The Scott Lectures have been running at the Cavendish since 1930. They have featured Nobel Prize winners and other eminent speakers, serving as the crown jewel of the Cavendish Laboratory’s seminar/colloquium activities for scientific dissemination and discussion.
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👤 Prof Stuart Parkin (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
📅 Friday 27 February 2026, 11:00-12:00
📍 Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
👤 Prof Stuart Parkin (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
📅 Wednesday 25 February 2026, 16:15-17:15
📍 Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
👤 Prof Stuart Parkin (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
📅 Monday 23 February 2026, 16:15-17:15
📍 Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
👤 Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
📅 Thursday 06 March 2025, 11:00-12:00
📍 Lecture Theatre, Level 1, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
⚠️ Refreshments will be served after the lecture
👤 Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
📅 Wednesday 05 March 2025, 16:00-17:00
📍 Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
⚠️ Drinks and nibbles will be served after the lecture
👤 Professor Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
📅 Monday 03 March 2025, 16:00-17:00
📍 Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US
⚠️ All Welcome
👤 Professor Didier Queloz, Cavendish Laboratory
📅 Wednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:30
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ All welcome
👤 Professor Didier Queloz, Cavendish Laboratory
📅 Tuesday 26 November 2019, 16:00-17:30
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Immanuel Bloch, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching
📅 Friday 26 October 2018, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Immanuel Bloch, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching
📅 Wednesday 24 October 2018, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Immanuel Bloch, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching
📅 Monday 22 October 2018, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University
📅 Wednesday 17 May 2017, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University
📅 Tuesday 16 May 2017, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University
📅 Friday 20 May 2016, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University
📅 Wednesday 18 May 2016, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University
📅 Monday 16 May 2016, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/
👤 Professor Clifford Will, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Florida
📅 Friday 30 October 2015, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/
👤 Professor Clifford Will, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Florida
📅 Wednesday 28 October 2015, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/
👤 Professor Clifford Will, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Florida
📅 Monday 26 October 2015, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Serge Haroche, College de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
📅 Friday 09 May 2014, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Serge Haroche, Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
📅 Wednesday 07 May 2014, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Serge Haroche, College de Franceand and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
📅 Monday 05 May 2014, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Eli Yablonovitch of UC Berkeley
📅 Friday 17 May 2013, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Eli Yablonovitch of UC Berkeley
📅 Wednesday 15 May 2013, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor Eli Yablonovitch of UC Berkeley,
📅 Monday 13 May 2013, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof Michele Parinello, ETH Zurich
📅 Friday 09 March 2012, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof Michele Parinello, ETH Zurich
📅 Wednesday 07 March 2012, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof Michele Parinello, ETH Zurich
📅 Monday 05 March 2012, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ A Drinks Reception will follow the lecture in the Pippard Lecture Theatre Foyer
👤 Prof Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique de l'ENS
📅 Friday 11 March 2011, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ A Drinks Reception will follow the lecture in the Pippard Lecture Theatre Foyer
👤 Prof Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique de l'ENS
📅 Wednesday 09 March 2011, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ A Drinks Reception will follow the lecture in the Pippard Lecture Theatre Foyer
👤 Prof Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique de l'ENS
📅 Monday 07 March 2011, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ This lecture is a colloquium style lecture in physics
👤 Kip S Thorne, The Feyman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech , USA.
📅 Friday 21 May 2010, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ This lecture is a colloquium style lecture in physics
👤 Kip S Thorne, The Feyman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech , USA.
📅 Wednesday 19 May 2010, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ This lecture is for a general audience.
👤 Kip S Thorne, The Feyman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech , USA.
📅 Monday 17 May 2010, 16:00-17:00
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor David Sherrington, FRS, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
📅 Friday 01 May 2009, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor David Sherrington, FRS, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
📅 Wednesday 29 April 2009, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor David Sherrington, FRS, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
📅 Monday 27 April 2009, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor William Phillips
📅 Friday 09 March 2007, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Professor William Phillips
📅 Wednesday 07 March 2007, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
⚠️ Refreshments will be served after this Lecture in the Pippard Foyer
👤 Professor William Phillips
📅 Monday 05 March 2007, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof F Wilczek, MIT
📅 Friday 10 February 2006, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof F Wilczek, MIT
📅 Wednesday 08 February 2006, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof F Wilczek, MIT
📅 Monday 06 February 2006, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
👤 Prof F Wilczek, MIT
📅 Thursday 06 October 2005, 16:15-17:15
📍 Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
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Prof Stuart Parkin (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics).
Friday 27 February 2026, 11:00-12:00
