Dr Jackson Levi Said, a cosmologist at the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy, is participating in the high-profile annual gathering of Nobel Laureates and leading young scientists from over 85 countries. This year’s key themes for the meeting will be gravitational waves, cosmology and dark matter which are key research topics at the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy. At least 42 Nobel Laureates are expected to contribute to the meeting and open discussion sessions. The meeting is being held over six days in late June in Lindau near Munich, and is designed to act as a forum for the exchange of ideas, and networking between diverse topics and countries.
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have been held annually since 1951. Prof. Lars Bergström, one of the council members of the meetings’ council and a theoretical physicist, says ‘Taken as a whole, this year we will have excellent overviews of diverse scientific areas from the persons who were instrumental in creating them’.
One of the primary attractions of the meeting is a series of lectures by Nobel laureates, that elaborate on their own historical achievements, current research findings as well as raise awareness on fundamentally important issues. These are followed by one to one discussion sessions where a team of young researchers get to directly interact with a Nobel laureate of their choice. Last but not least, are the master classes where some participants are given the opportunity to present their current research work to the Nobel Laureates in order to receive feedback and advice.
Dr Levi Said fully expects this meeting to be an incredible experience and fantastic learning opportunity, ‘Being selected as a participant in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is an honor and privilege. I will be representing the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy and the Department of Physics but hope to be a positive ambassador for the University as a whole and to showcase some of the forward momentum that has been reignited in the local research scene in recent years. The meeting will bring together leading young scientists to discuss cutting-edge topics with Nobel laureates in the field’, he commented.
Jackson Levi Said read for a B.Sc in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Malta where he then conducted his doctoral studies in astrophysics and cosmology. He is now a resident academic at the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy where he leads a research group that works on cosmology and the effect of modified gravity. Gravity is the least understood of the fundamental forces and the one with the greatest effect in the evolution of the Universe. This research group works on forming new theories of gravity that better explain this cosmic evolution.
