Starts: 1 June 2025, 08:00
Ends: 16 July 2025, 18:00
Time Zone: Central European Time (CET)
The Photon Centre for Natural Sciences and Metaphysics (PCNSM), in collaboration with ICTP, is organizing a joint ICTP-PCNSM workshop as follows:
The PWF Sudan: Expanding Physics Horizons is a six-week online seminar series aimed at empowering Sudanese students and researchers in physics. Amid ongoing conflict, the initiative seeks to equip participants with essential knowledge, skills, and global connections to sustain and advance their academic pursuits. By bridging local talent with the international scientific community, the program fosters curiosity, promotes collaboration, and builds pathways for continued education and research.
Held via Zoom from 2 June to 15 July 2025, the series features two weekly sessions:
- A general seminar in Arabic for senior undergraduate and graduate students.
- An advanced seminar in English for senior researchers.
Core Topics:
- Environmental Science
- Experimental Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Astronomy
- Cosmology
Featured Speakers:
- Prof. Adil Haseeb (University of Khartoum, Sudan)
- Prof. Filippo Giorgi (ICTP, Italy)
- Dr. Mohammed Al Sheikh Hamad (Yanbu University, KSA)
- Dr. Frederik Schiller (Centro de Física de Materiales, CSIC, Spain)
- Prof. Arbab Ibrahim Arbab (Qassim University, KSA)
- Prof. Jonathan Ellis (King’s College London, UK)
- Dr. Musa Al Noor (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab & UC, USA)
- Prof. Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Italy)
- Dr. Hassan Abdallah (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
- Dr. Sultan Hassan (New York University, USA)
- Dr. Omima Osman (University of Khartoum, Sudan)
- Dr. Emiliano Sefusatti (Trieste Observatory, INAF & SISSA, Italy)