On 15 February, Piia Post, Professor of Climate Science, will give the inaugural lecture "Atmospheric circulation as a dance of air across scales and the globe” in the assembly hall.
Over the next seven years, the government will fund ten centres of excellence addressing scientific issues of importance to Estonia. The University of Tartu has tight connections with all of them.
Patent attorney Ian Tollett will provide valuable insights on safeguarding inventions at a seminar on 22 November at 14:00 at the University of Tartu Chemicum (Ravila 14a), Room 1020. All are welcome to attend.
Estonia's research and economy would have much to gain from closer cooperation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). However, this requires more thoughtful funding in the field of science in Estonia, which would ensure both the stability of research and a steady supply line of young researchers.
Tanel Voormansik will defend doctoral thesis "Long-term datasets of dual-polarisation weather radar help detect and nowcast convective storms including extreme precipitation, lightning, and hail“
On 22 August at 14:15 Elena Vinogradova will defend her doctoral thesis „Optical centers and quantum entangled states of Nd3+ ions in doped fluoride crystals“ (Materials Science).
Ahmet Ilker Topuz will defend his doctoral thesis “Quantitative and qualitative investigations for muon scattering tomography via GEANT4 simulations: A computational study”.
The task force of CERN meets with the University of Tartu’s Rector Toomas Asser, and pays a visit to the university’s Institute of Physics, the Institute of Technology and the Delta centre today.