacancies, Research articles, Calendar

November 11

This weeks news
- The IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole
- Post by Student Ambassador David Stuhrmann
- Symposium at the European Spallation Source, ESS, in Lund
- New PhD course: Gender and Science, 7.5 credits
- Job vacancies, Research articles, Calendar

November 3

This weeks news
- Daniel Slominsky from the USA studies theoretical physics at Fysikum
- Post by Student Ambassador Wilma Svedlund
- Eight subjects ranked in the top 250 in the world (including Physical Sciences)
- Environment and climate: "A sustainable scientist means living as you learn"
- Environment and climate: Remember to sort your rubbish!
- Adm. dept. informs: new employees
- Research articles, Calendar

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