Dr. Alan Shotter
Director, TRIUMF
UBC
will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on March 1, 2003 at 8:15 p.m., Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.
The Life and Death of Stars
One of the world's foremost nuclear astrophysicists and physics educators, Dr. Shotter recently came from the University of Edinburgh to assume the position of Director of TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics. Dr. Shotter also heads the ISAC-TUDA project, which can recreate the microscopic processes involved in stellar explosives. In addition to extensive experience participating in research activities and policy-making bodies in Europe and the United Kingdom, he has helped to establish a "science and young people's group" which brought top scientists and engineers to speak to students throughout Scotland.
Spring Program 2003
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