Department of Physics
Physics is the foundation for natural sciences, and also has practical implications for our everyday lives. In fact, modern life is dominated by technological developments based on discoveries in physics, from ultra-fast computers to renewable energy technologies.
Our research spans a broad spectrum of natural sciences and technology, which in turn allows us to offer an education that provides a solid basis for future careers. Physics research is carried out in experimental as well as theoretical fields, often across conventional boundaries between disciplines. Our central research areas are materials science, nanoscience, surface physics, modern optics, astrophysics, solar energy, biophysics, and medical technology. Research staff at the institute make a special effort to increase the awareness and understanding of the importance and impact of physics in our society.
Department of Physics currently employs about 180 people. On average, about 2000 NTNU students a year take Physics courses.
Gunnerus Sustainability Award 2012 to Kamaljit Bawa
Gunnerus Sustainability Award 2012 to Kamaljit Bawa
The Gunnerus award is the first major international prize for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally, and will be awarded every two years starting in 2012.
Kamal Bawa's early research on the population biology of tropical forest trees, done in Central America, revolutionized our thinking regarding the ecology and evolution of forest trees, and thereby directly enhanced our ability to conserve tropical forests. His discoveries of unusual breeding systems, novel pollination mechanisms, and a diverse array of flowering patterns in tropical forest trees changed the prevailing notions about the population biology, ecology, and evolution of these trees.
More on Kamaljit S. Bawa Winner of the Gunnerus Sustainability Award ...
Interview with 2012 Gunnerus Award winner Dr. Kamal S. Bawa
- Kamal Bawa interview (DKNVS)
- Interview with 2012 Gunnerus Award winner Kamal S. Bawa (YouTube)
Interviewer: Professor Kristian Fossheim, President of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Kamaljit Bawa
- Kamaljit S. Bawa
- Biologist Kamaljit Bawa (UMass Boston)
- Kamaljit Bawa (UMass Boston)
More on the Award
- Indisk biolog får den nye Gunnerusprisen (Universitetsavisa)
- Biolog hedres for regnskogforskning (Adresseavisen)
- Inder hedres for regnskogforskning (NRK Trøndelag)
- Kamal Bawa gets first Gunnerus award for sustainability (The Hindu)
- Professor Kamal Bawa of UMass Boston Receives the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters First Sustainability Award (GEG Project)
- Kamal Bawa is announced as the winner of the Gunnerus Sustainability Award (Technoport)
- Technoport Talks: Prof. Kristian Fossheim – The Gunnerus sustainability award (Technoport)
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
ATREE President, Prof Kamal Bawa, has donated the entire sum of the Gunnerus Sustainability Award, 1 million Norwegian Kroner, about 190000 US dollar, to ATREE. More on Prof Kamal Bawa donates entire sum of the Gunnerus Sustainability Award to ATREE ...
Mon, 14 May 2012 19:08:17 +0200
NorSEd PhD course on the History and Philosophy of Science in Science Education
NorSEd PhD course on the History and Philosophy of Science in Science Education
More information: NorSEd HPS, October 23-26 2012
Contact: Ismo Koponen
For registration to the course, please use the electronic registration on the web site listed above. For application for covering travel and accommodation expenses, please fill in the NorSEd application form and send to Berit Bungum (NorSEd application form [doc])
Deadline for registration and application for financial support: May 31.
(extended from May 15.)
Welcome to Helsinki!
Thu, 10 May 2012 13:34:25 +0200
Workshop on Soft matter Physics & Complex Flows
Workshop on Soft matter Physics & Complex Flows
The scope of the workshops includes a variety of topics such as: Complex fluids - Soft matter phenomena - Microfluidics - Soft matter in reduced dimensions - Granular media - Adhesion - Sorption - Self-organization phenomena - Flow and transport phenomena - Porous media physics.
Thu, 10 May 2012 13:14:08 +0200
ICPMAT 2012; Conference on Advanced Materials
ICPMAT 2012; Conference on Advanced Materials
- 17-20 June
The conference will focus on fundamental and applied research and current developments within physics and materials science, including structural materials, functional materials, advanced characterization techniques and computational materials science.
Subjects on the conference
- Structural materials (light metals, steels, deformation, etc.)
- Functional materials (superconductors, oxides, ceramics, spintronics, energy-related materials, nanomaterials, etc.)
- Advanced characterization techniques (electron microscopy, muon spin spectroscopy, instrumentation etc.)
- Computational materials science (finite element methods, density functional theory, etc.)
Thu, 10 May 2012 13:15:48 +0200
Contact information
Phone: +47 73593478
Email: postmottak@phys.ntnu.no
Homepage: www.ntnu.edu/physics
Visiting address:
Høgskoleringen 5, Natural Science Building (Realfagbygget) D5-170
