Join the AIP Victoria Branch for a fascinating public lecture with Prof. Ray Volkas, who will take us behind the scenes of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. 

Prof. Volkas will unravel the story and science behind this year's award presented to Francis Halzen "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin."

About the speaker: Prof. Ray Volkas is a theoretical particle physicist at the University of Melbourne. His research interests lie in theories that go beyond the Standard Model of particle physics to explain various mysteries, including the tiny but nonzero neutrino masses, the nature of dark matter, and the origin of the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, and a former Head of Physics at that institution.

Members of the AIP are invited to join us immediately after the lecture for our the Victoria Branch AGM (details will be emailed to members separately).