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Saturday 25 October 14:00 - 15:00
Manchester Museum
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The BA Lord Kelvin Award Lecture
Evolutionary colour: understanding nature's use of light
What can scientists and engineers learn from fish scales and peacock feathers? From cosmetics to camouflage, scientists have been learning the tricks of Mother Nature’s trade to copy the naturally evolved nano-structures that actively manipulate light and colour and generate important optical functionality in the living world. Discover the scientific elegance and design ingenuity of nature’s use and production of colour and how technology is benefiting from it.
Presented by Dr Pete Vukusic, University of Exeter
Biography:
- Lecturer at the University of Exeter
- BSc. Hons. Physics University of Exeter,UK.
- MSc. Semiconductor Physics Imperial College, London , UK.
- PhD. Optical Physics University of Exeter, UK.
- PGCE University of Exeter,UK.
Dr Pete Vukusic has been actively promoting the public understanding of science for seven years. He was awarded BBSRC Public Understanding of Science grants in 2000 and 2001, which he used to develop activities and events for National Science and Engineering Week.
His ability to communicate his science successfully to non-expert audiences was demonstrated by his being awarded the Institute of Physics Schools' Lecturer award for 2007 for his series of talks entitle 'Light fantastic: the science of colour'. He gave 82 schools lectures in one year, engaging with an estimated 15,000 school children and 500 adults.
He has also given several media interviews, ranging from local TV and radio to BBC Radio 4's Today programme and Tomorrow's World.